Adult Care Worker Apprentice

PENHELLIS COMMUNITY CARE LIMITED

Either Penzance, Hayle, St Ives, Helston, Falmouth Truro or Camborne., TR13 9AN

Closes on Monday 16 December

Posted on 12 November 2024

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Summary

Penhellis Community Care are offering an exciting opportunity to join their dynamic team as an Adult Care Worker apprentice! Gain the knowledge, skills and behaviours to kickstart your career in the Health & Social care sector.

Annual wage
£23,816 a year

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Travel time is paid at £11.45 an hour. Drivers are also paid £0.35 a mile.

Training course
Adult care worker (level 2)
Hours
Penhellis run Saturday to Friday, each day has a shift pattern of 7am until 2pm and 3 until 10pm.

40 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 6 January

Duration

1 year

Positions available

10

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

Duties will include but are not limited to:

  • Assisting Service users with washing, dressing, applying creams.
  • Assisting with oral and personal care and toileting where necessary.
  • Preparing food and drink and assisting with mealtimes.
  • Light domestic duties within the household.
  • Social interaction.

 

Where you’ll work

Community Care Across Cornwall.

Either Penzance, Hayle, St Ives, Helston, Falmouth Truro or Camborne.

TR13 9AN

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

CORNWALL COLLEGE

Your training course

Adult care worker (level 2)

Equal to GCSE

Course contents
  •  Support individuals they are working with according to their personal care/support plan
  • Ask for help from an appropriate person when not confident or skilled in any aspect of their role
  • Provide individuals with information to enable them to have a choice about the way they are supported
  • Encourage individuals to participate in the way their care and support is delivered
  • Ensure the individual knows what they are agreeing to regarding the way in which they are supported
  • Contribute to the on-going development of care/support plans for the individual they support
  • Support individuals with cognitive, physical or sensory impairments
  • Ensure dignity is at the centre of all work with the individuals they support, their families, carers and advocates
  • Demonstrate all work is person centred, accommodating the individual’s needs, wishes and preferences
  • Demonstrate empathy (understanding and compassion) for individuals they support
  • Demonstrate courage in supporting people in ways that may challenge their personal/cultural beliefs
  • Speak clearly and exhibit positive non-verbal communication to individuals, families, carers and advocates
  • Use the preferred methods of communication of the individual they support according to their language, culture, sensory needs and their wishes
  • Identify and take steps to reduce environmental barriers to communication
  • Demonstrate they can check for understanding
  • Write clearly and concisely in records and reports
  • Keep information safe and confidential according to agreed ways of working
  • Recognise potential signs of different forms of abuse
  • Respond to concerns of abuse according to agreed ways of working
  • Recognise, report and challenge unsafe practices
  • Promote the health and wellbeing of the individual they support
  • Move people and objects safely
  • Demonstrate how to reduce the spread of infection, including use of best practice in hand hygiene
  • Demonstrate the promotion of healthy eating and wellbeing by ensuring individuals have access to fluids, food and nutrition
  • Demonstrate how to keep people, buildings and themselves safe and secure
  • Carry out fire safety procedures when required
  • Use risk assessments to support individuals safely
  • Recognise symptoms of cognitive impairment, e.g. Dementia, learning disabilities and mental health
  • Monitor and report changes in health and wellbeing for individuals they support
  • Reflect on your own work practices
  • Demonstrate the development of their own skills and knowledge, including core skills in writing, numbers and information technology
  • Demonstrate their contribution to their development plan
  • Demonstrate ability to work in partnership with others to support the individual
  • Identify sources of support when conflicts arise with other people or organisations
  • Demonstrate they can work within safe, clear professional boundaries
  • Show they can access and apply additional skills required to perform the specific job role competently

    • Your training plan

    Apprenticeship Standard is Level 2 Adult Care worker.
    You will be required to attend St Austell College a day a week as part of your apprenticeship training. You will receive on and off-the-job training and support from an assessor and an Apprenticeship advisor.

    Requirements

    Essential qualifications

    GCSE in:

    • English (grade 3/D)
    • Maths (grade 3/D)

    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
    • Problem solving skills
    • Presentation skills
    • Logical
    • Team working
    • Initiative
    • Non judgemental
    • Patience

    Other requirements

    Please consider some service users have old fashioned values so may have historical mannerisms.

    About this company

    Established in 1993, Penhellis Community Care is a Cornish based company regulated and regularly inspected by the Care Quality Commission. We are a family run business with family values, availability is set so provides a healthy work/life balance and due to our size, we are able to give work to localised areas resulting in less travel time and more client time. The area that they cover are either Penzance, Hayle & St Ives, Helston, Falmouth & Truro or Camborne

    https://www.penhellis.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

    After this apprenticeship

    Once qualified Penhellis Community care can offer a full-time role to applicants with the opportunity to progress to either a Key or Senior worker.

    Ask a question

    The contact for this apprenticeship is:

    CORNWALL COLLEGE

    Holly

    01209616452

    The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000286958.

    Apply now

    Closes on Monday 16 December

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