Adult Care Worker Level 2 Apprenticeship
AJEB HEALTHCARE LTD
HARROGATE (HG2 8ER)
Closes in 21 days (Friday 13 November 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 23 October 2026
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Summary
Want to help people live independently?
We will offer you a full induction, shadow shifts alongside experienced carers and a named mentor, while you work towards a nationally recognised qualification.
If you are kind, reliable and want to make a real difference to people every day, we would love to hear from you.
- Wage
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£19,827.60 a year
Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)
£12.71 per hour.
Paid travel time between visits, plus mileage at 30p per mile when using your own car.
Uniform, PPE and enhanced DBS check paid for by AJEB. Paid holiday
- Training course
- Adult care worker (level 2)
- Hours
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30 hours per week, worked on a rota of home-care visits.
Shifts include early mornings, evenings, and some weekends and bank holidays spread over 5 days a week.
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 30 November 2027
- Duration
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1 year
- 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
Description of the apprenticeship role:
A typical day involves visiting several clients in their homes, following each person's care and support plan.
You will:
- Help with personal care, including washing, bathing, dressing and continence care, always protecting dignity and privacy
- Prepare meals and drinks, and support people to eat and drink well
- Prompt or assist with medication once trained and assessed as competent
- Support safe moving and handling using equipment such as hoists and standards, once trained
- Spend time chatting, encouraging independence and helping people stay connected to their community
- Notice and report changes in a person's health or wellbeing, and any safeguarding concerns
- Keep accurate visit notes on our digital care system (iStaffRota) using a smartphone
- Attend training sessions and reviews with your training provider and complete your apprenticeship portfolio
Where you'll work
HARROGATE BUSINESS CENTRE
HAMMERAIN HOUSE
HOOKSTONE AVENUE
HARROGATE
HG2 8ER
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
HEART OF YORKSHIRE EDUCATION GROUP
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
The Training Provider is the Heart of Yorkshire Education Group.
Training will be work-based, with time built into your shift pattern to join live online learning sessions with your tutor / assessor.
Requirements
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Administrative skills
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Reliable
- Punctual
- Honest
- Coachable
- Resiliant
Other requirements
No qualifications or care experience are required.
You will need to read and write English well enough to keep clear care records. Support with English and maths is available through the training provider if needed.
Travel between clients' homes is required. A full UK driving licence and access to a car with business insurance is strongly preferred.
Shifts include early mornings, evenings, weekends and bank holidays on a rota.
Once trained and competent, you will often work on your own in people's homes, with support from the office and on-call manager.
The role involves physical work, including moving and handling with equipment.
An enhanced DBS check (adults' barred list) and two satisfactory references are required before starting.
Must be 18 or over with the right to work in the UK.
About this employer
AJEB Healthcare is a CQC-registered home care (domiciliary care) provider, established in 2025 and contracted by North Yorkshire Council.
We support older adults and adults with care needs to live safely, comfortably and independently in their own homes.
We are a small, people-focused team led by a senior medical doctor.
We know every client and every carer by name, and we invest in training our staff to grow their careers in care.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
On successful completion you will be offered a permanent Care Worker post with AJEB Healthcare.
There is a clear route to Senior Care Worker and on to the Level 3 Lead Adult Care Worker apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
HEART OF YORKSHIRE EDUCATION GROUP
Dr Playne Ebai
info@ajebhealthcare.co.uk
01423876397
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000060596.
Apply now
Closes in 21 days (Friday 13 November 2026 at 11:59pm)