What you will do in your working day
The Apprenticeship role will include:
* Supporting clients to maintain their personal hygiene and appearance
* Supporting clients to manage their own medications safely, where this is not possible we administer medications
* Provide vital companionship to clients who frequently feel lonely and isolated due to living alone.
An average week could look like:
Laura is a Community Care Assistant for Clifton Homecare. She regularly tells people she loves her job. She comes to work each day looking forward to the day ahead and feels she is making a difference to people's lives and goes home feeling satsified. Clifton Homecare are looking for care workers like Laura who are just as passionate.
Laura often tells people that she loves her job. She often says it's the most rewarding job she has ever had and wishes she had discovered social care sooner. She says:
"It's very rewarding. There's never a day goes by when you're not laughing. When you bond with clients, it's like going to see a family member."
The Apprenticeship role will involve working 30-40 hours a week. There is no need to drive but applicants must be willling to learn to drive over the first 12 months of their apprenticeship, or upon turning 17 years of age.
The training you will be getting
* A range of training courses are provided by our internal trainers, these will be mainly face to face with som e-learning courses to also complete. All new starters receive a comprehensive induction period, consisting of classroom based and in the field training. All new starters are supported with mentoring sessions also.
* The level 2 Adult care worker Apprenticeship takes approximately 12 months to complete and will consist of assignment type work; some of which can be completed via audio and observation. Off the job learning will include a variety of training such as face to face classroom delivery, 1:1 developmental sessions, webinar attendance, conference attendance and much more.
* Functional Skills in maths and English, if required.
What to expect at the end of your apprenticeship
* Level 3 - Lead Adult Care Worker, through to Level 4, 5 and level 6 and 7 (Foundation Degree - Assistant Practitioner); Senior care worker, Assistant Manager, Registered Manager, Quality Assurance Manager, Mentor and Lead Mentor.