Adult Care Worker
Providing frontline care for vulnerable adults.
Duration: 12-18 months
Location: Southwest
ApprenticeshipLevel: Level 22
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Overview of the Role
Providing frontline care for vulnerable adults.
Details of the Standard
Adult Care Workers 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. 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 developing 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.
Entry Requirements
Undertake the Disclosure and Barring Service process and provide the result.
English and Maths
Achieved level 1 in English and maths (optional for 19+, please see funding rules).
Curriculum Overview
Main tasks and responsibilities, the right values and behaviours, communication, Safeguarding, health and wellbeing, working professionally & ownprofessional development, dignity/respect and human rights.
Delivery & Readiness
Onboarding includes initial and detailed assessment with sector specialist. regular meetings are flexible and delivered through blended learning approaches, via a mix of face to face and remote delivery. With tri party progress reviews (learner, employer & tutor) and Tri party gateway review prior to end assessment.
Summary of End-Point-Assessment
Situational judgement test & professional Discussion.
EPA window: 3 months
Grades available: Pass, Merit,Distinction