Apprenticeships are jobs with accompanying skills and development that are designed by employers. They develop technical knowledge, skills and behaviours which include the capability within English, Maths and interpersonal skills required for current and future aspirations of the sector. Development is acquired through a blended mix of 20% off the job training and 80% workplace skills.
The Lead Adult Care Worker Apprenticeship programme is designed for those who have a wealth of experience in Adult Care and are looking to develop their careers in a specialist or senior role. Lead Adult Care Workers promote, enhance and champion service provision to colleagues, other professionals and the wider society. Apprentices will develop an in-depth awareness of the scope of Adult Care, the roles and responsibilities that extend the foundations to enhance career prospects as a Lead Adult Care Worker. Developing sufficient depth of knowledge, skills and behaviours relating to the: roles and responsibilities, legal frameworks, codes of conduct and best practice within Health, Safety and Wellbeing, Equality, Personalisation, Care Planning, Safeguarding Principles and Practices, Risk Assessments, Capacity, Advocacy, Service Delivery, alongside an enhanced understanding and application of the 6Cs that is used to develop others. Lead Adult Care workers will promote effective and appropriate practices and services from colleagues, wider professionals that ensure effective and professional service delivery.
Apprentices develop in-depth knowledge, skills and behaviours to apply or sustain a productive career supporting and developing colleagues in a variety of settings including residential, nursing, domiciliary, day care and clinical settings. Working with colleagues and individuals with various needs, abilities and conditions. Many Lead Adult Care Workers progress their careers into senior roles and nursing.
Lead Adult Care Workers will be employed within a role, working towards, being developed or on a placement that allow for the following opportunities for apprentices to:
| 1. Full Cost £3,000 or 5% contribution 2. Duration 12 – 15 months 3. Care Certificate 4. Enhanced Disclosure and Barring clearance 5. Functional Skills English at Level 2 or equivalent
6. Functional Skills Mathematics at Level 2 or equivalent
| 7. Level 3 Diploma in Adult Care 8. Gateway
9. End Point Assessment (EPA)
|
Lead Adult Care Workers will develop an in-depth knowledge of the roles and responsibilities of frontline workers within Adult Care to ensure high quality delivery and professionalism. Lead Adult Care workers will develop an in-depth awareness of how to support colleagues, individuals and other professionals understand the importance of high quality service provision that ensures positive differences to an individual’s life when being faced with physical, practical, social, emotional or intellectual challenges.
Lead Adult Care Workers will develop knowledge, skills and behaviours to support the development of competencies to provide and support the delivery of high-quality compassionate care and support to individuals with others and internal and external stakeholders.
Lead Adult Care Workers will develop an in-depth knowledge, skills and behaviours relating to safeguarding measures, protocols, best practice, legislation, regulation, codes of conduct specifically within health, safety and wellbeing, person-centred support, care planning, risk assessments, equality and inclusion, mental capacity, advocacy, wider roles and responsibilities alongside in-depth knowledge of specific conditions of those whom they are providing care and support to. Lead Adult Care Workers will develop presentation skills, leadership skills, confidence to work autonomously to ensure high quality service delivery from a highly qualified and professional workforce.
Lead Adult Care Workers will develop wider skills that elevate confidence, resilience, capability, coping strategies and competence to ensure an effective and sustained career and progression opportunities as a Lead Adult Care.
