Adult Care Worker Apprenticeship
NEW STEPS CARE IN THE COMMUNITY LLP
CHESTER LE STREET (DH3 3DY)
Closes in 14 days (Friday 28 August 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 13 August 2026
Contents
Summary
New Steps is a day care provider for people with disabilities. Your role will be to provide care and support to people with differing needs. You will have a person centred approach giving individuals opportunities to access the community and support with activities within our base while maintaining respect and dignity at all times.
- Wage
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£10,400 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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Monday - Friday, 25 hours per week. Working hours to be arranged between 8.30am - 3.00pm.
25 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 28 September 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
Your role will support the day-to-day operations in providing care and support to people with a range of differing needs, delivering high-quality, person-centred care to individuals. The successful candidate will gain valuable hands-on experience and new skills, working alongside experienced staff.
What you’ll do at work
Listed below are the tasks this role will be primarily responsible for:
- To attend to all personal care needs, in line with individual requirements of the service user
- To use specialist equipment to ensure all care needs are met
- To follow requirements of the care plan, support plan, risk management plan etc. as appropriate
- To encourage individuals to participate in activities and support individuals in those activities
- To develop/contribute to the development of activities that are of benefit/interest to the individual
- To work to all policies and procedures, e.g. safeguarding, infection control, health and safety etc.
- To work as a keyworker
- To participate and contribute to service user reviews
- To work independently with service users as required – either within a care or community setting, escorting on transport etc.
- To support people to access community based activities, reflecting their choices and interests, including the use of public resources and transport
- To complete and maintain documentation relevant to the service and the service user
- To highlight any areas of concern to a senior member of staff
- Maintain a clean and tidy environment
- To ensure service users feel respected and fully involved in their care
- Training will be through course worksheets and mentoring by other qualified staff
Where you'll work
UNIT 9
TURN PARK
STATION ROAD
CHESTER LE STREET
DH3 3DY
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
DERWENTSIDE 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
- Adult Care Worker Apprenticeship Level 2 (GCSE)
- Level 2 Adult Social Care Certificate
- Training will be delivered in the workplace
Requirements
Desirable 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
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Patience
- Empathy
- Active listening skills
- Caring attitude
Other requirements
Subject to passing a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
About this employer
New Steps is a day care provider for people with disabilities. We provide care and support, either within the day care setting or in the community, to people with a disability. We support people to be as independent as possible and work in a person-centred way.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
- Possibility of progression and contract of employment
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
DERWENTSIDE COLLEGE
Apprenticeship Recruitment Team
apprenticeships@derwentside.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000048048.
Apply now
Closes in 14 days (Friday 28 August 2026 at 11:59pm)