Develop your employees to become the next lead adult care workers in your organisation

Who is this course for?

The Lead Adult Care Worker Apprenticeship is ideal for employees who already provide health and social care support to adults in a range of settings and are ready to take the next step in their healthcare career. These employees deliver high quality, compassionate care to every person whether they work in a person’s own home, residential or nursing home, or a clinical setting.

What does the course cover?

The training provides care workers with the responsibility to provide supervision, frontline leadership, guidance and direction to others, whilst applying good judgement and accountability.

Course outline: 

  • Contribute to the development and ongoing review of care/support plans for the individuals they support
  • Demonstrate dignity in their working role with individuals they support, their families, carers and other professionals
  • Demonstrate and promote to other workers excellent communication skills, including confirmation of understanding to individuals, their families, carers and professionals
  • Lead and support others to address conflicts or dilemmas that may arise between an individual’s rights and duty of care
  • Lead and mentor others where appropriate to promote the wellbeing of the individuals they support

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Course Duration:

This is a 12-month apprenticeship programme delivered during normal working hours and training can be flexible to meet the needs of your organisation.  We use a blend of online, webinar and practical sessions, and the apprentice will receive regular 1-1 sessions and support from their tutor.

Entry Requirements:

Undertake the Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service process and provide the result prior to starting.

The individual must meet the 15 standards as set out in the Care Certificate. The Care Quality Commission expect that providers who employ healthcare assistants and social care support workers follow these standards to make sure new staff are supported, skilled and assessed as competent to carry out their roles.

What qualifications will be achieved?

Level 3 Diploma in Adult Care

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KEY FACTS

Course cost: £4000

Employer contribution: 5% (£200) 

Qualifications

Level 3 Diploma in Adult Care

Progression Routes

This apprenticeship supports career progression within the health and social care sector.

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Treat people with respect and dignity and honour their human rights

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

Communicate clearly and responsibly

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 individuals to remain safe from harm (Safeguarding)

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

Champion health and wellbeing for the individuals they support

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

Work professionally and seek to develop their own professional development

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