Why do this diploma?
- Develop core skills and knowledge to work in a care setting
- Start a career path working in adult care
- Improve your understanding of the role and your duties
Duration:
- Average Length: 6-12 months
- Monthly teaching and assignments
Price:
- £750
- Claim back up to £600 through Skills For Care
Format:
- Monthly online workshops
- Live Teaching Sessions
- Assigned Skills Coach
Diploma in Adult Care | Level 2
FAST TRACK | FLEXIBLE | SUPPORTED
Your Diploma Includes:
- Live teaching sessions and workshops
- Online learning portal and all resources
- Fast-track assessments and work book marking
- Career workshops to support you in progressing the next stage of your career
- Regular cohort starts
- Complete at your pace
- Delivered by experienced assessors and teachers
Government Funding
Skills for Care
The Care Certificate | £50
The Care Certificate
Training which fits Your Needs
The Level 2 (RQF/NVQ) Diploma in Adult Care (England) is for individuals starting their career in adult care, or to confirm competency if they have previous experience. It provides a great foundation for carers and support workers, looking to build those essential skills for being an effective and considerate carer.
This qualification will suit you if you are a care worker or want to get your first care job. If you are already working in care, you will be working under supervision, and you may want to increase your skills and take on more responsibility.
This diplomas is suitable for:
- Healthcare assistants/Support workers
- Care workers/Assistants/Key workers/Support workers
- Personal assistants
You could be working in a range of different workplaces including; residential settings, community and primary care environments, acute health environments, domiciliary services, day services, supported living projects. Community-based care assistants/ support workers/key workers, including those working in specialist areas e.g., dementia, learning disabilities, Personal assistants employed directly by the individual they support or their families.
It is also suitable for emerging new types of workers and multidisciplinary health roles crossing traditional service barriers and delivery model.
What is covered?
This qualification will support learners to develop the knowledge and skills required to work in a range of clinical healthcare support settings and in health and adult care environments.
The qualification is formed of mandatory and optional units. The mandatory units cover core competencies, while the optional units allow learners to choose from a variety of areas to tailor the qualification to their needs and interests, and to reflect the context of their work.
It covers a wide range of areas including dementia awareness, mental health and well-being, supporting individuals with their physical and emotional care, daily living needs and healthcare procedures.
The content is also aligned with the knowledge and skills required for the Adult Care Worker and Healthcare Support Worker apprenticeship standards.
Level 2 is made up of 46 credits and the guided learning hours are 330 hours. This is made up of 24 credits for mandatory units covering the core elements of a Health care worker. The remaining 22 credits are made up of optional units you choose that are relevant to your job role.
- Advanced communication skills
- Personal development in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings
- Equality and diversity in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings
- Facilitate person-centred assessment to support the well-being of individuals
- Facilitate support planning to ensure positive outcomes for individuals and to support well
- Understand personalisation in care and support services
- Health and safety in health and social care settings
- Professional practice in health and social care for adults or children and young people
- Safeguarding children and young people who are present in the adult social care sector
- Develop, maintain and use records and reports
- Understand safeguarding and protection in health and social care settings
On enrolment we will work with you to identify and tailor the most suitable units for your specific requirements.
- Handle information in care settings
- Personal development in care settings
- Implement person-centred approaches in care settings
- Equality and inclusion in care settings
- Health, safety and well-being in care settings
- Responsibilities of a care worker
- Safeguarding and protection in care settings
What is provided during the diploma?
We provide you with lots of specialist resources to help you progress through the programme, including:
- Course task activities based on specific workplace requirements of your job
- One-to-one tutorial support provided remotely to you
- Webinars and Workshops (both live and recorded) providing relevant tutorial support
- Workplace observation assessment
- Flexible remote access to coaches/assessors
- Learning portal to view all your activities, access resources and monitor your progression
- Access to resources and support via our social media channels
- Access to free CPD training and workshops for our partners
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What is RQF?
The Qualifications and Credit Framework (RCF Regulated Qualification Framework) is the way of recognising achievement through the awarding of credits for qualifications and individual units. It aims to provide a more flexible route to gaining qualifications and enables progression in smaller steps through the accumulation of credit.
Entry Requirements
There is no set entry requirement for this qualification. However, the qualification is only available to candidates 16 years and older.
You will need to be working in a care role to apply for this course. This can be a in full time, part time or voluntary capacity.
This programme is suitable for overseas workers (non UK residents) and there is no requirement for Level 2 Maths or English qualifications.
The natural progression will take candidates on to the Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care once into a more senior position within an organisation. It can also be used to work towards an access to nursing course at university.
Memberships (upon application)
- Social Care Association
- Royal College of Nursing
Future roles with this qualification include:
- Adult nurse
- Care, home manager,
- Care worker
- Children’s nurse
- Health promotion/education specialist
- Health service manager
- Learning disability nurse
- Mental health nurse
- Residential warden
- Social worker
- Supervisor/team leader
- Volunteer manager
- Youth and community worker.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Simply click on the link and contact us and a member of our team will be in touch to confirm next steps, enrolment and payment options. We can also help you to discover which is the best option for you.
No, although a benefit of diplomas over apprenticeships is that you don’t need residential status. It is required that you are working within the sector, either voluntary or otherwise so that you can be assessed.
We are enrolling now for an immediate start. After you have completed the application process which includes a short phone call, payment and set up of your online portfolio, you will be contacted by your new Skills Coach.
We recommend that you contact us as soon as possible so that we can ensure there is space reserved for you. We differ from other providers in that we provide live learning sessions and ongoing support from a dedicated Skills Coach, so we like to make sure that we can support your diary commitments.
You will have a dedicated Skills Coach for the duration of your diploma. These are experienced, qualified tutors/assessors who will provide you with teaching and ongoing support. They are on hand to answer your questions, queries and to help you every step of the way to achieve your qualification.
Occasionally you will be taught by other Skills Coaches who may have more specialist expertise in a specific area.
You will also be invited to attend other CPD opportunities to further enrich your development.
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