Business Administrator Apprentice
Croftland’s Care Home
Huddersfield, HD8 0TH
Closes in 13 days (Thursday 21 November at 11:59pm)
Posted on 30 October 2024
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Summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a mature, hardworking, reliable apprentice to join our growing health care business based at Croftland’s Care Home in Kirkburton. No 2 days will be the same and within your varied role, you will help to support all aspects of the business whilst working towards a Business Admin Level 3 qualification.
- Annual wage
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£14,430 a year
Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)
This salary is significantly more than the national apprenticeship wage.
- Training course
- Business administrator (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 09:00 - 17:00 - (can change slightly to suit buses), with a 30-minute lunch break.
37 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Monday 2 December
- Duration
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1 year 3 months
- Positions available
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1
Work
As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.
What you’ll do at work
Croftland’s Care Home, part of the Croft Care Group, a specialist care company, are seeking to appoint a hardworking and reliable apprentice to join our growing team. Good admin and communication skills are desirable.
The successful applicant will have a confident personality and the ability to juggle a range of tasks in a very busy environment.
This role will include full administration support to the Care Manager and team across all areas of the business, with the aim to develop and have more responsibility during your apprenticeship.
The role, after training, will include some of the following:
Administration - Care Workers:
- Distribution of daily/weekly rotas to Care Workers
- Distribution and collation of all relevant paperwork to and from Care Workers
- Liaise between Care Workers and service users
- Monitor holiday and sickness of all Care Workers
- Take incoming calls and queries and deal with accordingly
Administration – Service Users:
- To set up, update and end service users records / files
- To liaise with Social Services and other third parties involved with service users care plans
Administration - General:
- To deal with all incoming telephone calls and queries and deal with accordingly
- To provide internal/external clients and service users with data as required
- To provide full administration support and deal with enquiries for the Care Manager and Team
- Monitoring of stationery, supplies, and petty cash
- General typing, filing and photocopying duties as required
- Producing monthly newsletter
- To undertake all responsibilities according to the policies and procedures of the company
- To attend any training sessions as required to support you in your role
- To respect the confidential and sensitive nature of the work
- To maintain good working relationships with all members of staff in the company
The above is not an exhaustive list of duties and you will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by the organisation which is relevant to your post within the company to meet the overall business objectives.
Where you’ll work
6 Turnshaw Road
Kirkburton
Huddersfield
HD8 0TH
Training
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.
College or training organisation
C.M.S. VOCATIONAL TRAINING LIMITED
Your training course
Business administrator (level 3)
Equal to A level
Course contents
Your training plan
As a business administration apprentice, you will complete the following qualifications as part of your Apprenticeship:
- Level 3 Business Administrator Apprenticeship Standard
- Level 2 Functional Skills maths and English if equivalents are not already achieved
- You will also develop the skills, knowledge and behaviours required to work within an office environment
- This apprenticeship is delivered in the workplace and 20% of your working time will be dedicated towards training and learning new skills
- You will be allocated a tutor who will provide you with personal support and assessment at pre-arranged times
- Assessment is through a variety of methods including observations in the workplace, witness testimonies, product evidence and professional discussions
- All evidence will be logged to your electronic portfolio
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- in 5 subjects including maths & English (grade 4/C or above)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Administrative skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
This post is subject to a satisfactory DBS check. Location - are you able to travel there daily? Due to the nature of the business, you may be required to have a Covid Vaccine to work.
About this company
The Croft Care Group provide nursing, residential and community-based care services in the North of England and currently have multiple care homes. Croftlands is our newest care home and is a stunning stone building which is home to fifty five residents with residential, nursing and dementia related needs. We are able to offer the following services; Full time permanent residential care, Nursing care, Dementia care, Respite care, Short term residential care, Safe and secure accommodation for people who are suffering from dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia related illnesses. Croftlands is an attractively designed care home situated on Turnshaw Road, on the edge of the village of Kirkburton, near Huddersfield, it offers a high level accommodation, which is matched by quality nursing, residential and dementia care from a dedicated and well trained staff team. Our residents see Croftlands as their home and with our wellbeing and activity team are actively encouraged to get involved in the daily decisions of the home.
After this apprenticeship
Upon completion of the apprenticeship, for the right applicant, there will be the opportunity toprogress to a permanent position.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
C.M.S. VOCATIONAL TRAINING LIMITED
Katrina Clarke
katrina.clarke@cmsvoc.co.uk
01924 470477
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000284760.
Apply now
Closes in 13 days (Thursday 21 November at 11:59pm)
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