Are you looking to progress an emerging career in adult care? This Lead Adult Care Worker Apprentice role with Egalite Care Ltd will help you do that whilst supporting young adults with learning disabilities, promoting independence through activity and leading by example while working to achieve a Lead Adult Care Worker Level 3 Apprenticeship.
What you will learn:
- How to make a positive difference to someone’s life when they are facing challenging circumstances.
- How to provide supervision, frontline leadership, guidance and direction for others.
- How to exercise judgement and accountability.
- Egalite provides all the training for the role and actively encourages personal development towards a fulfilling career in care.
Key Responsibilities:
- Person Centred Care for each client
- Chatting and spending time with clients
- Taking clients out for activities
- Record keeping
- Helping with household chores
- Encouraging clients to achieve their goals
- Organising birthday celebrates, Xmas, fireworks evening etc.
- Personal care if required, including intimate personal care, medication and support with eating if required
- Undertaking training
- Delegate responsibility and supervise the care work of other members of the team.
Who you will be:
- Someone who is looking for career progression after taking their first steps into the adult care arena.
- Someone who may already have achieved their Level 2 qualification (preferred but not essential)
- Someone with a caring and kind nature with a positive personality
- Someone who demonstrates a dynamic and creative approach
- Someone who has the courage to make the right choices for people and speak up if the person they are supporting is at risk
- Someone who has references arranged and has been DBS checked
Key Skills:
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non-judgemental
- Patient
- Reliable
- Kind & caring
- Self-motivated
- Leadership Qualities
Working Week: 37.5 hours per week. Start and finish times vary as shift hours vary. This can be discussed at interview. 6 hours per week will be assigned to work based learning towards the apprenticeship standard.
Salary: £20,475 per annum. For further information on the Apprenticeship National Minimum Wage please see the information below.
Qualifications Required: Qualifications: GCSE Maths and English minimum grade 4 will be required to apply for this apprenticeship.
Future Prospects: A Senior Support Worker can progress to Advanced Healthcare Worker, Deputy Team Leader and Team Leader. Opportunity to develop into a management role and opportunities can be discussed on successful completion of the apprenticeship.
About the Employer: Egalite Care Ltd is an award-winning care provider offering Health & Social Care in Worthing offering a range of services to support individuals with various needs. They provide Personal, Dementia, and Respite care, catering to the diverse requirements of their clients. The care is registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and has been rated as Outstanding by the CQC, indicating a high standard of care and service quality.
Egalite Care is managed by Egalite Care Limited and is part of the West Sussex local authority. The service is dedicated to promoting independence and enabling individuals to lead fulfilling lives, with a focus on person-centred and inclusive care. For further information please visit: www.egalitecare.com.
Things you need to know:
- This is an 18-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
- The role will start in September 2026 with the Apprenticeship learning programme starting in October 2026.
- 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.
- Applicants MUST BE committed to the learning and stay to the end of the apprenticeship.
- All positions are subject to references and DBS check.
- Egalite are the only CQC rated OUTSTANDING Domiciliary Care Provider in Worthing/Littlehampton area. Recent winners of The Great British Care Awards and The Home Care Employer 2026 in recognition of the support provided to the team.
- Egalite have previously won other awards in relation to the care provided to and by the team.
- Egalité Care prides itself on providing excellent support to our customers in the community and supported living settings. Egalite have supported a number of a apprentices over the years to develop their careers.
- Company benefits include membership to the Blue Light Discount scheme.
Further Information: Apprenticeship National Minimum Wage (ANMW): The National Minimum Wage for Apprentices is £8.00 per hour (As of the 1st April 2026). This is the legal minimum pay per hour applying to 16- to 18-year-old apprentices and those aged 19 and over in the first year of their apprenticeship. For apprentices 19 or over who have completed their first year and are continuing their apprenticeship, the National Minimum Wage appropriate to their ages applies.
Pay: £20,475.00 per hour
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Worthing BN14 0EP: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)
Application question(s):
- What experience do you already have working as a carer?
- What interests you about this apprenticeship opportunity?
- Please confirm you have the required GCSE Math and English minimum grade 4
- What could you bring to the role?
Education:
- GCSE or equivalent (preferred)
Location:
- Worthing BN14 0EP (preferred)
Work Location: In person
