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Lead Adult Care Worker

Over a 14-month period you will focus on building the skills and knowledge you need to provide high quality, compassionate healthcare, following standards, policies or protocols and always acting within the limits of your competence.

Progression:

After successfully completing a Lead Adult Care Worker Level 3 Diploma, you will have several exciting progression options, you can choose to work towards an Assistant Practitioner or a Leader in Adult Care post within your workplace.

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Level 3 Diploma in Adult Care.
14 months (plus 3 month for EPA)
Assessed virtually

As a Lead Adult Care Worker you will make a positive difference to someone’s life when they are faced with physical, practical, social, emotional or intellectual challenges. You will be expected to exercise judgement and take appropriate action to support individuals to maintain their independence, dignity and control. By providing leadership, guidance and direction at the frontline of care delivery you will be instrumental in improving the health and wellbeing of those receiving care and support. Lead Adult Care Workers will in some circumstances have delegated responsibility for the standard of care provided and may supervise the work of other care workers. This exercising of autonomy and accountability means leading and supporting others to comply with expected standards and behaviours.

 

This qualification consists of mandatory units covering knowledge and skills competencies with optional specialisms which can be combined in flexible ways to reflect the real working context of different learners. The mandatory unit content is listed below, the optional units are designed to meet the requirements of a range of healthcare services and to support the delivery of the Lead Adult Care Worker apprenticeship standard for England.

Mandatory Unit Content
  • Person-centered Approaches
  • Communication
  • Personal Development
  • Values and Behaviours
  • Prevention and Control of Infection
  • Information Handling
  • Mental Health and Wellbeing
  • Responsibilities of the Role
  • Safeguarding
  • Health and Safety
  • Equality and Diversity

The Lead Adult Care Worker apprenticeship is ideally suited for experienced colleagues who are frontline staff who help adults with care and support needs to achieve their personal goals and live as independently and safely as possible, enabling them to have control and choice in their lives. In addition, Lead Adult Care Workers have responsibility for providing supervision, frontline leadership, guidance and direction for others, or working autonomously, exercising judgement and accountability.

Level 3 Diploma in Adult Care.

As well as on programme assessments there will be an end-point assessment (EPA) which will be carried out by an external independent assessor. This will include a series of assessment elements completed by the apprentice. For an up-to-date assessment plan please visit the Skills England standards page. Each component of end-point assessment is graded with an overall grade and given a fail, pass or distinction.

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