1.What the role entails

Lead Adult Care Workers make a positive difference to someone’s life when they are faced with physical, practical, social, emotional or intellectual challenges, by exercising judgement and taking appropriate action to support individuals to maintain their independence, dignity and control. Lead Adult Care Workers have responsibility for providing supervision, frontline leadership, guidance and direction for others, or working autonomously, exercising judgement and accountability.

Entry: apprentices must undertake the Disclosure and Barring Service process
and provide the result.

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.