Apprentice Healthcare Support Worker
LIFE CHANGE INTERNATIONAL LTD
LONDON, SE15 2HP
Closes in 31 days (Wednesday 25 December at 11:59pm)
Posted on 30 September 2024
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Summary
An ideal opportunity which help candidates to build their future career in Healthcare through an apprenticeship program. Monitoring patients, performing basic health checks and making patients feel comfortable.
- Annual wage
- £12,480 to £22,308 a year
- Training course
- Healthcare support worker (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 5.00pm.
37 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Wednesday 15 January
- Duration
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1 year
- Positions available
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2
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
You will work with our organisation accross to varety of settings from mental health to end of life care.
- Supporting and helping service users
- Supporting service users with their issues
- Supporting service users on they journey back to full health
- Socialising
- Medicine management
- Meal plan and shop
- Goals and aspirations
Where you’ll work
184D QUEENS ROAD
LONDON
SE15 2HP
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
THE TRAINING PLACE OF EXCELLENCE LIMITED
Your training course
Healthcare support worker (level 2)
Equal to GCSE
Course contents
- Work in line with legislation, policies, standards, local ways of working and codes of conduct that apply to own role
- Work within the scope of practice, the limits of own knowledge and skills, escalating and reporting to others when needed
- Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide safe non-discriminatory person-centred care and support in line with individual’s established consent
- Implement a duty of care, recognising and responding to safeguarding and protection concerns and acting in the best interest of individuals to ensure they do not come to harm
- Recognise and respond to the signs and symptoms that an individual is in pain, distress or discomfort to maximise comfort and wellbeing
- Recognise and respond to changes in individuals’ health and wellbeing
- Perform basic life support
- Undertake physiological measurements, selecting and using the correct tools or equipment
- Assist the registered practitioner in encouraging individuals to take or use their prescribed medication
- Promote access to fluids and nutrition in line with an individual’s care plan
- Support individuals with activities of daily living to maximise independence in line with their desired outcomes and plan of care
- Contribute to the storage of supplies and equipment
- Contribute to the cleaning, disinfecting and disposal of materials and equipment
- Support others with appointments, enquiries and referrals
- Communicate with individuals using techniques designed to facilitate understanding
- Recognise and respond to limitations in an individual’s mental capacity
- Act on opportunities to support others to maximise their health, well-being and positive lifestyle choices
- Record and store information related to individuals securely and in line with local and national policies, including the safe use of technology
- Report and share information related to individuals securely and in line with local and national policies, maintaining confidentiality
- Maintain a safe and healthy working environment, using a range of techniques for infection prevention and control, including hand hygiene and the use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Move and handle equipment or other items safely and assist individuals
- Take action in response to identified concerns, risks, incidents or errors and near misses arising in the workplace
- Participate in appraisal and supervision to support ongoing personal development
- Participate in training and development activities including the Care Certificate Standards
- Reflect on own practice
- Contribute to improvement activities in the workplace, for example collecting and logging data for audit
- Use evidence to make suggestions for improving practice
- Work in line with legislation, policies, standards, local ways of working and codes of conduct that apply to own role
- Work within the scope of practice, the limits of own knowledge and skills, escalating and reporting to others when needed
- Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide safe non-discriminatory person-centred care and support in line with individual’s established consent
- Implement a duty of care, recognising and responding to safeguarding and protection concerns and acting in the best interest of individuals to ensure they do not come to harm
- Recognise and respond to the signs and symptoms that an individual is in pain, distress or discomfort to maximise comfort and wellbeing
- Recognise and respond to changes in individuals’ health and wellbeing
- Perform basic life support
- Undertake physiological measurements, selecting and using the correct tools or equipment
- Assist the registered practitioner in encouraging individuals to take or use their prescribed medication
- Promote access to fluids and nutrition in line with an individual’s care plan
- Support individuals with activities of daily living to maximise independence in line with their desired outcomes and plan of care
- Contribute to the storage of supplies and equipment
- Contribute to the cleaning, disinfecting and disposal of materials and equipment
- Support others with appointments, enquiries and referrals
- Communicate with individuals using techniques designed to facilitate understanding
- Recognise and respond to limitations in an individual’s mental capacity
- Act on opportunities to support others to maximise their health, well-being and positive lifestyle choices
- Record and store information related to individuals securely and in line with local and national policies, including the safe use of technology
- Report and share information related to individuals securely and in line with local and national policies, maintaining confidentiality
- Maintain a safe and healthy working environment, using a range of techniques for infection prevention and control, including hand hygiene and the use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Move and handle equipment or other items safely and assist individuals
- Take action in response to identified concerns, risks, incidents or errors and near misses arising in the workplace
- Participate in appraisal and supervision to support ongoing personal development
- Participate in training and development activities including the Care Certificate Standards
- Reflect on own practice
- Contribute to improvement activities in the workplace, for example collecting and logging data for audit
- Use evidence to make suggestions for improving practice
Your training plan
The training will take place at:
The Training Place of Excellence, 2-4 Canterbury Street, Gillingham, ME7 1BN
Classes are held one day a week.
- Healthcare Support worker Apprenticeship Level 2 qualification
- Persons BTEC Level 2 Diploma in Care
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
- Maths, English (grade 4-9)
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
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
About this company
Life Change International Ltd is dedicated to transforming lives and serving the community with love and compassion. We are devoted to teaching and helping people to discover their true purpose in and achieve personal happiness. life
After this apprenticeship
- Senior Healthcare Support Worker Level 3 Apprenticeship
- Full time employment
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
THE TRAINING PLACE OF EXCELLENCE LIMITED
Brunilda Aliaj
brunildaaliaj@thetrainingplace.org
02072529331
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000279252.
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Closes in 31 days (Wednesday 25 December at 11:59pm)
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