Rating

7.1/10
  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:
  • Duties: • emotional and practical support to individuals and their families • supervision of care team, support and guidance • medication administration and record keeping • monitoring patients’ vital signs and responding to emergency situations • cooperation with various healthcare professionals • completion and updates of person centered care plans in collaboration with the individual and their relatives • overseeing new admissions and answering telephone queries -reporting incidents and accidents to line management

    6/10

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?
  • Yes, definitely improved my English, Maths and general knowledge about many different aspects of delivering person centred adult care as well as legislation applicable in this field.

    9/10

  • 3. To what extent do you enjoy your programme?
  • I'm a keen learner so therefore I can say I enjoyed it very much especially when I had enough time to complete different sections on schedule.

    9/10

  • 4. How well organised/structured is your programme?
  • I'm hoping it's improved now. I started the program during transition from one system to enother so it wasn't quite as it should have been.

    5/10

  • 5. How much support do you receive from your employer?
  • Very little, basic, just to cover, meet requirements.

    4/10

  • 6. How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?
  • I had the pleasure to work with an excellent trainer.

    10/10

  • 7. How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?
  • It gives me the confidence to perform to the highest possible standards in many different aspects of care.

    10/10

  • 8. Are there extra-curricular activities to get involved in at your work? (For example, any social activities, sports teams, or even professional networking events.)
  • Occasionally yes, but it's usually organised on a very tight budget and I'm not interested in it.

    4/10

  • 9a. Would you recommend Barchester to a friend?
  • No


  • 9b. Why?
  • I don't feel the resources given are adequate, there is very little support from the line manager and I don't feel valued.


  • 10. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Barchester?
  • I don't feel I can give any constructive advice.


Details

Level 3 Apprenticeship

Care Assistant

Norwich

April 2024


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