Adult Care Worker - Apprenticeship Standard

You may work in one of the following job roles:


• Healthcare support worker
• Healthcare assistant
• Care assistant
• Personal assistant
• Relief team worker
• Night care assistant
• Support worker - supported living
• Residential, domiciliary or day services
• Home care support worker
• Substance misuse worker
• Mental health support or outreach worker
• Re-enablement worker
• Activity co-ordinator

These are the personal attributes and behaviours expected of all Adult Care Workers carrying out their roles

Care – is caring consistently and enough about individuals to make a positive difference to their lives
Compassion – is delivering care and support with kindness, consideration, dignity and respect
Courage – is doing the right thing for people and speaking up if the individual they support is at risk
Communication – good communication is central to successful caring relationships and effective team working
Competence – is applying knowledge and skills to provide high quality care and support
Commitment – to improving the experience of people who need care and support ensuring it is person centred

You will need to be at least 16 years of age. If you have a GCSE Grade C in English Language and a GCSE grade C in Maths (or Level 2 in Key Skills), this will help you towards your qualification. If you do not have these qualifications, you will work towards level 1 functional skills in numeracy and literacy.

City & Guilds

On successful completion of this apprenticeship, you could progress to an Lead Adult Care worker or a related level 3 course which is a supervisory role.