Apprentice Team Leader - Home care

ASSIST HOME CARE LTD

BRADFORD (BD2 4SE)

Closes in 15 days (Friday 5 June 2026 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 20 May 2026

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Summary

To professionally lead the care team ensuring that a safe,effective and efficient care service is maintained which meets the needs of residents and purchasers. To provide care to residents in accordance with their assessed needs to an industry leading standard.

Wage

£16,640 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices

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If you're aged 19 +, after your 1st year on the apprenticeship, you will be paid the National Minimum Wage for your age group.

Training course
Team leader (level 3)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm (You might need to answer queries or provide support to the team after 5.00pm)

40 hours a week

Start date

Monday 22 June 2026

Duration

1 year 3 months

Positions available

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

  • Provide leadership and support for care staff and act as a champion for residents’ safety and dignity
  • To maintain skills and knowledge and ensure that care is delivered according to latest guidelines and best practice evidence available
  • Ensure the ongoing safety of residents, staff and visitors through systematic assessment, monitoring and reviewing processes.
  • Ensure that clear and accurate records and communication systems relating to clinical and care delivery are maintained and effectively used
  • Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults / Mental Capacity Act

Where you'll work

306 KILLINGHALL ROAD
BRADFORD
BD2 4SE

Training

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

Training provider

BRADFORD COLLEGE

Training course

Team leader (level 3)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Use resources to implement operational and team plans.
  • Use tools to organise, prioritise and allocate daily and weekly work activities.
  • Able to collate and interpret data and information and create reports.
  • Identify and support the development of the team through informal coaching and continuous professional development.
  • Use information and problem-solving techniques to provide solutions and influence the decision-making process.
  • Use digital tools for planning and project management to monitor project progress, taking corrective action to deliver against the project plan.
  • Review work processes to identify opportunities to improve performance and for continuous improvement.
  • Use technology and software to produce documentation, such as spreadsheets and presentation packages to communicate information.
  • Manage individual or team performance by setting objectives, monitoring progress, and providing clear guidance and feedback.
  • Manage others through change by identifying challenges and the activities to resolve them.
  • Interpret organisational strategy and communicate how this impacts others.
  • Interpret and apply regulation and legislation, share best practices, and advise stakeholders on their application.
  • Communicate information through different media, such as face-to-face meetings, emails, reports, and presentations to enable key stakeholders to understand what is required.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders in the organisation to ensure the delivery of operational goals.
  • Manage and maintain relationships with a diverse workforce and stakeholders.
  • Negotiate with and challenge stakeholders to manage change and reduce conflict.
  • Interpret policy and support the delivery of equity, diversity and inclusion in the workplace and monitor their impact on their team.
  • Identify future changes in the sector such as technology advances that may impact their organisation.
  • Monitor the use of technology and the potential to reduce energy consumption through their optimisation in day-to-day tasks, such as reducing the use of paper and switching off items when not in use.
  • Use resources to implement operational and team plans.
  • Use tools to organise, prioritise and allocate daily and weekly work activities.
  • Able to collate and interpret data and information and create reports.
  • Identify and support the development of the team through informal coaching and continuous professional development.
  • Use information and problem-solving techniques to provide solutions and influence the decision-making process.
  • Use digital tools for planning and project management to monitor project progress, taking corrective action to deliver against the project plan.
  • Review work processes to identify opportunities to improve performance and for continuous improvement.
  • Use technology and software to produce documentation, such as spreadsheets and presentation packages to communicate information.
  • Manage individual or team performance by setting objectives, monitoring progress, and providing clear guidance and feedback.
  • Manage others through change by identifying challenges and the activities to resolve them.
  • Interpret organisational strategy and communicate how this impacts others.
  • Interpret and apply regulation and legislation, share best practices, and advise stakeholders on their application.
  • Communicate information through different media, such as face-to-face meetings, emails, reports, and presentations to enable key stakeholders to understand what is required.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders in the organisation to ensure the delivery of operational goals.
  • Manage and maintain relationships with a diverse workforce and stakeholders.
  • Negotiate with and challenge stakeholders to manage change and reduce conflict.
  • Interpret policy and support the delivery of equity, diversity and inclusion in the workplace and monitor their impact on their team.
  • Identify future changes in the sector such as technology advances that may impact their organisation.
  • Monitor the use of technology and the potential to reduce energy consumption through their optimisation in day-to-day tasks, such as reducing the use of paper and switching off items when not in use.

Training schedule

Please note, you will need to attend Bradford College for your training

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4 / C+)
  • Maths (grade 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
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Patience

Other requirements

  • Must be able to pass an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
  • Driver with their own vehicle would be an advantage 
  • Previous experience or knowledge of Homecare is ideal but not essential

About this employer

Assist Home Care LTD offers unique social care services that provide care for everyone including BME communities. We aim to provide a high-quality care in a homely and friendly family atmosphere. Being person-centred is our way of supporting and working with people. putting them at the centre of the care they receive. We believe that by employing competent and well-educated staff and providing them with organised and responsive management. We are the social care agency of choice in Bradford, Leeds and Yorkshire.

https://assisthomecareltd.co.uk/about/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

  • Become a permanent employee within the business
  • Opportunities for progression 

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

BRADFORD COLLEGE

Sonia Sidje

s.sidje@bradfordcollege.ac.uk

07776956378

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000032829.

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Closes in 15 days (Friday 5 June 2026 at 11:59pm)