Lead Adult Care Worker Apprentice
LENDING HANDS IN CARE LTD
Cornwall, PL26 8LG
Closes on Monday 2 December
Posted on 22 October 2024
Contents
Summary
Lending Hands In Care Ltd are offering an exciting opportunity to join their team as an Apprentice Lead Adult Care Worker. You will gain experience in supervision, frontline leadership, the guidance and direction of staff, judgement and accountability.
- Annual wage
- £30,680 a year
- Training course
- Lead adult care worker (level 3)
- Hours
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Shifts will be 09:00 - 17:00 Monday - Wednesday or Wednesday - Friday and every other weekend
40 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Monday 13 January
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- 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
- Client Assessments and Reviews: Conducting assessments with new service users and conducting regular reviews with existing clients
- Support Plans and Documentation: Preparing support plans, care plans, and all necessary documents for service users' folders, ensuring accuracy and compliance
- Stakeholder Communication: Building and maintaining relationships with company stakeholders, hospital teams, social workers, doctors, and nurses
- Initiating and Managing Care Packages: Starting and overseeing new care packages
- Rota Management: Preparing the rota every two weeks
- Training and Supervision: Training senior support workers and key colleagues, allocating and supervising their work and development
- Liaison with Social Workers: Liaising with social workers regarding current service users
- Issue Handling and Reporting: Handling issues and concerns, collaborating with the social workers and to resolve challenging situations
- Covering Calls: Providing coverage for care calls and participating in on-call duties as needed
- Professional Representation: Representing the company in a professional manner
Where you’ll work
Victoria Road
Roche
Victoria, St Austell
Cornwall
PL26 8LG
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
Lead adult care worker (level 3)
Equal to A level
Course contents
Your training plan
- Apprenticeship Standard Level 3 Diploma in Adult Care
- Mandatory qualifications (e.g. First Aid): Apprentices will be given mandatory training in First Aid, Moving and Handling, Health and Safety, Equality and Diversity, Fire Safety, Infection Control, Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults, Food Hygiene, Mental Capacity, Safe Administration of Medication and Care Certificate
- Apprentices will also be encouraged to undertake any additional training that will enhanced their CPD
- You will be required to attend St Austell College a day a week as part of your apprenticeship training
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4/C)
- Maths (grade 4/C)
Desirable qualifications
Other in:
- Care (grade Pass)
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
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Analytical skills
- Team working
- Patience
Other requirements
The successful candidate will need to have a driving licence / There is car parking available at the office.
About this company
Lending Hands in Care Ltd is a home care service provider operating in Cornwall, offering a range of personalized care services to support individuals in their own homes. Their services include: personal care, dementia care, care for older adults (65+), care for younger adults (under 65), support for individuals with physical disabilities and assistance for those with sensory impairments
Company benefits
Company pension
After this apprenticeship
- There may be the opprtunity for permanent full time employment for the successful candidate upon completion of this apprenticeship
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
CORNWALL COLLEGE
Liz
01209 617826
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000283523.
Apply now
Closes on Monday 2 December
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