Healthcare: Senior Support Worker - Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship

Senior Healthcare Support Workers help registered practitioners deliver healthcare services to people. As an experienced support worker, you carry out a range of clinical and non-clinical healthcare or therapeutic tasks, under the direct or indirect supervision of the registered healthcare practitioner. You provide high quality, compassionate healthcare, following standards, policies or protocols and always acting within the limits of your competence. You may work in a range of services e.g. hospital, community, health or day case unit, birth centre or midwifery led unit, someone’s home, operating theatre, nursing or care home, assessment centre, hospice, school, prison, GP surgery, charity or voluntary organisation; working in partnership with individuals, families, carers and other service providers. Learners can opt for 6 different options which include – adult nursing, maternity support, theatre support, mental health support, children and young people support, therapy support.

Apprentices will be required to have or achieve level 1 English and Maths and to have taken level 2 English and Maths tests prior to completion of their Apprenticeship.

Apprenticeships are assessed by classroom study coursework and assessments along with on-the-job practicals. 

On completion of this course, you can progress onto further study in this field or into a career in the health and social care sector.