Apprentice Support Worker - Adult Care

THE GRANGE CENTRE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

SURREY (KT23 4DZ)

Closes in 5 days (Thursday 20 March)

Posted on 27 February 2025

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Summary

An Apprentice Support Worker role offers you a fantastic chance to kickstart your career in care, the most rewarding industry to work in! Whether you are starting out or changing careers, this route offers you the chance to study for a qualification alongside your day job of supporting & inspiring adults to live independent and fulfilling lives.

Wage
£22,126 a year

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Salary increase due in April 2025. Paid overtime available. Paid for DBS

Training course
Lead adult care worker (level 3)
Hours
37 hours per week, rota agreed in advance and will include alternate weekends. Early shifts start at 7.30am and late shifts finish at 9.30pm. Normally it works out as 6 days on 4 days off. Time off from work is provided whilst studying.

37 hours a week

Possible start date

Tuesday 1 April

Duration

1 year 6 months

Positions available

2

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you’ll do at work

  • Provide support, encouragement and advice to people supported by and living at The Grange Centre on all aspects of daily living.
  • Supporting people to get up and ready in the morning, which may include support with medication once trained and ready for bed in the evening, which may include support with personal care/showering.
  • Accompanying people we support to appointments, trips, shopping, leisure trips etc.
  • Supporting domestic activities, such as laundry, cooking, shopping, budgeting etc.
  • Encouraging healthy living and informed choices with regard to food and physical activity.
  • Help develop and maintain friendships and relationships.

Where you’ll work

RECTORY LANE
BOOKHAM
LEATHERHEAD
SURREY
KT23 4DZ

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

BESPOKE CONSULTANCY & EDUCATION 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

  • Training will take place on the job and online via elearning and scheduled webinars. 

Requirements

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
  • Customer care skills
  • Number skills
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience
  • Empathy
  • Positivity

Other requirements

Please be mindful of our location in Bookham, it's really important candidates can get to us easily as public transport is not overly reliable at 7.30am or 9.30pm.

About this company

The Grange Centre for People with Disabilities provides vital services supporting people with learning disabilities to lead independent and fulfilling lives. We are unique in Surrey as we are offer accommodation, care support and wide range of skills training and activities all on one beautiful 8-acre site in Bookham. Our services are most suited for people with mild to moderate disabilities. We are a regulated care provider, a charity and a housing association and we provide three services – residential care for those with higher care needs, Supported living for people working towards independence and Skills & Activities – a wide range of training, work experience and mini businesses.

https://www.grangecentre.org.uk/ (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

33 days holiday, including bank holidays. Pension scheme, staff discounts on food. A 24/7 confidential Employee Assistance Helpline and access to trained counsellors. Free onsite parking & use of our onsite swimming pool.

Disability Confident

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

We would hope that after the apprenticeship you will stay with us and become a permanent Support Worker.

We also like to develop and promote from within, so you would have the chance to become a Senior Support Worker in the future too.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

THE GRANGE CENTRE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

Recruitment Team

recruitment@grangecentre.org.uk

01372 452608

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000306465.

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Closes in 5 days (Thursday 20 March)

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