Lead Adult Care Worker - Apprentice
Visiting Angels South Devon and Cornwall
Plymouth (PL4 0AU)
Closes in 15 days (Friday 13 November 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 29 October 2026
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Summary
Join our award-winning, care centric team at Visiting Angels South Devon & Cornwall, where you are valued as an individual. Through wellbeing initiatives, recognition schemes, ongoing training and a supportive family culture, we invest in you and your future. Make a meaningful difference to people in their own homes.
- Wage
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£20,280 a year
- Training course
- Lead adult care worker (level 3)
- Hours
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Variable shift patterns, AM and PM. May work evenings and weekends.
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Friday 15 January 2027
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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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
- Deliver compassionate, person-centred care to clients in their own homes, following their individual care plans
- Support personal care, dressing and daily routines while promoting dignity, choice and independence
- Assist with meals and drinks, encouraging good nutrition and hydration
- Provide companionship and support clients to enjoy their interests and stay connected with their community
- Build trusting relationships with clients, families and colleagues
- Maintain accurate care records and promptly report changes in clients’ needs or wellbeing
- Recognise and report safeguarding concerns, following company procedures
- Contribute to care plan reviews to ensure support reflects each client’s needs and preferences
- Develop leadership skills through supporting new colleagues with induction and shadow visits as your competence grows
- Complete apprenticeship learning and training, applying your skills to help maintain high standards of care
Where you'll work
Mayflower House, 50-54
Bretonside
Plymouth
PL4 0AU
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
CITY COLLEGE PLYMOUTH
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
Requirements
Essential 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
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
- A full driving licence
- Access to a reliable vehicle
- Caring, compassionate approach
- Good communication
- Reliable and good punctuality
About this employer
Visiting Angels South Devon; Cornwall is an award-winning home care provider supporting adults to live safely, comfortably and independently in their own homes. Our services include companionship, personal care and support with everyday activities, tailored to each person’s needs, preferences and aspirations.
Our care-centric approach puts people at the heart of everything we do. We believe that valued, supported caregivers deliver exceptional care, so we invest in our team through training, wellbeing initiatives, recognition and opportunities for career progression. With a welcoming family culture and our Choose Your Caregiver approach, we build meaningful relationships between clients and caregivers. Our team works together to make a positive difference every day, guided by compassion, dignity and respect.
https://www.visiting-angels.co.uk/southdevon/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
- Join an award-winning, care centric team with a welcoming family culture
- Paid travel time between visits and mileage allowance of 35p per mile.
- A supportive induction, including shadow visits with experienced caregivers
- Ongoing training, mentoring and support throughout your apprenticeship
- Clear opportunities to progress into senior care, supervisory and leadership roles
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
After successful completion of the apprenticeship, there would be a possibility of a permanent position after.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
CITY COLLEGE PLYMOUTH
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000061552.
Apply now
Closes in 15 days (Friday 13 November 2026 at 11:59pm)