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Lead Practitioner In Adult Care L4 Apprenticeship
Description
Guide and inspire team members to make positive differences to someone's life when they are faced with physical, practical, social, emotional, psychological or intellectual challenges.
For more information please contact our Apprenticeship Team: ACL.BusinessDevelopment@essex.gov.uk.
Duration
Typical duration to gateway - 18 months
(this does not include EPA period).
Occupation Profile
A Lead Practitioner has a greater depth of
knowledge and expertise of particular conditions
being experienced by the user of services. They
will have specialist skills and knowledge in their
area of responsibilities which will allow them to
lead in areas such as care needs assessment,
occupational therapy, physiotherapy and
rehabilitation.
They will be a coach and mentor to others and will
have a role in assessing performance and quality
of care delivery.
Lead Practitioners in Adult Care may work in
residential or nursing homes, domiciliary care,
day centres, a person's own home or some clinical
healthcare settings.
Entry Requirements
Applicants must:
Achieve the required level of Maths and English
as part of the apprenticeship if a recognised
qualification is not already held
Be employed and have the support of their
employer to undertake the programme
Commitment
6 hours a week (based on a 30 hour week) of a
learner's contracted hours must be given to support
the completion of the programme. Tutor led sessions
are a mandatory part of the course along with any
other learning activities set by the assessor or tutor.
Maths and English may need to be undertaken in
addition to the main qualification depending on
previous attainment in these areas. It is likely that the
learner will be required to undertake research, reading
and write ups to support their learning. The programme
requires 100% commitment from the learner &
employer to ensure successful completion.
Delivery
Our blended approach means that our programmes
are flexible and enable apprentices to experience a
range of learning and support opportunities in a variety
of formats such as online or at a local ACL centre. The
apprentice will have a dedicated tutor who they will
meet (online or face to face) once a month who will
guide them through their apprenticeship and prepare
them for their End Point Assessment. Additional
workshops and seminars will be available to all
learners to support additional learning and the off job
learning requirement.
Benefit to Learner
1. Build professionalism and confidence in a working
environment
2. Ability to manage their own performance
3. Gain knowledge on Adult Social Care within the
context of their work setting
Benefit to Business
1. Productive team members
2. Highly qualified staff
3. Responsible and adaptable team members
End Point Assessment (EPA)
End Point Assessment (EPA) takes place at the end of
the apprenticeship programme and is a comprehensive
holistic assessment of the skills, knowledge and
behaviours required as laid out in the apprenticeship
standard.
The Lead Practitioner in Adult Care EPA is made up of:
Observation of practice - by independent assessor
in apprentice's own workplace setting. This will be to
check the competence of the apprentice to the relevant
standard.
Competence interview with independent assessor
- Apprentice will submit the portfolio at least three
weeks before the competence interview is due to be
held. The portfolio will be reviewed by the assessor and
will be the subject of the competence interview.