Health and Social Care Apprenticeship - Swanage
Trusted Care Homes LTD - Dragonfly Care Home
United Kingdom (BH19 3HB)
Closes on Thursday 22 October 2026
Posted on 17 September 2026
Contents
Summary
Join our friendly team at Dragonfly Care Home and start a rewarding career in care. You’ll receive hands-on experience, support from our experienced team and training while working towards your qualification.
- Wage
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£23,793.12 a year
- Training course
- Adult care worker (level 2)
- Hours
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Shifts to be confirmed x3 12 hour shifts per week (Includes alternate weekends on a rota basis).
36 hours a week
- Start date
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Thursday 29 October 2026
- Duration
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10 months
- Positions available
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2
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
As a Healthcare Assistant at Dragonfly Care Home, you will be part of our friendly and supportive care team, working alongside experienced carers, senior carers and management.
You will gain hands-on experience supporting our residents with their day-to-day needs, including personal care, mobility, meals and drinks, activities and emotional support. You will also learn how to complete care documentation, follow individual care plans, recognise changes in a resident’s health and wellbeing and understand the importance of safeguarding, dignity and person-centred care.
You will be supported throughout your apprenticeship and given the opportunity to build your confidence, develop your skills and gain valuable experience working in a busy but friendly care home environment.
- Support residents with their personal care needs while maintaining their dignity, privacy and independence
- Support residents with everyday activities, including eating and drinking, mobility and taking part in activities they enjoy
- Get to know each resident as an individual and provide person-centred care based on their needs, choices and preferences
- Work alongside carers, senior carers and the wider team to provide safe and consistent care
- Follow residents’ care plans and risk assessments and report any changes or concerns to a senior member of staff
- Complete care records accurately and make sure important information is passed on during handovers
- Support residents with their emotional wellbeing, offering reassurance, companionship and a friendly face
- Follow safeguarding, infection control, health and safety and moving and handling procedures
- Attend training and work towards completing the Level 2 Adult Care Worker qualification
- Treat residents, their families and colleagues with kindness, respect and compassion at all times
Where you'll work
High Street
Langton Matravers
Swanage
United Kingdom
BH19 3HB
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
PARAGON EDUCATION & SKILLS LIMITED
Training course
Adult care worker (level 2)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
What you'll learn
Course contents
- Apply national standards, organisational policies and procedures, codes of conduct and ways of working that apply to own role.
- Follow national legislation, policies and guidance in adult social care settings, relating to health and safety within the scope of own role.
- Consider the human rights of individuals in adult social care settings, in line with organisational policies relating to equity, diversity and inclusion to support an open culture.
- Demonstrate a duty of candour, and duty of care acting in the best interest of individuals to ensure they do not come to harm.
- Apply a person-centred, co-produced approach when developing relationships with individuals to support their health and wellbeing.
- Assist with conducting risk assessments, which focus on positive risk taking, to ensure the safety of yourself and others.
- Apply the principles of positive and proactive care and support for those with lived experience to proactively avoid or reduce escalation, de-escalate, and manage conflict.
- Customise information, advice and guidance to individuals with or without capacity or their representative to make informed, independent choices and decisions.
- Adapt approach to care and support for individuals with lived experience to meet their current and evolving cognitive and physical needs and conditions.
- Recognise and respect how an individuals capacity determines their ability to make informed decisions about their needs.
- Identify and respond to signs and symptoms of changes in the physical and mental capacity, mental health and wellbeing of those with lived experience, and monitor, record and report changes.
- Use appropriate communication methods that are adapted to respond to the needs of individuals, stakeholders and family members in adult social care settings, including verbal, written, non-verbal and digital communication.
- Develop personal resilience and access support to maintain wellbeing of self.
- Use record keeping systems to maintain clear and accurate records of interactions with individuals, and others ensuring security of information and data.
- Apply methods of digital working and communication and new care technologies to support improvements in own work setting.
- Record learning opportunities in line with organisational policies that support lifelong learning and meet the relevant standards.
