Description

Whether you are an assistant or deputy manager, a manager working in health and social care with no recognised vocational qualification, or someone who works with children and young people, this course could transform your professional outlook for life!

This qualification also fulfils the regulatory requirement for individuals looking to become managers of children’s homes or adult residential and domiciliary services.

The course covers the following mandatory units:

• Use and develop systems that promote communication
• Promote professional development
• Champion equality, diversity and inclusion
• Develop health and safety and risk management policies, procedures and practices in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
• Work in partnership in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
• Undertake a research project within services for health and social care or children and young people

Qualification Purpose

The purpose of the Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People’s Services (England) is to develop the knowledge and skills required by managers and leaders. Achieving the qualification should enable learners to innovate and respond to a changing environment and to meet challenges and opportunities within the sector. Learners can choose from several pathways within adult services or children and young people’s services with optional units to allow the learning to be tailored to a wide range of roles.

The qualification is a combined knowledge and competence component of the Higher Apprenticeship in Care Leadership and Management – Level 5 (England), Adult Social Care pathway

Please note: The Children and Young People’s Residential Management Pathway of the Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People’s Services (England) has been replaced by the Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare (England).

Progression

Successful learners can progress to further qualifications within the social care sector or other parts of the sector, for example moving from adults’ advanced practice to adults’ residential management or move to the Children and Young People’s Workforce sector or the Health sector, completing additional sector and job-relevant units within the diploma.

Learners may also use the qualification for entry, credit transfer or advanced standing for a qualification higher education institution.

Learners may also progress to other specific job roles such as:

• Care manager
• Officers in charge/registered manager
• Day services manager

Total Qualification Time

This is an estimate of the total length of time it is expected that a learner will typically take to achieve and demonstrate the level of attainment necessary for the award of the qualification i.e. to achieve all learning outcomes.

Total Qualification Time is comprised of GLH and an estimate of the number of hours a learner is likely to spend in preparation, study or any other learning including assessment, which takes place as directed by, but not under the supervision of a lecturer, supervisor or tutor. The credit value, where given, for a qualification is determined by TQT, as one credit corresponds to 10 hours of learning.

Total Qualification Time for this qualification is 900 hours.

Guided Learning Hours

These hours are made up of all real time contact time, guidance or supervision of a learner by a lecturer, supervisor, tutor, trainer or other appropriate provider of education or training

GLH for this qualification is 586.

Method of Assessment:

Assessment activities are the fulfilment of a few short assignments. You are expected to show evidence of general reading and add references to your work.

All assignments should be submitted via the online portal.

Please note: You are required to pay an additional fee of £1365 for the assessment and formal certification at the time of submitting the assignments.