Adult care worker Apprentice
THE DAVID LEWIS CENTRE
Cheshire (SK9 7UD)
Closes in 13 days (Tuesday 28 July 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 13 July 2026
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Summary
This is an exciting opportunity to begin a rewarding career in Health and Social Care with David Lewis. As an Adult Care Worker Apprentice, you will work alongside experienced colleagues to support people with learning disabilities, autism, epilepsy, and complex needs.
- Wage
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£15,600 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Adult care worker (level 2)
- Hours
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37.5 hours per week, worked over 5 days (exact shifts TBC upon interview)
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 3 August 2026
- 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
As an Adult Care Worker Apprentice, you will support adults with learning disabilities, autism, epilepsy, and complex needs in their daily lives.
Your duties will include:
- Supporting individuals with personal care while promoting dignity, independence, and choice. Assisting with daily living activities, including meal preparation, household tasks, and community-based activities.
- Building positive and professional relationships with the people you support, their families, and colleagues. Encouraging service users to develop life skills and achieve personal goals.
- Supporting individuals to access education, employment opportunities, and social activities where appropriate.
- Maintaining accurate records and following care plans and organisational procedures. Learning about safeguarding, health and safety, and person-centred care practices.
- Working alongside experienced care professionals while completing your Level 2 Adult Care Worker Apprenticeship qualification.
This role offers a rewarding opportunity to make a real difference in people's lives while gaining valuable skills and experience within the health and social care sector.
Transport is available from Macclesfield and Alderley Edge to the David Lewis campus.
Where you'll work
Mill Lane
Warford
Alderley Edge
Cheshire
SK9 7UD
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
MACCLESFIELD COLLEGE
Training course
Adult care worker (level 2)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Apply national standards, organisational policies and procedures, codes of conduct and ways of working that apply to own role.
- Follow national legislation, policies and guidance in adult social care settings, relating to health and safety within the scope of own role.
- Consider the human rights of individuals in adult social care settings, in line with organisational policies relating to equity, diversity and inclusion to support an open culture.
- Demonstrate a duty of candour, and duty of care acting in the best interest of individuals to ensure they do not come to harm.
- Apply a person-centred, co-produced approach when developing relationships with individuals to support their health and wellbeing.
- Assist with conducting risk assessments, which focus on positive risk taking, to ensure the safety of yourself and others.
- Apply the principles of positive and proactive care and support for those with lived experience to proactively avoid or reduce escalation, de-escalate, and manage conflict.
- Customise information, advice and guidance to individuals with or without capacity or their representative to make informed, independent choices and decisions.
- Adapt approach to care and support for individuals with lived experience to meet their current and evolving cognitive and physical needs and conditions.
- Recognise and respect how an individuals capacity determines their ability to make informed decisions about their needs.
- Identify and respond to signs and symptoms of changes in the physical and mental capacity, mental health and wellbeing of those with lived experience, and monitor, record and report changes.
- Use appropriate communication methods that are adapted to respond to the needs of individuals, stakeholders and family members in adult social care settings, including verbal, written, non-verbal and digital communication.
- Develop personal resilience and access support to maintain wellbeing of self.
- Use record keeping systems to maintain clear and accurate records of interactions with individuals, and others ensuring security of information and data.
- Apply methods of digital working and communication and new care technologies to support improvements in own work setting.
- Record learning opportunities in line with organisational policies that support lifelong learning and meet the relevant standards.
- Record, use feedback and supervision to improve own practice to identify and support the development of individual goals and career opportunities.
- Contribute and agree to the personal development plan demonstrating support required for new learning goals and reflection on actual practice.
- Monitors safe and effective administration of medicines in accordance with national and organisational policies and the limitations of own role.
- Apply national standards, organisational policies and procedures, codes of conduct and ways of working that apply to own role.
- Follow national legislation, policies and guidance in adult social care settings, relating to health and safety within the scope of own role.
- Consider the human rights of individuals in adult social care settings, in line with organisational policies relating to equity, diversity and inclusion to support an open culture.
- Demonstrate a duty of candour, and duty of care acting in the best interest of individuals to ensure they do not come to harm.
- Apply a person-centred, co-produced approach when developing relationships with individuals to support their health and wellbeing.
- Assist with conducting risk assessments, which focus on positive risk taking, to ensure the safety of yourself and others.
- Apply the principles of positive and proactive care and support for those with lived experience to proactively avoid or reduce escalation, de-escalate, and manage conflict.
- Customise information, advice and guidance to individuals with or without capacity or their representative to make informed, independent choices and decisions.
- Adapt approach to care and support for individuals with lived experience to meet their current and evolving cognitive and physical needs and conditions.
- Recognise and respect how an individuals capacity determines their ability to make informed decisions about their needs.
- Identify and respond to signs and symptoms of changes in the physical and mental capacity, mental health and wellbeing of those with lived experience, and monitor, record and report changes.
- Use appropriate communication methods that are adapted to respond to the needs of individuals, stakeholders and family members in adult social care settings, including verbal, written, non-verbal and digital communication.
- Develop personal resilience and access support to maintain wellbeing of self.
- Use record keeping systems to maintain clear and accurate records of interactions with individuals, and others ensuring security of information and data.
- Apply methods of digital working and communication and new care technologies to support improvements in own work setting.
- Record learning opportunities in line with organisational policies that support lifelong learning and meet the relevant standards.
- Record, use feedback and supervision to improve own practice to identify and support the development of individual goals and career opportunities.
- Contribute and agree to the personal development plan demonstrating support required for new learning goals and reflection on actual practice.
- Monitors safe and effective administration of medicines in accordance with national and organisational policies and the limitations of own role.
Training schedule
This apprenticeship is workplace delivery meaning there is no day release to Macclesfield College.
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
- IT skills
- Team working
- Patience
- Caring
- Enthusiastic
- Keen to learn
- Positive and compassionate
- Good listener
- Willingness to learn
- Reliable and professional
- Empathetic
- Resepectful
- Flexible and proactive
About this employer
David Lewis is a specialist charity with a long and proud history of supporting people with learning disabilities, autism, epilepsy and other complex needs to live fulfilling, meaningful lives.Based in the heart of Cheshire, we provide specialist education, residential care, supported living and day opportunities, all shaped around the individual. Everything we do is about helping people build confidence, develop skills, make choices, achieve greater independence and live the life they want to live.Working at David Lewis means becoming part of something genuinely special. No two days are the same, and whatever your role, you'll have the opportunity to make a real difference. You'll work alongside passionate, experienced colleagues in a supportive and inclusive organisation that invests in its people, with excellent training, development and opportunities to build a rewarding long-term career. Most importantly, you'll be part of a community where people matter, individuality is celebrated, and great support can genuinely change lives.
https://www.davidlewis.org.uk/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
The annual leave entitlement is 20 days per year plus Bank Holiday.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
After completion of your apprenticeship you will potentially have the opportunity to progress onto full time positions within the business
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
MACCLESFIELD COLLEGE
Maxim Business Training
apprenticeshiprecruitment@macclesfield.ac.uk
01625410022
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000041954.
Apply now
Closes in 13 days (Tuesday 28 July 2026 at 11:59pm)