- Record, use feedback and supervision to improve own practice to identify and support the development of individual goals and career opportunities.
- Contribute and agree to the personal development plan demonstrating support required for new learning goals and reflection on actual practice.
- Monitors safe and effective administration of medicines in accordance with national and organisational policies and the limitations of own role.
- Apply national standards, organisational policies and procedures, codes of conduct and ways of working that apply to own role.
- Follow national legislation, policies and guidance in adult social care settings, relating to health and safety within the scope of own role.
- Consider the human rights of individuals in adult social care settings, in line with organisational policies relating to equity, diversity and inclusion to support an open culture.
- Demonstrate a duty of candour, and duty of care acting in the best interest of individuals to ensure they do not come to harm.
- Apply a person-centred, co-produced approach when developing relationships with individuals to support their health and wellbeing.
- Assist with conducting risk assessments, which focus on positive risk taking, to ensure the safety of yourself and others.
- Apply the principles of positive and proactive care and support for those with lived experience to proactively avoid or reduce escalation, de-escalate, and manage conflict.
- Customise information, advice and guidance to individuals with or without capacity or their representative to make informed, independent choices and decisions.
- Adapt approach to care and support for individuals with lived experience to meet their current and evolving cognitive and physical needs and conditions.
- Recognise and respect how an individuals capacity determines their ability to make informed decisions about their needs.
- Identify and respond to signs and symptoms of changes in the physical and mental capacity, mental health and wellbeing of those with lived experience, and monitor, record and report changes.
- Use appropriate communication methods that are adapted to respond to the needs of individuals, stakeholders and family members in adult social care settings, including verbal, written, non-verbal and digital communication.
- Develop personal resilience and access support to maintain wellbeing of self.
- Use record keeping systems to maintain clear and accurate records of interactions with individuals, and others ensuring security of information and data.
- Apply methods of digital working and communication and new care technologies to support improvements in own work setting.
- Record learning opportunities in line with organisational policies that support lifelong learning and meet the relevant standards.
- Record, use feedback and supervision to improve own practice to identify and support the development of individual goals and career opportunities.
- Contribute and agree to the personal development plan demonstrating support required for new learning goals and reflection on actual practice.
- Monitors safe and effective administration of medicines in accordance with national and organisational policies and the limitations of own role.
Training schedule
Paragon Skills is an award-winning, Ofsted-rated ‘Good’, national apprenticeship provider inspiring over 10,000 learners annually and working with over 3000 businesses to deliver apprenticeships in a high-quality, consistent way. Our dedicated focus on the Care and Education sectors means we are deeply rooted within these sectors and have in-depth knowledge and understanding of what is required from a training perspective. Upon completion of this 10 month Apprenticeship, you will have obtained your Adult Care Worker apprenticeship Level 2 Apprenticeship.
Requirements
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Initative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Teamworking
- Communication Skills
Other requirements
The closing date guidance, if a successful candidate is found before the advertised dates, the advert will close early.
About this employer
At Dragonfly Care Home, we’re a family. As a small, family-run home, we carry deep cultural roots where our elders hold a special and revered place in the heart of every household. We believe our elderly are to be cherished as well as cared for. In our community, honouring and uplifting them isn’t a duty; it’s a privilege woven into the fabric of who we are. Imagine waking up to the sound of seabirds in the distance, the scent of salt-kissed air drifting through your window, and a warm cup of tea is waiting, made just how you like it — not in a facility, but in a place that truly feels like home. At Dragonfly Care Home, your comfort, dignity, and joy are not just our promises to you – they are the foundation of everything we do. Nestled in the heart of Swanage, our welcoming spaces are designed to reflect your lifestyle, your memories, and your sense of belonging. Here, home isn’t a place you miss — it’s the place you’re glad you’ve found.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
There is a possibility of being offered a full time role after successful completion of the apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
PARAGON EDUCATION & SKILLS LIMITED
Paragon Skills recruitment
apprentice.recruitment@pgon.co.uk
08007832545
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000054167.
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Closes on Thursday 22 October 2026
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