Lead adult care worker apprenticeship
HOLLOW OAK NURSING HOME LTD
CUMBRIA (LA12 8AD)
Closes on Friday 20 March 2026
Posted on 5 February 2026
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Summary
Provide practical and emotional support to adults who need assistance due to age, illness, disability, or other needs.
- Wage
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£14,526.20 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Lead adult care worker (level 3)
- Hours
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To be discussed at interview
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 20 April 2026
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- 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
- To be compliant with the staff Handbook & all Hollow Oak Nursing Home Policies & Procedures
- To be compliant with Safeguarding and safety responsibilities relevant as in Policy and procedures
- To assist where necessary- Residents needs with tasks of everyday living i.e.: washing and dressing
- To assist residents with bathing– either bath, shower or bed bath.
- To assist residents with personal care
- To assist with the care of catheters and colostomies
- General housekeeping i.e.: the making of beds and general tidying of residents’ rooms
- To report to the nurse-in-charge any changes in a resident’s health, behaviour or attitude
- Maintain and participate in personal development and training offered
Where you'll work
HAVERTHWAITE
ULVERSTON
CUMBRIA
LA12 8AD
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
FURNESS 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
Training is an integral part of the role of a Health Care Assistant and Hollow Oak expects all training forums and training sessions to be attended
More training information
The Care Certificate course will be provided for those with no care qualifications and ongoing development training will be provided
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
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
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
- passing a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
About this employer
Hollow Oak Nursing Home is a family run private nursing home offering extensive facilities and services, and an exceptional standard of care. All within in a beautiful Victorian residence within its own 4 acre landscaped grounds.
https://www.hollowoaknursinghome.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
- Free uniform provided
- Free home cooked meals
- Pension scheme
- Enhanced Bank holiday pay
After this apprenticeship
- Level 3 Senior Healthcare Support Worker
- Nurse Training
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
FURNESS COLLEGE
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000012760.
Apply now
Closes on Friday 20 March 2026