Care Assistant Apprenticeship
FAIRFIELD RESIDENTIAL HOME
OXFORD (OX2 6LA)
Closes in 23 days (Sunday 28 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 3 September 2025
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Summary
An opportunity to complete your Care Certificate and Level 2 Diploma in Social Care in a truly supportive atmosphere. As you develop your skills you will be a key part of the team helping our residents to live happy lives in a warm and loving environment.
- Wage
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£11,778 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
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Yearly salary: £11,778 £7.55 per hour x 30 hours per week.
- Training course
- Adult care worker (level 2)
- Hours
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Number of Hours: 30-per week
Lunch break length: 30-mins
Start Time: 8am
Finish Time: 2pm
Working days: TBC
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Sunday 5 October 2025
- Duration
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1 year
- 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
- Providing support
- Providing care as detailed within the residents’ Care Plans
- Serving meals and refreshments
- Supporting the team
- Understanding and listening to guidance
- Completing mandatory training
Where you'll work
115A BANBURY ROAD
OXFORD
OX2 6LA
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
ACTIVATE LEARNING
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
- Adult Care Worker Level 2 (GCSE)
- Typical duration: 12 - 18 months depending on functional skills
- Functional Skills maths and English
- Remotely delivered - monthly visits
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
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
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Kind and considerate
Other requirements
Kind, considerate, honest, caring, empathetic, willing to take instruction and seek advice, excellent time keeping.
About this employer
Fairfield is an established care home for the elderly based in North Oxford.
After this apprenticeship
The home fully supports the Apprenticeship Scheme and if shifts are available will encourage the individual to apply for a permanent position upon the successful completion of their apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
ACTIVATE LEARNING
Jenny Hyam
faculty.enrolments@activateapprenticeships.co.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000339876.
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Closes in 23 days (Sunday 28 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
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