Adult Care Worker
Version 1.2 – TQUK Level 2 End-Point Assessment for ST0005 Adult Care Worker (610/1940/9)
Funding: £3,000
Duration: 12–18 months
Level: 2
Number: ST0005
LARS Number: 119
Version: 1.2
This page describes the latest version of the Adult Care Worker standard (version 1.2), which came into force in June 2023. This version revises the funding band, increasing it from a maximum of £3,000 to a maximum of £4,000. Versions 1 and 1.1 are still used for Apprentices who started no later than 4th February 2018 and 25th June 2023 respectively. For more information, please visit the IfATE’s website.
Adult Care Workers make a positive difference when people are faced with physical, practical, social or emotional challenges. Responsibilities are varied and determined by the type of service being provided and the person supported, but often workers are based in residential or nursing homes, domiciliary care, day centres, a person’s own home or a clinical healthcare setting. Delivering whatever care is needed, wherever it's needed, is the guiding principle of the Adult Care Worker.
End-Point Assessment Components
To complete their End-Point Assessment, Adult Care Worker Apprentices must achieve a pass, merit or distinction in the following two components.
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Apprentices are presented with a range of real-life scenarios about which they are required to answer 60 situational judgement test questions. The assessment is undertaken online and under controlled conditions with a time limit applied. The questions are drawn from the stated knowledge and skills elements of the standard and focus on the higher-order competencies.
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In the concluding assessment element, the End-Point Assessor leads a 45-minute professional discussion to uncover additional evidence of personal development activities and how this learning was applied to the role and workplace. However, apprentices can only apply to undertake the professional discussion aspect of the assessment after they’ve achieved a pass in the situational judgement test.
Why TQUK?
Assessment planning meetings for all apprentices
5 working days average turnaround for EPA results**
Assessors make contact within 5 working days
Gateway submission reviewed within 24 hours
Assessor assigned after 24 hours of acceptance
Average gateway-to-completion of 6 weeks*
*unless otherwise stipulated by the assessment plan **current average is 2.5 working days turnaround for EPA resultsGateway Requirements
Completed prior to enrolment: Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service
Completed prior to completion: Care Certificate
