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The Training & Learning Company presents

Twelve months.
Forty-eight weeks.
One journey.

The Adult Care Worker apprenticeship, told the way you'll live it: month by month, week by week. Every dot on the line ahead is a week of your journey. Click any one and it opens.

Level 2 · ST0005 Care home & community · taught in both The six Cs, woven throughout
12Months · chapters
48Weeks · one dot each
5Phases of growth

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Week 48 · and beyond

The gateway opens. You walk through it ready.

Forty-eight weeks of connected learning arrive at one place: gateway, then end-point assessment. By then you have rehearsed every part of it: more than once.

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Situational judgement test · 60 scenario questions · multiple choice · online, controlled conditions · 50%

A set of realistic care scenarios where you choose the best course of action, drawing on your knowledge and skills. It is time-limited and sat online under controlled conditions. Milestones 8 and 12 rehearse this directly, and every scenario-led session all year is practice for it.

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Professional discussion · up to 45 minutes · with an independent assessor · 50%

A structured, two-way conversation with an independent assessor, underpinned by your portfolio, your self-assessment and testimonies from the people you support. It may take place in your workplace. Milestone 12 is itself a mock professional discussion, a full rehearsal.

After you qualify

Beyond the apprenticeship.

Every part of this apprenticeship earns its place because it matters at work and it matters to where your career can go. Here is how the main areas of your learning connect to the job you do today and the roles you could grow into.

What you learnWhat it is worth at workWhere it can take you
Dignity and person-centred care
At workCare that treats each person as an individual, on their terms.
Where it leadsThe foundation every senior care role is built on.
Safeguarding: notice, report, protect
At workPeople are protected because you spot concerns and report them.
Where it leadsCore to lead and management roles, and to safeguarding specialisms.
Communication
At workEvery person is heard and understood, whatever their needs.
Where it leadsEssential to leading care and supporting families.
Health, safety and infection control
At workA safe place for people to live and be cared for.
Where it leadsSupports supervisory and compliance responsibility.
Reflective practice
At workCare that improves because you learn from each day.
Where it leadsThe habit that carries you into leadership.
This is your Level 2 foundation. The natural next step is Lead Adult Care Worker (Level 3), and then Leader in Adult Care (Level 5). Progression is not automatic and depends on your performance, experience and the opportunities where you work, and we will help you plan it.
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Month 1 · Foundations