Lifestyle Co-ordinator Apprentice - Adult Social Care Worker
THE OAKLEA TRUST
Durham, DH6 2YB
Closes on Monday 2 December
Posted on 29 October 2024
Contents
Summary
As a Lifestyle Co-ordinator, you will be responsible for supporting people to achieve their goals, based within the home or local community. Activities of support vary from daily living skills, personal care, travel, medication administration, teaching and maintaining of independent life skills.
- Annual wage
- £11,648 a year
- Training course
- Adult care worker (level 2)
- Hours
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Initially the role will be working Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm, but as the role progresses you will work shifts. Working hours will vary depending on the customer’s needs and availability of the employee.
35 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Monday 9 December
- Duration
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1 year
- 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
To assist customers with activities of daily living as per an initial assessment and ‘MyLife My Choices’ support plan completed by the Team Manager and agreed with the customer. Principle duties may include but are not limited to the following:
Duties are varied and personalised to the customer’s needs such as:
- To general housekeeping e.g. cooking, shopping, domestic duties etc. and helping customers to maintain all aspects of their domestic lives
- To providing help with all aspects of personal care
- To assisting customers in the administration of medication if required
- To facilitate socialisation and participation in community activities e.g. visiting family/friends, walks, cinema/theatre, meals out, going for a drive (where required), reading etc.
- To monitoring and recording of achievement of goals and outcomes on customer support notes
- To liaise with customers, families, friends, advocates, external agencies and the management team to provide a consistent approach that meets the individual needs of each customer
- To support customers when raising issues or complaints
- To signpost customers to relevant agencies/organisations
- To empathise and actively listen in a sensitive manner accessing appropriate additional support where necessary
- To support customers to access appropriate health care provision enabling them to make an informed choice regarding any prescribed treatment, seeking advice where necessary
- To create opportunities for customers to develop, establish and maintain personal relationships and social networks, which encourage greater participation and integration in their chosen communities
- To mentor colleagues.
- To carry out duties in line with the customer support plan and your job description.
The Employee would be expected to:
- To preserve independence and dignity of the customer
- To manage personal care with both dignity and respect
- To report any changes/issues concerning the customer to their Team Manager
- To be proactive in observing changes in a customer’s condition; take action to report and rectify faults
- To read and abide by the support plan set out in the customer’s support plan and risk assessment
- To support the completion of administrative tasks such as record keeping in relation to customer’s daily support notes, ‘My Life My choices’ and activity risk assessments
- To undertake sleep-in duties, which may form part of their core duties
- To support and understand each individual customer’s needs; valuing colleagues
- To report back any areas of risk, not previously identified, to the Team Manager
- To maintain confidentiality and committing not to divulge information to third parties unless consent to share information has been given in writing and agreed
- To work in accordance with your job description/contract of employment and any policies/procedures and guidelines of The Oaklea Trust and the Care Quality Commission
- To promote equality and diversity
- To work in accordance with the Health & Safety Act 1974
- To provide safe, effective high quality care and report any concerns as per Safeguarding procedures
- To contribute to the overall development of the Oaklea team and promote a positive image of the customers and The Oaklea Trust.
- To participate in e-learning/training courses/seminars held internally and by outside agencies
This job description is not intended to be a comprehensive list of
duties, but a reflection of the present requirements of the role. The actual job content will be subject to periodic review on discussion with the post holder.
Where you’ll work
46 Westgarth Grove
Shotton Colliery
Durham
DH6 2YB
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
EAST DURHAM COLLEGE
Your training course
Adult care worker (level 2)
Equal to GCSE
Course contents
Your training plan
- Level 2 Adult Care Worker Apprenticeship Standard
- Diploma in Care level 2
- English and maths Functional Skills if required - if not required, maths and English upskill will still be provided but you do not need to sit an exam
- Preparation for End Point Assessment
- Delivery method and location to be confirmed
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
- English (grade 4 / C and above)
- Maths (grade 4 / C and 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
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
The successful candidate will be expected to provide a satisfactory Enhanced DBS check and references.
About this company
We are a charity based in Cumbria, Lancashire, County Durham & Northumberland. We support disabled, disadvantaged and vulnerable children and adults.
After this apprenticeship
- The successful candidate will have the opportunity to continue their learning by progressing to the next level qualification and permanent employment
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
EAST DURHAM COLLEGE
Emma Louise Norbury
emma.norbury@eastdurham.ac.uk
0191 5185587
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000284625.
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Closes on Monday 2 December
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