Adult Care Worker Apprentice
KEYFORT GROUP LIMITED
Carlisle (CA3 0LJ)
Closes on Tuesday 30 September 2025
Posted on 20 August 2025
Contents
Summary
An Adult Care Worker apprenticeship based in Carlisle with the requirement to travel to Penrith to work with the individual.
- Wage
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£23,296 a year
- Training course
- Adult care worker (level 2)
- Hours
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32 hours on a rolling rota – This could include days, evenings and weekends
8 hours training per week
07:30 – 14:30
14:30 – 21:30
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Wednesday 1 October 2025
- Duration
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1 year 1 month
- Positions available
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1
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
- Be patient, understanding, and able to support someone who is unable to communicate verbally
- Work as part of an established, supportive team
- Help maintain a clean and comfortable home
Where you'll work
Atlantic House
Fletcher Way, Parkhouse
Carlisle
CA3 0LJ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
LEARNING CURVE GROUP LIMITED
Training course
Adult care worker (level 2)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Support individuals they are working with according to their personal care/support plan
- Ask for help from an appropriate person when not confident or skilled in any aspect of their role
- Provide individuals with information to enable them to have a choice about the way they are supported
- Encourage individuals to participate in the way their care and support is delivered
- Ensure the individual knows what they are agreeing to regarding the way in which they are supported
- Contribute to the on-going development of care/support plans for the individual they support
- Support individuals with cognitive, physical or sensory impairments
- Ensure dignity is at the centre of all work with the individuals they support, their families, carers and advocates
- Demonstrate all work is person centred, accommodating the individual’s needs, wishes and preferences
- Demonstrate empathy (understanding and compassion) for individuals they support
- Demonstrate courage in supporting people in ways that may challenge their personal/cultural beliefs
- Speak clearly and exhibit positive non-verbal communication to individuals, families, carers and advocates
- Use the preferred methods of communication of the individual they support according to their language, culture, sensory needs and their wishes
- Identify and take steps to reduce environmental barriers to communication
- Demonstrate they can check for understanding
- Write clearly and concisely in records and reports
- Keep information safe and confidential according to agreed ways of working
- Recognise potential signs of different forms of abuse
- Respond to concerns of abuse according to agreed ways of working
- Recognise, report and challenge unsafe practices
- Promote the health and wellbeing of the individual they support
- Move people and objects safely
- Demonstrate how to reduce the spread of infection, including use of best practice in hand hygiene
- Demonstrate the promotion of healthy eating and wellbeing by ensuring individuals have access to fluids, food and nutrition
- Demonstrate how to keep people, buildings and themselves safe and secure
- Carry out fire safety procedures when required
- Use risk assessments to support individuals safely
- Recognise symptoms of cognitive impairment, e.g. Dementia, learning disabilities and mental health
- Monitor and report changes in health and wellbeing for individuals they support
- Reflect on your own work practices
- Demonstrate the development of their own skills and knowledge, including core skills in writing, numbers and information technology
- Demonstrate their contribution to their development plan
- Demonstrate ability to work in partnership with others to support the individual
- Identify sources of support when conflicts arise with other people or organisations
- Demonstrate they can work within safe, clear professional boundaries
- Show they can access and apply additional skills required to perform the specific job role competently
Training schedule
- A Level 2 Adult Care Worker qualification with the opportunity to complete a Level 3 qualification at a later date
- You will complete training online from the workplace as well as within your day-to-day duties
More training information
6 hours of off-the-job training per week
Requirements
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Team working
- Non judgemental
- Physical fitness
- Caring
About this employer
KEYFORT Group deliver packages of care and support to individuals with a range of conditions and disabilities. Our support is person-centred – we only work with people if we know we can provide great care, not based on their disability. We have experience supporting people with brain injuries, neurological conditions, learning disabilities, spinal injuries, and physical and mental health needs. KEYFORT Group Ltd are committed to safeguarding and protecting adults and children. We welcome applications from all areas of the community and would love to find out more about what you could bring to KEYFORT.
Company benefits
Career advancement opportunities. Double pay for bank holidays. Paid Enhanced DBS check. Free access to Employee Assistance Programme. £200 colleague referral bonus (T&Cs apply). Blue Light Discount Card. Employee of the Month awards with vouchers.
After this apprenticeship
A Level 2 Adult Care Worker qualification with the opportunity to complete a Level 3 qualification at a later date.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LEARNING CURVE GROUP LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000338111.
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Closes on Tuesday 30 September 2025
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