Category: Health & Social Care
Level 3
Lead Adult Care Worker
Apprenticeship
Leading frontline care for vulnerable adults within their own homes, day care centres, residential and nursing homes and other healthcare settings.
Key apprenticeship information
Title of embedded diploma/qualification:
Level 3 Diploma in Care
Additional Functional Skills:
Level 2 English and maths
Awarding Organisation:
Training Qualifications UK
Qualification duration:
15 months and 12 weeks End Point Assessment
Who is suitable:
Anybody working as a senior frontline care professional
Non-levy employer contribution (5%) - £200 Levy paying employer contribution - £4000
Funding value and cost:
About your course
Frontline staff members known as Lead Adult Care Workers assist adults with care and support requirements in achieving their individual objectives and living as independently and safely as they can, giving them power and choice over their life. Lead Adult Care Workers are also in charge of supervising, leading from the front, guiding, and directing others, or working independently, making decisions, and taking accountability.
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.
Lead Adult Care Workers may be employed in residential or nursing homes, home health care, creche facilities, or some clinical healthcare settings.
What you will learn
You’ll develop a wide range of skills so that you’re able to successfully supervise, lead and support others to deliver quality care. We’ll teach and support you to be a competent lead adult care worker able to deliver the very best care and be an expert practitioner.
Key learning topics covered during the apprenticeship include:
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Their job roles and other worker roles relevant to the context of the service in which they are working
Relevant statutory Standards and Codes of Practice for their role
What the ‘Duty of Care’ is in practice
How to create and develop a care plan based on the person’s preferences in the way they want to be supported
How to lead and support others to ensure compliance with regulations and organisational policies and procedures
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Treat people with respect and dignity and honour their human rights
Communicate clearly and responsibly
Support individuals to remain safe from harm (Safeguarding)
Champion health and wellbeing for the individuals they support
Work professionally and seek to develop their own professional development
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Demonstrate continuous professional development
Communicate clearly both verbally and non-verbally and able to influence others to maximise the quality of interaction
The importance of respecting diversity, the principles of inclusion and treating everyone fairly
How to address and resolve any dilemmas they may face between a person’s rights and their safety
How to use and promote with others where relevant, risk assessments to enable a person centred approach to delivering care
How will your qualification be delivered
Our sector expert staff will support you to achieve the apprenticeship. We have highly skilled and knowledgeable staff with significant experience of working in the industry who will be able to share their experiences and support you. All learning is either on a 1-2-1 basis or small group webinars so you have the best experience possible with Phoenix 4 Training. You will have an eportfolio to gather and store all your evidence to support your apprenticeship.
End Point Assessment
There will be an external assessment at the end of the programme once the apprentice has achieved the ‘gateway’ requirements. This includes achieving the Level 3 Diploma in Adult Care and Level 2 Functional Skills in English and Maths (where applicable).
The EPA for the Level 3 Lead Adult Care Worker apprenticeship includes
Situational Judgement Test
Professional Discussion.
The end-point assessment must be completed over a maximum total assessment time of two days, within an EPA period lasting typically for three months after the apprentice has met the EPA gateway requirements.
What you can do next
Having successfully completed this qualification, learners will have the opportunity to progress to the following: