Level 2 Adult Care Worker Apprenticeship

To work in care is to make a positive difference to someone’s life when they are faced with physical, practical, social, emotional, or intellectual challenges. Adult Care Workers need to have the right values and behaviours, develop competences and skills to provide high-quality compassionate care and support.

They are the frontline staff who help adults with care and support needs to achieve their personal goals and live as independently and safely as possible, enabling them to have control and choice in their lives, which is at the heart of person-centred care. Job roles are varied and determined by and relevant to the type of the service being provided and the person supported. Adult Care Workers may work in residential or nursing homes, domiciliary care, day centres, a person’s own home, or some clinical healthcare settings.

This Apprenticeship covers both Adult Care Workers and Personal Assistants. Personal Assistants do the same job as an Adult Care Worker and work directly for one individual, usually within their own home. Working with people and feeling passionate about supporting and enabling them to live a more independent and fulfilling life is a rewarding and worthwhile job which provides excellent career opportunities.

How we deliver this Apprenticeship

This Apprenticeship is delivered on a one-to-one basis in your workplace by your own dedicated, expert Health and Social Care tutor.

They will meet with you every month (face-to-face or virtually) to provide teaching and training to help you develop new knowledge and skills and guide you through the programme.

They will then assess your competence by observing you applying the new skills at work and helping you develop a portfolio of evidence to prove you have met the requirements of the Apprenticeship.

Qualifications included in this Apprenticeship

Level 2 Adult Care Worker Apprenticeship Standard

City and Guilds Level 2 Diploma in Care

Functional Skills

Level 1 Functional Skills in English and maths (if required)

Progression

Level 3 Adult Care Worker Apprenticeship.