Delivery will be based on a mix of blended learning for the practical elements which includes:
|
|
Lead Adult Care Workers will achieve the full requirements of the Level 3 Diploma in Adult Care. Lead Adult Care Workers must achieve 58 credits of which 28 are mandatory the remaining 30 credits to be chosen from allocated roles and responsibilities
| Unit type | Unit title | Credit | Unit type |
| Mandatory | Duty of care in care settings | 1 | Knowledge |
| Mandatory | Safeguarding and protection in care settings | 3 | Competence |
| Mandatory | Promote communication in care settings | 3 | Competence |
| Mandatory | Promote effective handling of information in care settings | 2 | Competence |
| Mandatory | Promote personal development in care settings | 3 | Competence |
| Mandatory | Promote person-centred approaches in care settings | 6 | Competence |
| Mandatory | Promote equality and inclusion in care settings | 2 | Competence |
| Mandatory | Promote health, safety and well-being in care settings | 6 | Competence |
| Mandatory | Responsibilities of a care worker | 2 | Competence |
| Optional | Principles of advocacy | 4 | Knowledge |
| Optional | Understand how to support individuals to access and engage in education, training and employment (ETE) | 3 | Knowledge |
| Optional | Awareness of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 | 3 | Knowledge |
| Optional | Understand personalisation in adult care | 3 | Knowledge |
| Optional | Understand how to support individuals with foot care | 3 | Knowledge |
| Optional | Understand the impact of acquired brain injury on individuals | 3 | Knowledge |
| Optional | Understand how to support individuals with autism spectrum condition (ASC) | 3 | Knowledge |
| Optional | Dementia awareness | 2 | Knowledge |
| Optional | Understand the process and experience of dementia | 3 | Knowledge |
| Optional | Diabetes awareness | 3 | Knowledge |
| Optional | End of life care | 7 | Knowledge |
| Optional | Understand advance care planning | 3 | Knowledge |
| Optional | Principles of supporting individuals with a learning disability regarding sexuality and sexual health | 3 | Knowledge |
| Optional | Understand the context of supporting individuals with learning disabilities | 4 | Knowledge |
| Optional | Understand mental health problems | 3 | Knowledge |
| Optional | Understand sensory loss | 3 | Knowledge |
| Optional | The principles of infection prevention and control | 3 | Knowledge |
| Optional | Causes and spread of infection | 2 | Knowledge |
| Optional | Cleaning, decontamination and waste management | 2 | Knowledge |
| Optional | Co-ordinate activity provision in adult social care | 4 | Competence |
| Optional | Co-ordinate the use of assistive living technology | 4 | Competence |
| Optional | Promote continence management | 4 | Competence |
| Optional | Facilitate learning and development activities to meet individual needs and preferences | 5 | Competence |
| Optional | Managing pain and discomfort | 3 | Competence |
| Optional | Promote nutrition and hydration in adult care settings | 4 | Competence |
| Optional | Implement positive behaviour support | 6 | Competence |
| Optional | Develop, implement and review reablement plans | 4 | Competence |
| Optional | Support individuals to retain, regain and develop skills for everyday life | 4 | Competence |
| Optional | Provide agreed support for foot care | 3 | Competence |
| Optional | Provide support to individuals to continue recommended therapies | 3 | Competence |
| Optional | Move and position individuals in accordance with their care plan | 4 | Competence |
| Optional | Support individuals to access and use services and facilities | 4 | Competence |
| Optional | Support independence in the tasks of daily living | 5 | Competence |
| Optional | Work in partnership with families to support individuals | 3 | Competence |
| Optional | Implement therapeutic group activities | 4 | Competence |
| Optional | Support individuals to live at home | 4 | Competence |
| Optional | Support individuals during a period of change | 4 | Competence |
| Optional | Support individuals to access and manage direct payments | 4 | Competence |
| Optional | Support individuals to access housing and accommodation services | 4 | Competence |
| Optional | Support individuals to prepare for and settle in to new home environments | 3 | Competence |
| Optional | Support the spiritual well-being of individuals | 3 | Competence |
| Optional | Provide support for sleep | 2 | Competence |
| Optional | Support individuals with specific communication needs | 5 | Competence |
| Optional | Support carers to meet the care needs of individuals | 4 | Competence |
| Optional | Collaborate in the assessment of environmental and social support in the community | 4 | Competence |
| Optional | Provide support for mobility | 2 | Competence |
