Apprenticeship Standard 118 - Level 3 Lead Adult Care Worker

Lead Adult 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. In addition, Lead Adult Care Workers have responsibility for providing supervision, frontline leadership, guidance and direction for others, or working autonomously, exercising judgement and accountability.

The Lead Adult Care Worker’s knowledge must include:

• The job they have to do, their main tasks and responsibilities

• The importance of having the right values and behaviours

• The importance of communication

• How to support individuals to remain safe from harm (Safeguarding)

• How to champion health and wellbeing for the individuals they support and work colleagues

• How to work professionally, including their own professional development of those they support and work colleagues

The Lead Adult Care Worker’s skills must include being able to:

• Undertake the main tasks and responsibilities according to their job role

• 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

You must meet the appropriate skills, knowledge and behaviours prior to taking the end-point assessment.

You will be allocated an Assessor who will visit you in your workplace and observe you carrying out your daily tasks and duties. You will be required to compile an electronic portfolio of evidence of your competence and knowledge, which your Assessor will help you to prepare. You will need to work towards an end point assessment, which includes the following components:

1. A portfolio of evidence completed by the apprentice.

2. An observation of practice undertaken in the workplace by an independent assessor from the awarding body as well as a professional discussion.

There are no formal entry requirements except a College interview, and you must be at least 16 years of age. However, since this qualification is assessed in the workplace, you need a job or work placement which offers you suitable experience and the chance to demonstrate the necessary skills.

Individuals without level 2 English and maths will need to achieve this level prior to taking the end-point assessment.

For those with an education, health and care plan or a legacy statement the apprenticeships English and maths minimum requirement is Entry Level 3 and British Sign Language qualification are an alternative to English qualifications for whom this is their primary language.

Basic computer skills are essential.

Learners can progress to an apprenticeship or qualification within leadership and management.

Such as:

• Level 5 in Leadership and management for Adult Care

This qualification will prove to employers that you are a skilled and preparing for a potential role in leadership.