Healthcare Support Worker Level 2 Apprenticeship
Course Overview
Healthcare Support Worker Level 2 Apprenticeship
The Level 2 Healthcare Support Worker Apprenticeship provides the knowledge and skills required for supervised support roles within the healthcare sector. It covers essential areas such as infection control, food safety, and patient care, preparing apprentices for a variety of support roles in healthcare settings. The qualification helps you build a foundation for career growth in the health sector.
You will:
Gain practical skills for support roles such as porter, housekeeper, catering staff, and more.
Develop knowledge in infection prevention, cleaning, decontamination, and waste management.
Learn food safety, care provision, and record maintenance.
Prepare for future career progression within the healthcare workforce.
Complete mandatory and optional units tailored to healthcare support roles.
Located at: Off Site
Course Start: Flexible start dates
Course length: 12 Months
Course Code: AHEA1032500
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Course Content
There are no formal entry requirements for these qualifications but you will need to:
Be at least 16 years of age.
Have completed DBS checks.
Be working, volunteering or on practical placement as you need to show competence in both knowledge and skills.
You will need to find an employer willing to employ you as an apprentice. Please see our Apprenticeship vacancies for the latest opportunities. Please be aware, individual employers will set their own entry requirements and selection criteria for their apprenticeship job role.
All units are internally assessed. Assessment enables the your workplace practice to provide evidence for individual units as well as the whole qualification.
Methods of assessment could include:
Direct observation
Witness evidence when directed by the sector skills assessment strategy
Professional discussion
Written assignments
The qualification will be pass or refer and all the assessment criteria of the chosen units must be achieved in order to obtain a pass.
You may progress from this pathway onto further qualifications specific to your work context.
A wide range of qualifications are available for use within the health sector. These may include further apprenticeship frameworks (e.g. Advanced Apprenticeship in Health (Healthcare Support Services), qualifications or other work-related education and training to support Continuing Professional Development.
Many healthcare support apprentices complete their apprenticeships and continue to work as healthcare support workers in roles relating to the units they have selected within their competence qualification (e.g. Domestic Assistant, Porter, Catering Assistant etc.). Others may wish to move into a clinical role and may select to undertake a clinical qualification or apprenticeship (e.g. Advanced Apprenticeship in Health (Clinical Healthcare Support). A Higher Apprenticeship in Health (Assistant Practitioner) is available which you may proceed onto as you progress in your career if you are able to meet the employment and academic requirements. This will enable you to practice as an Assistant Practitioner.
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The course information on this page was last updated 22 March 2025.
