PLEASE NOTE: This apprenticeship is delivered within the workplace, so it is potentially available across the Activate Learning College regions of Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey. Please enquire for further details.
This apprenticeship gives individuals the opportunity to develop and demonstrate their knowledge and competence in range of health and social care worker skills. Flexible delivery that meets the individual learners needs.
What you'll learn
- Personal Development
- Communication
- Equality and Inclusion
- Duty of Care
- Role of Health and Social care worker
- Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults
- Person-centred Support
- Health and Safety
- Handling information
- Additional range of optional units to choose from depending on the job role
How you'll learn and be assessed
You will meet the assessor in their workplace to support with the delivery of standards, to review and record the progress, and coach throughout the apprenticeship. Additional sessions may be required to support with Functional Skills, Maths and English, and this can delivered during one to one sessions as well as college classes depending on the learners needs.
To complete the apprenticeship you must pass level 1 English and maths (or have the appropriate exemption certificate) and work towards and attempt level 2 before undertaking your end point assessment.
To achieve this apprenticeship standard, the employer, training provider and apprentice will agree when the apprentice has developed all the knowledge, skills and behaviours defined in the apprenticeship standard and clearly evidenced by the on-programme progression review meetings and records.
The independent end assessment ensures that all apprentices consistently achieve the industry set professional standard and can commence at any point once you are competent after the twelve-month minimum period of learning and development. Prior to independent end assessment, the functional skills English and maths components of the apprenticeship must be successfully completed.
Entry requirements
Whilst any entry requirements will be a matter for individual employers, typically an apprentice might be expected to have already achieved 5 GCSEs, including Maths and English, Grade C or above or 4/5 (new grading). Some employers will accept other relevant qualifications and experience, including a relevant Level 2 qualification.
