Why do this diploma?
- Get the required qualification for current Registered Care Managers or Deputy Care Managers.
- Confirm competence in the role of Registered Manager in residential and domiciliary care services.
- Develop the related skills and knowledge required to understand leadership and management of staff in Adult Health and Social Care.
Duration:
- Average Length: 12-18 months
- Monthly teaching and assignments
Price
- £1500
- Claim back up to £1500 through Skills For Care
Format
- Monthly online workshops
- Live Teaching Sessions
- Assigned Skills Coach
Diploma in Adult Care | Level 5
confirm competency in a leadership or management role.
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
Free Funding
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Training which fits Your Needs
The Level 5 RQF Diploma in Leadership and Management for Adult Care (England) is for individuals in the role of leader/manager in an adult care setting. It is recognised as a professional management qualification for the Health and Social care sector and confirms competence in the role of Registered Manager in residential and domiciliary care services.
The leader in adult care plays a hugely valuable role. They inspire, guide, and lead their teams to make a difference in people’s welfare and lives, often when they are faced with challenging personal circumstances.
To be suitable for this diploma, you will be a leader of the care team and will develop and implement a values-based culture at a service or unit level. You could be working in a residential or nursing home, domiciliary care, day centre, a person’s own home or clinical healthcare setting.
You may be a registered manager of a service or unit or a deputy or assistant. You may also be responsible for business development, financial control, organisational resilience, and continuity, as well as for managing risk and leading on organisational change. Managers have a responsibility to ensure the service is safe, effective, caring, responsive to people’s needs and well-led.
You will be responsible for ensuring compliance with the care given and the values and training of staff with established standards and regulations. Advanced practitioners may have developed a high level of specialism in particular areas such as dementia, end of life, learning disabilities or mental health care.
The role of a leader in adult care also covers personal assistants in a management role over teams of other PAs, but they may only work directly for one individual who needs support and/or care services.
What is covered?
This qualification covers a range of skills and knowledge relating to Leadership & Management of Adult Care services in England which can be tailored to suit your requirements with mandatory and voluntary units. These include:
- decision making, management and leadership
- safeguarding, health and wellbeing
- leading and managing services
- service improvement, professional development
- managing end of life care, dignity and human rights
- governance & regulatory requirements
This qualification guides and assesses the development of knowledge, understanding and skills in leadership and management practice within health and social care and children and young people’s services and serves as the required qualification for registration and regulatory requirements for the sector in England.
What is RQF?
An RQF Level 5 in Leadership & Management for Adult Care replaces the NVQ Level 5 in Leadership & Management for Adult Care. This internationally recognised qualification is the equivalent of an A-level qualification and is the UK industry standard for managers working in the adult care sector.
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.
CQC Requirements
The Level 5 Diploma in Leadership & Management for Adult Care is recognised as a professional management qualification for the Health and Social care sector. It confirms competence in the role of Registered Manager in residential and domiciliary care services.
Memberships (upon application)
- Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM)
- Chartered Management Institute (CMI)
- Social Care Association
- Royal College of Nursing
The Level 5 Diploma in Leadership & Management for Adult Care (England) allows candidates to learn, develop & practice the skills & knowledge required for employment and/or career progression in Adult Care in England. This also includes apprenticeships in social work, foundation degree programmes, and teaching, learning and assessment qualifications. To gain the Level 5 Diploma in Leadership & Management for Adult Care, you must achieve 18 units in total – 11 mandatory and 7 optional – from the list below.
- Leadership & Management in Adult Care
- Governance & regulatory processes (assignment based)
- Communication & information management in Adult Care
- Relationships & partnership working
- Person centred practice for positive outcomes
- Professional development, supervision & performance management
- Resource management in Adult Care
- Safeguarding, protection & risk
- Managing self
- Decision making in Adult Care
- Service improvement, entrepreneurship and innovation
- Manage Domiciliary Adult Care Services
- Manage Residential Adult Care Services
- Support Community Partnerships in Health and Social Care
- Understand Dementia Care
- Understand Physical Disability in the Context of Adult Care
- Manage Provision to Support Users of Services with Multiple Conditions and/or Disabilities
- The Use of Assessment Processes in Care Settings
- Lead Active Support in Adult Care
- Manage Group Living for Adults
- Support End of Life Care in Adult Care
- Lead the Management of Transitions in Adult Care Recruitment and Selection in Care Settings
- Manage Quality in Care Settings
- Develop Procedures and Practice to Respond to Concerns and Complaints in Adult Care
- Facilitate Change in Care Settings
- Facilitate coaching and Mentoring of Practitioners in Care Settings
- Develop, Implement and Evaluate Operational Plans in Own Area of Responsibility in Adult Care
- Carry out a Research Project in a Care Setting
This is a competency-based qualification and evidence is gathered by the learner as they undertake their normal work role. This will form the basis for their portfolio. The evidence must reflect policies and procedures of the workplace as stated by current government legislation.
During the course of the qualification, the candidate should ideally work with at least two service users.
A range of assessment methods will be used by the assessor including examining work products and expert witness testimonies and direct observation. An assessor will visit you in the workplace at some point and undertake observations of you at work. This will be planned in advance in order to cause minimum disruption to your work routine and to try and capture as much information as possible in one visit.
Knowledge-based units will be assessed using a range of methods including reflective accounts, projects, assignments, assessor questions and professional discussions.
Learners will have full access to skills coach support via telephone, email, and web links.
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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Entry Requirements
There is no set entry requirement for this qualification. However, the qualification is only available to candidates 19 years and older.
You will need to be working in a management role to apply for this course. This can be a in full time, part time or voluntary capacity.
Experience within the care sector is preferred as this will provide the foundation for you to build upon.
This programme is suitable for overseas workers (non UK residents) and there is no requirement for Level 2 Maths or English qualifications.
After completing this course. learners can progress to an apprenticeship or qualification such as higher level apprenticeships or to a Higher Education qualifications such as a foundation degree or degree programme, providing any specific entry requirements are met.
The Level 5 Diploma in Leadership & Management for Adult Care is recognised as a professional management qualification for the Health and Social care sector.
Memberships (upon application)
- Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM)
- Chartered Management Institute (CMI)
- 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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