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Healthcare Support Worker

This apprenticeship allows you to learn, develop and demonstrate the skills, knowledge, values and behaviours required for employment and/or career progression in healthcare.

Progression:

After successfully completing a Healthcare Support Worker Apprenticeship Level 2 Diploma, you will have several exciting progression options:

  • Senior Healthcare Support Worker Level 3 Diploma: This role builds on your experience, allowing you to take on more responsibilities and contribute to patient care.
  • There are many pathways to explore and this diploma could be a stepping stone towards becoming a Nurse Associate or even Registered Nurse with further training.
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Level 2
13 months (plus 3 month for EPA)
Assessed virtually

Over a 13-month period you will focus on building the skills, knowledge, values and behaviours you need to provide high quality, compassionate care, following standards, policies or protocols and always acting within the limits of your competence.

This qualification consists of a number of units covering knowledge and skills competencies which can be combined in flexible ways to reflect the real working context of different learners.

Course content
  • Duty of Care
  • Responsibilities of a Care Worker
  • Personal Development
  • Information Handling
  • Person-centered Approaches
  • Communication
  • Safeguarding
  • Equality and Inclusion
  • Health, Safety and Wellbeing in Care Settings
  • You will also be required to complete the 15 standards in The Care Certificate, a nationally recognised certificate

The Healthcare Support Worker apprenticeship is ideally suited for those who carry out a range of clinical and non-clinical healthcare or therapeutic tasks such as checking blood pressure, helping service users with daily activities such as eating, dressing and washing and monitoring overall comfort and wellbeing. This will be under the direct or indirect supervision of the registered healthcare practitioner. You may work in a range of services e.g. hospital, nursing or care home, assessment centre, school, prison or GP surgery and will be working in partnership with individuals, families, carers and other service providers.

Health Care Support Worker Level 2

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 IfATE 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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