Apprentice Rehabilitation and Reablement Assistant

Summary

The Community Rehabilitation Service is an integrated health and social care team, providing a short term Intermediate Care and Rehabilitation Service to vulnerable and disabled service users. Within this role you will deliver a person-centred customer service whilst working towards a Level 3 Apprenticeship in Lead Adult Care Worker.

Annual wage: £23,473 a year
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Training course: Lead adult care worker (level 3)
Hours: Exact shifts to be confirmed.
37 hours a week
Possible start date: Wednesday 15 January
Duration: 1 year 6 months
Positions available: 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

The Community Rehabilitation Service is an integrated health and social care team, providing a short term Intermediate Care and Rehabilitation Service to vulnerable and disabled service users. Within this role you will deliver a person-centred customer service whilst working towards a Level 3 Apprenticeship in Lead Adult Care Worker.

This role is ideal for someone who wants to progress their adult social care career and ideally someone who has completed a Level 2 Adult Care Worker Apprenticeship or similar level of experience.

A positive attitude, enthusiasm and a willingness to learn are essential.

You will be an excellent communicator with good interpersonal skills with the ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English which is essential for this post.

You will have completed Level 2 Adult Care Worker Apprentice or have a similar level of experience and be consistent, supportive, proactive and flexible.

You will have a willingness to learn how to deliver personal care, moving and handling techniques and medication administration to a high standard.

The full job description can be found here:

https://pccfusionorcuks.blob.core.windows.net/$web/Profiles/PCC%20Adult%20Services/Apprentice%20RRA%20Post%20profile%20Dec%202024.pdf

Where you’ll work

Civic Offices

Guildhall Square

Portsmouth

Hampshire

PO1 2AL

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

LIFETIME TRAINING GROUP LIMITED

Your training course

Lead adult care worker (level 3)

Equal to A level

Course contents

Support individuals they are working with according to their personal care/support plan
Take the initiative when working outside normal duties and responsibilities
Recognise and access help when not confident or skilled in any aspect of the role that they are undertaking
Implement/facilitate the specialist assessment of social, physical, emotional and spiritual needs of individuals with cognitive, sensory and physical impairments
Contribute to the development and ongoing review of care/support plans for the individuals they support
Provide individuals with information to enable them to exercise choice on how they are supported
Encourage individuals to actively participate in the way their care and support is delivered
Ensure that individuals know what they are agreeing to regarding the way in which they are supported
Lead and support colleagues to understand how to establish informed consent when providing care and support
Guide, mentor and contribute to the development of colleagues in the execution of their duties and responsibilities
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
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 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
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
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

Your training plan

Lead Adult Care Worker Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

Other in:

Adult Care Worker (grade Level 2)

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
Attention to detail
Customer care skills
Team working
Patience

Other requirements

As the Apprenticeship progresses, there would be an expectation that the successful candidate would undertake some element of shift working across a 7am to 10pm/weekend rota, appropriate shift enhancement would apply at this point. DBS Disclosure at Enhanced level will be required prior to any offer of employment and this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. You will be a car driver and have access to your own vehicle for work purposes which is essential for this community post. You must be 18 years of age or over because as the role progresses you will be lone working and working shifts.

About this company

At Portsmouth City Council we’re all about developing our staff, because we want to build a bigger and better city but we need the best employees to do so. This unitary authority’s main goal is to ensure the best care and development of all those within the city. From customer service to multi-million pound projects, our residents are at the heart of everything we do.

https://www.portsmouth.gov.uk (opens in new tab)

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

Ongoing development and support

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

LIFETIME TRAINING GROUP LIMITED

Sarah McCully (Assistant Team Manager)

recruit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk

0300 1234 021

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000292202.

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Closes in 14 days (Sunday 5 January)

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