Senior Healthcare Support Worker Level 3

You must be employed in a relevant role for a minimum of 30 hours per week. As a minimum, you should have 5 GCSEs or equivalent at grade 4 or above, including English and Maths.

This apprenticeship will give you the knowledge, skills and behaviours required to work as a Senior Healthcare Support Worker and will include the following: 

• Act within the limits of own competence and within agreed ways of working, following the relevant local and national standards, policies and protocols used in the workplace.
• Promote the health and wellbeing of individuals.
• Monitor the physical and mental health and well-being of individuals in your care.
• Use communication methods and techniques to overcome barriers and meet individuals’ wishes, preferences and needs.
• Maintain the health, safety and security of yourself and others in the workplace by identifying risks and taking appropriate action to keep people safe.
• Maintain and further develop your own skills and knowledge and contribute to the development of others.
• Record, report and store information related to individuals, keeping information confidential.
• Contribute to the quality of services by participating in improvement activities.

• Provide leadership for others within the scope of own role.

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Apprentices will typically attend York College on day release for the duration of the apprenticeship and work with their employer for the remainder of their contracted hours. During their time in College, apprentices will work towards developing their knowledge, skills and behaviours, and at work will consolidate their on-programme learning with the support of their employer. An assessor will visit the workplace every 8-10 weeks to discuss and monitor progress on the apprenticeship in conjunction with the employer.

Continual assessment will take place throughout the duration of the apprenticeship.

The End-Point Assessment (EPA) will comprise of the following:

Observation of practice with questions which takes 2 hours with a minimum of 4 questions
Professional discussion underpinned by a portfolio of evidence which is 60-minutes with a minimum of 10 questions asked based on the portfolio that you have complied during your apprenticeship
 

There are no specific College programme related costs, however you will be advised of any additional costs during your application and enrolment process.

Senior Healthcare Support Worker Level 3.
Diploma in Healthcare Support Level 3.
 

This is a full-time course. It is not possible to combine this course with other Vocational, T Level or A Level programmes.

On completion of this apprenticeship, you could progress into a supervisory role or look to specialise in certain fields of work.

To find out more about how to become an apprentice or how to recruit an apprentice into your business, please contact York College Apprenticeship Team:
 

Tel: 01904 770368
Email: apprenticeships@yorkcollege.ac.uk