Course overview
Adult Care Worker Level 2 Apprenticeship City of Bristol CollegeAdult Care Workers are the 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.
To work in care is to make a positive difference to someone’s life when they are faced with physical, practical, social, emotional or intellectual challenges.
Adult Care Workers need to have the right values and behaviours developing competences and skills to provide high quality compassionate care and support.
Job roles are varied and determined by and relevant to the type of the service being provided and the person supported.
Adult Care Workers may work in residential or nursing homes, domiciliary care, day centres, a person’s own home or some clinical healthcare settings.
Additional information
Who is this course for?
This apprenticeship is for people working within a care environment.
What you'll learn
This course will equip you with the skills and knowledge to enable you to support individuals in a health care environment in the workplace.
Course entry requirements
Apprentices will be required to have or achieve level 1 in English and Maths by the end of their apprenticeship if they do not already have a GCSE Grade 1 – 9 in both subjects.
Where an apprentice has a level 1 or equivalent then they will be required to work towards achieving their level 2 Functional skills during their apprenticeship.
The duration of the apprenticeship is determined by a number of different factors such as experience and prior learning. The minimum time of an apprenticeship is 12 months with the maximum being identified on an individual basis
How is the course delivered and assessed?
You will learn through a mainly work-based route. Your Diploma will be delivered within your workplace where you may attend workshops with your college assessor.
At the end of your apprenticeship, you will complete an endpoint assessment which consists of a knowledge examination (situational judgment multiple-choice test) and a professional discussion with an external assessor to gain your apprenticeship certificate
You will need to complete 15 standards of the care certificate and 20% off-the-job training.
Future career and study opportunities
- Progression onto Level 3 Lead Adult care worker apprenticeship standard
- Senior support worker, key worker
Additional costs
As a City of Bristol College apprentice, you may incur additional costs on your apprenticeship. For example, it is likely you may need to pay for travel and stationery, and for some apprenticeships you may need to purchase specialist equipment.
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