| Optional | Support positive risk-taking for individuals | 4 | Competence |
| Optional | Support person-centred thinking, planning and review | 4 | Competence |
| Optional | Facilitate person-centred assessment, planning, implementation and review | 6 | Competence |
| Optional | Support families who care for individuals with acquired brain injury | 3 | Competence |
| Optional | Support individuals with autism spectrum condition (ASC) | 4 | Competence |
| Optional | Provide support to individuals with dementia | 4 | Competence |
| Optional | Support individuals with diabetes | 6 | Competence |
| Optional | Care for the elderly | 2 | Competence |
| Optional | Support individuals at the end of life | 6 | Competence |
| Optional | Support individuals who are bereaved | 4 | Competence |
| Optional | Support individuals with learning disabilities to access healthcare | 3 | Competence |
| Optional | Promote mental well-being and mental health | 3 | Competence |
| Optional | Support individuals with multiple conditions and/or disabilities | 4 | Competence |
| Optional | Support individuals with Parkinson’s disease | 3 | Competence |
| Optional | Support the assessment of individuals with sensory loss | 3 | Competence |
| Optional | Promote stroke care management | 4 | Competence |
| Optional | Carry out assessments to identify the needs of substance users | 5 | Competence |
| Optional | Support individuals who are substance users | 5 | Competence |
| Optional | Test for substance use | 5 | Competence |
| Optional | Recognise indications of substance misuse and refer individuals to specialists | 4 | Competence |
| Optional | Undertake research in adult care | 8 | Competence |
| Optional | Undertake physiological measurements | 3 | Competence |
| Optional | Undertake personal hygiene activities with individuals | 3 | Competence |
| Optional | Obtain venous blood samples | 3 | Competence |
| Optional | Obtain and test capillary blood samples | 4 | Competence |
| Optional | Undertake agreed pressure area care | 4 | Competence |
| Optional | Administer medication to individuals and monitor the effects | 5 | Competence |
| Optional | Understand the administration of medication | 3 | Competence |
| Optional | Lead learning and development in adult care | 4 | Competence |
| Optional | Mentoring in adult care | 4 | Competence |
| Optional | Personal and professional behaviour in adult care | 3 | Competence |
| Optional | Contribute to quality assurance in adult care | 3 | Competence |
| Optional | Manage resources in adult care | 3 | Competence |
| Optional | Lead an effective team | 3 | Competence |
| Optional | Support individuals to meet personal care needs | 2 | Competence |
* Competence – comprises of knowledge, skills and behaviours developed within the workplace and observed to ensure consistent application of knowledge, skills and behaviours in practice.
Knowledge – assessed on apprentice’s ability to demonstrate apprehension and understanding
All assignment submissions from Adult Care Workers will be graded on a Pass, Merit, Distinction or Referral
Here is where Adult Care Workers reflect on their newly found knowledge, skills and behaviours and the impact these have had on their practice and the individuals who have received care and support from them. To assist this reflection Adult Care Workers will complete and collect
| 1. Mock Situational Judgement Test 2. Two Service User Testimonies | 3. Mock Professional Discussion 4. Reflective Pack |
Here is where Adult Care Workers reflect on their newly found knowledge, skills and behaviours and the impact these have had on their practice and the individuals who have received care and support from them. To assist this reflection Adult Care Workers will complete and collect
| 1. Mock Situational Judgement Test 2. Two Service User Testimonies | 3. Mock Professional Discussion 4. Reflective Pack |
End point Assessment ensures that Lead Adult Care Workers have not only achieved the full components of the apprenticeship but have also retained and apprehended their newly acquired Skills, Knowledge and Behaviours. End Point Assessment is completed by an independent Organisation.
There are two components to be assessed:
1. Situational judgement test
Sixty questions based on potential situations that any Lead Adult Care Worker may encounter with a choice of 4 potential responses.
2. Professional discussion.
An in-depth, two-way professional discussion between the apprentice and the independent assessor, lasting no more than 45 minutes. The discussion will be based on knowledge, skills and behaviours set from the apprenticeship standard, broadly covering:
|
|
Stay up to date with courses, Apprenticeships and our team.
We never share your information with anyone. Please read our privacy policy to see how we use your details.
Dianthas Ltd © 2022. All Rights Reserved | Website by Andy Russell
