EPA Standard
Lead Adult Care Worker
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.
Level 3 
£3,000 
12-18 months
Why NCFE?
We’re an approved End-Point Assessment Organisation (EPAO) specialising in EPA delivery across health, education, early years, digital, social care, and business apprenticeship standards. We offer flexible and reliable EPA solutions supported by sector expertise, guidance documents and proactive service and support.
Entry: apprentices must undertake the Disclosure and Barring Service process and provide the result.
End-point assessment
The EPA for Lead Adult Care Worker contains two methods of assessment:
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 led by an Independent End-Point Assessor (IEPA). Apprentices can only apply to undertake the discussion component once the Situational Judgement Test has been achieved. The Professional Discussion will draw questions and amplifications from previous learning and experience including, where applicable, the apprentice’s self-assessment.
Grading: the Professional Discussion is graded Fail, Pass or Distinction by the IEPA.