1.What the role entails

Working with people, feeling passionate about supporting and enabling them to live a more independent and fulfilling life is a rewarding and worthwhile job that provides excellent career opportunities. To work in care is to make a positive difference to someone’s life when they are faced with physical, practical, social, emotional or intellectual challenges. Adult Care Workers need to have the right values and behaviours developing competences and skills to provide high quality compassionate care and support. They are the frontline staff who help adults with care and support needs to achieve their personal goals and live as independently and safely as possible, enabling them to have control and choice in their lives which is at the heart of person centred care.

4.End-Point Assessment

The EPA for Adult Care Worker contains 2 methods of assessment as outlined below:
The Situational Judgement Test (50% weighting)
Apprentices will be presented with a range of real-life scenarios and will have to
answer 60 multiple choice questions. The assessment will be undertaken online,
under controlled conditions with a time limit applied. Questions will draw from the
stated knowledge and skills elements of the standard and focus on the higher order
competencies.

Pass 40 correct answers                          Merit 50+ correct answers

Distinction 55+ correct answers

Professional Discussion (50% weighting)
Apprentices will undertake a 45 minute discussion lead by an Independent End-Point
Assessor (IEPA). Apprentices can only apply to undertake the discussion component
once the multiple choice assessment has been achieved. The discussion will draw
questions and amplifications from prior learning and experience including, where
applicable, the apprentice’s self-assessment and supporting evidence including
testimony from service users.

5.Grade aggregation table

The Professional Discussion will carry the grade determining
outcome.