Apprentice Adult Care Worker
Caremark Pulborough & Horsham
PULBOROUGH (RH20 1AS)
Closes in 7 days (Tuesday 17 November 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 9 November 2026
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Summary
Caremark Pulborough & Horsham is looking for caring, reliable, outgoing, and respectful individuals who are passionate about helping others. As an Apprentice Adult Care Worker, you will work towards your Adult Care Level 2 Apprenticeship qualification while making a positive difference to the lives of those in the community every day.
- Wage
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£22,568 a year
- Training course
- Adult care worker (level 2)
- Hours
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40 hour week, including 6 hours studying towards to the apprenticeship.
There are two shift patterns worked on a rota:
Week 1: 7.00am - 3.00pm, Monday - Friday (weekends off).
Week 2: 3.00pm - 11.00pm, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday (working weekend).
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Friday 1 January 2027
- Duration
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1 year
- 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
No experience is necessary as full training, and supervision will be given although the successful applicants will all share the desire and ability to engage with and help those in their care and their colleagues equally.
What you will gain:
- The chance to join a company with an exciting future, proud of its strong and passionate team where every customer received the highest standard of care.
- Full training, both while you work and through the online learning becoming a qualified Level 2 Adult Care Worker.
- The satisfaction of knowing you will make a difference to someone’s life every day, enabling them to live independently and with dignity in the place they love most; their own home.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide person-centred care.
- Learn how to recognise and understand different health and care needs.
- Ensure accurate record keeping.
- Demonstrate duty of care, equality, dignity and respect in everything.
- Understand and operate by good safeguarding, health and safety, infection prevention and control measure and standards.
- Nurture professional working relationships with customers and colleagues.
- Be reliable and relatable every day and understand that you could be the only person your customer sees each day you visit.
Who you will be:
- Someone who is a warm, kind, nurturing person who knows how to connect with and have the confidence to work with customers and their families.
- Someone who can have a friendly conversation, show empathy for others vulnerability and supportive while completing their tasks.
- Someone with a good sense of humour who can work as part of a team and maintain a positive attitude when challenging times present themselves.
- Someone who is comfortable talking to people from different backgrounds and will be respectful of other people’s choices, privacy and independence.
Where you'll work
UNIT 4
THE COLONADES
17 LONDON ROAD
PULBOROUGH
RH20 1AS
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
CHICHESTER COLLEGE GROUP
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
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 2)
- Math (grade 2)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Team working
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Willing to learn
- Friendly
- Personable
- Reliable
- Punctual
- Trustworthy
- Kind
- Compassionate
Other requirements
What you need to know:
- The successful applicants will need to be able to travel to various locations within a 50-mile radius. This can be by car, scooter or moped.
- Care workers are assigned clients who they will get to know and can expect to develop a professional relationship with so understanding that personable aspect to the role will be crucial to the applicant’s success.
- This is a 12-month apprenticeship and applicants MUST BE free from full-time education to be eligible to apply for it and have the minimum qualification level to apply for it.
- Applicants MUST BE resident in the UK for a minimum of 3 years prior to the start of learning and have work authorisation for the UK.
- Applicants WILL NOT BE eligible to apply if they have already achieved a qualification which is equal to or higher thank the apprenticeship standard on offer.
- Applicants MUST BE resident in the area local to the apprenticeship opportunity or be prepared to relocate in time to start employment and study.
About this employer
Caremark’s mission is simple: To provide excellent home care to everyone, regardless of age, race, religion, gender or social standing. They aim to improve the quality of life of every single customer they care for.
Martin Jones, the new owner of Caremark Pulborough & Horsham says his vision for Caremark Horsham is built on three pillars – brand awareness, a strong and passionate team, and delivering quality and compliant care. Ensuring that every customer receives the highest standard of care, enabling them to live independently and with dignity in the place they love most, their own home.
http://www.caremark.co.uk/pulborough-and-horsham/ (opens in new tab)
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
Caremark Pulborough & Horsham is looking for applicants wanting to build a long-term career with them. On successful completion of the apprenticeship there will be possibility for a permanent role with potentially further training as well as a rewarding career in health and social care.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
CHICHESTER COLLEGE GROUP
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000061830.
Apply now
Closes in 7 days (Tuesday 17 November 2026 at 11:59pm)