Apprentice Adult Care Worker

  • Company Caremark Pulborough & Horsham
  • Location PULBOROUGH, RH20 1AS
  • Type Apprenticeship
  • Salary £22,568.00 per year
  • Sector Care services
  • Ref NAS-2000061830
  • Application Deadline Date 17/11/2026
  • Start Date 01/01/2027
  • Positions Available 2
  • Working Week 40 hour week, including 6 hours studying towards to the apprenticeship. There are two shift patterns worked on a rota: Week 1: 7.00am - 3.00pm, Monday - Friday (weekends off). Week 2: 3.00pm - 11.00pm, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday (working weekend).

Brief Description

Caremark Pulborough & Horsham is looking for caring, reliable, outgoing, and respectful individuals who are passionate about helping others. As an Apprentice Adult Care Worker, you will work towards your Adult Care Level 2 Apprenticeship qualification while making a positive difference to the lives of those in the community every day.

Future Prospects

Caremark Pulborough & Horsham is looking for applicants wanting to build a long-term career with them. On successful completion of the apprenticeship there will be possibility for a permanent role with potentially further training as well as a rewarding career in health and social care.

Vacancy Detail

No experience is necessary as full training, and supervision will be given although the successful applicants will all share the desire and ability to engage with and help those in their care and their colleagues equally.

What you will gain:

  • The chance to join a company with an exciting future, proud of its strong and passionate team where every customer received the highest standard of care.
  • Full training, both while you work and through the online learning becoming a qualified Level 2 Adult Care Worker.
  • The satisfaction of knowing you will make a difference to someone’s life every day, enabling them to live independently and with dignity in the place they love most; their own home.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Provide person-centred care.
  • Learn how to recognise and understand different health and care needs.
  • Ensure accurate record keeping.
  • Demonstrate duty of care, equality, dignity and respect in everything.
  • Understand and operate by good safeguarding, health and safety, infection prevention and control measure and standards.
  • Nurture professional working relationships with customers and colleagues.
  • Be reliable and relatable every day and understand that you could be the only person your customer sees each day you visit.

Who you will be:

  • Someone who is a warm, kind, nurturing person who knows how to connect with and have the confidence to work with customers and their families.
  • Someone who can have a friendly conversation, show empathy for others vulnerability and supportive while completing their tasks.
  • Someone with a good sense of humour who can work as part of a team and maintain a positive attitude when challenging times present themselves.
  • Someone who is comfortable talking to people from different backgrounds and will be respectful of other people’s choices, privacy and independence.

Other Information

What you need to know:

  • The successful applicants will need to be able to travel to various locations within a 50-mile radius. This can be by car, scooter or moped.
  • Care workers are assigned clients who they will get to know and can expect to develop a professional relationship with so understanding that personable aspect to the role will be crucial to the applicant’s success.
  • This is a 12-month apprenticeship and applicants MUST BE free from full-time education to be eligible to apply for it and have the minimum qualification level to apply for it.
  • Applicants MUST BE resident in the UK for a minimum of 3 years prior to the start of learning and have work authorisation for the UK.
  • Applicants WILL NOT BE eligible to apply if they have already achieved a qualification which is equal to or higher thank the apprenticeship standard on offer.
  • Applicants MUST BE resident in the area local to the apprenticeship opportunity or be prepared to relocate in time to start employment and study.

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