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Lead Adult Care Worker

Level 3 apprenticeship

 


Lead Adult Care Workers have responsibility for providing supervision, frontline leadership, guidance and direction to others. Learners will grow their skills, behaviours and knowledge within their lead role.

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Key information

Who is it for?

For supervisors or leads who carry out a duty of care to service users who live in their own home or in a caring environment.

Blended delivery

1-1 facilitated learning sessions with Lifetime Learning Coach, face-to-face and remote teaching, and self study via online learning platform - Aptem.

End point assessment

90 minute on-screen test and 45 minute professional discussion.

Duration

14 months + end point assessment

Could this apprenticeship be for you?

If you meet most of these responsibilities as part of your existing role, or if you could be supported to meet these responsibilities during your apprenticeship, you could be suitable for this programme.

  • Required to support adults with their daily care and support health and well-being?
  • Are you recognised as a lead practitioner within the care team? – If yes then the Lead Practitioner
    L4 could be more suitable.
  • Allowed to lead, guide & mentor other members of staff e.g. help with new starts?
  • Do/will you have the opportunity to supervise and lead a shift and support training of others?
  • Required to contribute to the ongoing review of support plans? e.g identifying a need for change
  • Required to create or develop risk assessments to support individuals when a change occurs?

The modules

  • Your Lead Role, Duty of Care
  • Professional Development and Working Relationships
  • IT Fundamentals
  • Communication and Handling Information
  • Personal Well-being
  • Health and Well-being
  • Safeguarding
  • Mental Capacity & Restrictive Practice
  • Person-Centred Practice
  • Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
  • Choice and Independence
  • Health and Safety

Specialist pathways

This apprenticeship is split into the following pathways, as each role will have specific specialist knowledge, skills and behaviours.

  • Adult Care
  • Social Support
  • Homelessness

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Please note, you'll need to be employed to learn on one of our apprenticeships, and your manager will need to authorise this (as it's your company who pay for the programme!) so please ensure you have their consent to enrol before you proceed.

If you're interested in this programme for your team, click here to contact us.