Level 3 Lead Adult Care Apprentice

NOTTZ CARE LIMITED

NOTTINGHAM (NG6 0JU)

Closes in 24 days (Saturday 3 January 2026 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 2 December 2025

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Summary

Nottz Care is seeking a dedicated and motivated Lead Adult Care Apprentice to join our compassionate care team. This is an exciting opportunity to take the next step in your health and social care career while working towards your Level 3 Lead Adult Care qualification.

• Wage:

  £11,778 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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• Training course: Lead adult care worker (level 3)
• Hours: 6 days out of a 7 day week. Various shift, various hours.

  30 hours a week

• Start date:

  Monday 5 January 2026

• Duration:

  1 year 3 months

• Positions available:

  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

As a Lead Adult Care Apprentice, you’ll play a key part in both the operational and frontline aspects of care. You’ll learn how to coordinate services from the office while also spending time in the community, ensuring service users receive compassionate, high-quality support.

Key Responsibilities

Office-based duties:

• Scheduling staff rotas and coordinating care delivery
• Answering calls and responding to enquiries from service users, families, and professionals
• Maintaining accurate records and ensuring compliance with policies and regulations
• Supporting audits, reporting, and monitoring care standards
• Acting as a point of contact for junior staff, offering guidance and support

Field-based duties (weekly care delivery):

• Providing personal care such as bathing, dressing, eating, mobility, and medication support
• Delivering care in line with individual care plans, respecting dignity and independence
• Building positive relationships with service users, families, and colleagues
• Promoting wellbeing, inclusion, and safeguarding at all times
• Escalating concerns to senior staff when necessary

Leadership and supervision:

• Supporting the induction and training of new staff
• Leading by example in both office and field settings
• Exercising judgement and accountability in decision-making

What We Are Looking For:

• A caring, compassionate, and patient nature
• Strong communication and organisational skills
• Reliability, motivation, and eagerness to develop leadership skills
• Ability to work as part of a team and follow guidance
• Commitment to completing the Level 3 Lead Adult Care Apprenticeship
• Previous care experience is helpful but not essential - full training will be provided

Traing and Development:

• Work towards the Level 3 Lead Adult Care Worker Apprenticeship Standard
• On-the-job training with supportive mentors
• Experience across both office and frontline care settings
• Opportunities to progress into senior care roles, team leader positions, or higher-level qualifications if a place is available

Where you'll work

6 DAVID LANE
NOTTINGHAM
NG6 0JU

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

NOTTINGHAM COLLEGE

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

Apprentice’s Training Plan:

• Training will primarily take place in the workplace at Nottz Care, combining office-based duties with weekly fieldwork
• Apprentice will gain hands-on experience in scheduling, rota management, answering calls, and coordinating care services
• Weekly fieldwork will involve delivering personal care and supporting service users directly, ensuring skills are applied in practice
• Off-the-job training sessions will be scheduled once a week with our partnered training provider, either remotely or at their training centre
• Training will cover the knowledge, skills, and behaviours required for the Level 3 Lead Adult Care Worker Apprenticeship Standard

The apprenticeship will culminate in an End-Point Assessment (EPA), which includes:

• Observation of practice in the workplace
• Professional discussion underpinned by a portfolio of evidence
• Knowledge test assessing care standards and leadership responsibilities
• More information about the EPA and apprenticeship standard can be found at https://skillsengland.education.gov.uk/apprenticeships/st0006-v1-2

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English & Maths (grade 9 - 4/C)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

• Communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Customer care skills
• Problem solving skills
• Administrative skills
• Team working
• Patience
• Empathy
• Active Listening
• Time management
• Observation
• Adaptable
• Confidentiality
• Personal Care

About this employer

Nottz Care is a dedicated home care provider committed to delivering high-quality, person-centred support to individuals in the comfort of their own homes. Their mission is to help clients live safely, independently, and with dignity, regardless of background, ability, or personal circumstances. As an employer, Nottz Care values compassion, respect, and professionalism. They strive to match care assistants closely with clients to ensure compatibility and continuity of care. Apprentices will join a team that is trained, supported, and encouraged to grow through structured development and ongoing learning. Working with Nottz Care means joining a service that enhances quality of life and independence, respects all cultural, religious, and personal values, supports staff training and career development, and upholds dignity, privacy, and informed choice in every aspect of care.

After this apprenticeship

• Potential opportunity for a permanent role within the company following successful completion of the apprenticeship

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

NOTTINGHAM COLLEGE

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000003254.

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Closes in 24 days (Saturday 3 January 2026 at 11:59pm)

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