Health and social care Level 3 Apprenticeship
SGE CARE AND RECRUITMENT LTD
Elm Park- Hornchurch (RM12 4EH)
Closes in 29 days (Tuesday 9 December 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 10 November 2025
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Summary
You will be working alongside a senior carer to support our clients in the comforts of their homes. This is an opportunity to work and be learning, and support will be given to you while learning and working with us. You must be flexible and ready to complete your apprenticeship training.
- 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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Benefits - Practical experience -Becoming permanent staff - Good pay
- Training course
- Lead adult care worker (level 3)
- Hours
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Flexible hours from Monday to Friday, from 9am to 3pm.
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 15 December 2025
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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3
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
- To deliver care and support services to our clients
- Support clients with personal hygiene
- Tidy their homes and help them to meet their daily needs
You will deliver an average of 30 hours per week and that includes your training. We have flexible hours, and you will be paid according to the minimum wage for the apprenticeship.
Where you'll work
Construction House
1 Broadway Parade
Elm Park Avenue
Elm Park- Hornchurch
RM12 4EH
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
VOCATIONAL TRAINING SERVICES CARE SECTOR LIMITED
Training course
Lead adult care worker (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Support individuals they are working with according to their personal care/support plan
- Take the initiative when working outside normal duties and responsibilities
- Recognise and access help when not confident or skilled in any aspect of the role that they are undertaking
- Implement/facilitate the specialist assessment of social, physical, emotional and spiritual needs of individuals with cognitive, sensory and physical impairments
- Contribute to the development and ongoing review of care/support plans for the individuals they support
- Provide individuals with information to enable them to exercise choice on how they are supported
- Encourage individuals to actively participate in the way their care and support is delivered
- Ensure that individuals know what they are agreeing to regarding the way in which they are supported
- Lead and support colleagues to understand how to establish informed consent when providing care and support
- Guide, mentor and contribute to the development of colleagues in the execution of their duties and responsibilities
- Demonstrate dignity in their working role with individuals they support, their families, carers and other professionals
- Support others to understand the importance of equality, diversity and inclusion in social care
- Exhibit empathy for individuals they support, i.e. understanding and compassion
- Exhibit courage in supporting individuals in ways that may challenge their own cultural and belief systems
- Demonstrate and promote to other workers excellent communication skills including confirmation of understanding to individuals, their families, carers and professionals
- Use and facilitate methods of communication preferred by the individual they support according to the individual’s language, cultural and sensory needs, wishes and preferences
- Take the initiative and reduce environmental barriers to communication
- Demonstrate and ensure that records and reports are written clearly and concisely
- Lead and support others to keep information safe, preserve confidentiality in accordance with agreed ways of working
- Support others, to recognise and respond to potential signs of abuse according to agreed ways of working
- Work in partnership with external agencies to respond to concerns of abuse
- Lead and support others to address conflicts or dilemmas that may arise between an individual’s rights and duty of care
- Recognise, report, respond to and record unsafe practices and encourage others to do so
- Lead and mentor others where appropriate to promote the wellbeing of the individuals they support
- Demonstrate the management of the reduction of infection, including use of best practice in hand hygiene
- Promote healthy eating and wellbeing by supporting individuals to have access to fluids, food and nutrition
- Carry out fire safety procedures and manage others to do so
- Develop risk assessments and use in a person centred way to support individuals safely including moving and assisting people and objects
- Manage, monitor, report and respond to changes in the health and wellbeing of the individuals they support
- Take the initiative to identify and form professional relationships with other people and organisations
- Demonstrate, manage and support self and others to work within safe, clear professional boundaries
- Take the initiative to evaluate and improve own skills and knowledge through reflective practice, supervision, feedback and learning opportunities
- Demonstrate continuous professional development
- Carry out research relevant to individuals’ support needs and share with others
- Demonstrate where necessary mentoring and supervision to others in the workplace
- Demonstrate good team/partnership working skills
- Demonstrate their contribution to robust recruitment and induction processes
Training schedule
You will go through an apprenticeship on a health and social care course, and you will achieve Diploma Level 3 in Health and Social Care.
Individuals without level 2 in English and maths will be booked to achieve it together with their HSC Level 3 during their 12-month course.
Blended on/off the job training and location to be confirmed.
Also, you will need to complete your end-point assessment with the assessor before starting the course.
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
Other 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
- Administrative skills
- Team working
About this employer
We are care domiciliary and recruitment agency, we are supporting clients at the comforts of their homes. We ensure we provide person centred approach services that meet the needs of our clients. To work with us you must show empathy to our clients with respect and dignity. We take pride in satisfying our clients and ensure they are satisfied at all times.
After this apprenticeship
You will be able to progress to leadership and management in healthcare Level 5 Apprenticeship, which will allow you to become a deputy manager or care manager.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SGE CARE AND RECRUITMENT LTD
Funmi Ade
info@sgecare.com
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000350418.
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Closes in 29 days (Tuesday 9 December 2025 at 11:59pm)
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