Adult Care Worker Level 2

Make a difference every day, while building a rewarding career in adult social care

Adult Care Workers can work across a range of settings including residential and nursing homes, domiciliary care, day centres, clinical settings, supported living and people's own homes. The role involves providing practical, emotional and social support based around the individual's needs, preferences and care plan.

Adult Care Workers help people achieve their personal goals, maintain their independence and stay safe, while working closely with families, colleagues and other health and social care professionals.

Duties

• Providing person-centred care based on individual needs and preferences.
• Supporting individuals with personal care, mobility and daily activities.
• Promoting independence, dignity, choice and wellbeing.
• Preparing meals and supporting healthy lifestyles.
• Monitoring and reporting changes in physical and mental health.
• Supporting individuals to maintain social, family and community connections.
• Following safeguarding, health and safety and infection control procedures.
• Supporting risk assessments and positive risk-taking.
• Maintaining accurate and secure records.
• Communicating effectively with individuals, families and other professionals.
• Supporting the safe administration of medicines within the limits of the role.
• Using digital technology and care systems effectively.
• Working as part of a wider care and support team.
• Continuing to develop professional knowledge, skills and resilience.

Why choose Inspire ATA?

We work with high-quality training providers to deliver a wide range of training programmes through a blended learning approach that is tailored to each learner's needs. Inspire ATA recruits and employs each apprentice on behalf of the "host" client, enabling us to offer additional support and a better experience for both apprentice and client.

We can also offer flexi-job apprenticeships which means we are able to offer short term contracts and other non-standard employment models.

• Knowledge
• Skills
• Behaviours
• Adult social care standards, policies and legislation.
• Health and safety, safeguarding and infection prevention.
• Person-centred care and positive risk-taking.
• Equality, diversity, human rights and dignity.
• Mental capacity and supporting informed decision-making.
• Physical and mental health and wellbeing.
• Communication and professional relationships.
• Safe administration of medicines.
• Digital working and secure record keeping.
• Continuing professional development and personal resilience.
• Deliver person-centred care and support.
• Adapt care to meet changing individual needs.
• Communicate effectively using verbal, written, non-verbal and digital methods.
• Recognise and report changes in health and wellbeing.
• Support individuals to make informed choices.
• Assist with risk assessments and promote positive risk-taking.
• Maintain accurate and secure records.
• Follow safeguarding, health and safety and organisational procedures.
• Work effectively with families, colleagues and other professionals.
• Use feedback and supervision to improve practice.
• Act in a person-centred, ethical and professional manner.
• Build positive relationships with individuals and those important to them.
• Take responsibility for completing tasks safely and effectively.
• Take personal responsibility for developing knowledge, skills and resilience.
• Show a commitment to improving the quality of care and support.