In general you will need to be calm, friendly, helpful, organised and able to use your own initiative. You will need to be prepared for hard work, learn varied tasks, be flexible and possess good communication skills. Whatever your GCSE grades or experience we will recommend an appropriate starting point for your adult care apprenticeship.

You will have the opportunity to:

• Communicate with people 
• Develop care plans
• Provide individualised care 
• Ensure the safety of service users
• Promote equality and inclusion
• Provide a duty of care
• Protect service users' safety
• Handle information
• Record drugs and medicines 
• Promote a person centred approach

• Adult Care Worker Level 2;
• Lead Adult Care Worker Level 3;
• Lead Practitioner in Adult Care Level 4;
• Leader in Adult Care Level 5;
• English and Maths functional skills qualifications.

• Assist you in securing a great job with exciting prospects
• Design an individual plan of learning 
• Arrange on and off the job training 
• Provide workshops to develop your skills
• Appoint a designated Training Adviser to support you
• Regularly review your progress with you and your employer
• Provide advice and guidance to develop your career

Intermediate Apprenticeship at level 2 will take approximately 12 months to complete; with a following 16 months to achieve the Advanced Apprenticeship at level 3. The duration of Levels 4 and 5 is 22 months. Due to the sensitive nature of work a police DBS check will be completed in line with required regulations.