Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health & Social Care Adults
The qualification combines assessment of knowledge, understanding and skills in management practice within health and social care. The qualification is a full Diploma at level 5 on the Qualification Credit Framework.
Who is it for?
The qualification offers flexibility for practitioners and managers across all services and all service user groups to gain a recognised qualification. It also enables transfer of skills and qualifications across services and service user groups.
There are 3 different pathways within the adult qualification:
- Adult’s Residential Management
- Adult’s Management
- Adult’s Advanced Practice
Setting
Suitable for individuals working in: residential services for older people; domiciliary care; day services; community services; senior care; managers; deputy managers.
Structure of Qualifications
To complete the Diploma learners have to achieve 80 credits from a combination of mandatory and optional units. The number of mandatory units undertaken is defined by the pathway, between 9- 12. Learners will then have a choice of optional units to enable achievement of 90 credits.
Programme Delivery
All learners receive one to one induction and assessment in the workplace. Meetings are arranged with the assessor at a time convenient for the learner and the expectation is that learners meet with their assessor monthly. There is a requirement for observation of practice in the qualification. The length of programme is 10 months.
Mandatory units
There are common mandatory units within each pathway.
- Adult’s Residential Management units 501-505, 510, 511, 513-517
- Adult’s Management units 501-505, 510,511, 513,514, 516-518
- Adult’s Advanced Practice units 501-505, 513,514, 516-518
501 |
Use and develop systems that promote communication |
502 |
Promote professional development |
503 |
Champion equality, diversity and inclusion |
504 |
Develop health and safety and risk management policies procedures and practices in health and social care or children and young people’s settings |
505 |
Working in partnership 4 in health and social care or children and youngpeople’s settings |
510 |
Lead and manage a team within a health and social care or children andyoung people’s setting |
511 |
Develop professional supervision practice in health and social care or children and young people’s settings |
513 |
Manage health and social care practice to ensure positive outcomes for individuals |
514 |
Safeguarding and protection of individuals |
515 |
Lead and manage group living for adults |
516 |
Understand safeguarding of children and young people ( for those working in adult sector) |
517 |
Lead person centred practice |
518 |
Assess the individual in a health and social care setting |
Pathways
Pathway is the term used to describe the route learners chooses from the 3 options available. Learners follow the pathway relevant to their service/ service user group and depending on the number of credits achieved through the mandatory units choose from a range of optional unit to make up the 80 credits required for the Diploma.
For each pathway we have provided an example of the units learners would need to complete to achieve the Diploma.
Adult’s Residential Management Pathway
Learner’s achieve 52 credits from the twelve mandatory units, 28 credits must be achieved from the optional units of which a minimum of 12 credits must be achieved from units 519-529.
Mandatory |
501-505, 510, 511, 513-517 | 52 | |
519 |
Develop procedures and practice to respond to concerns and complaints | 6 | |
521 |
Facilitate the development of effective group practice | 6 | |
527 |
Manage quality in health and social care | 5 | |
528 |
Develop and evaluate operational plans for own area of responsibility | 6 | |
529 |
Manage physical resources | 3 | |
531 |
Understand how to manage a team | 3 | |
Total |
18 units |
81 credits |
|
Adult’s Management Pathway
Learner’s achieve 53 credits from the twelve mandatory units, 27 credits must be achieved from the optional units of which a minimum of 12 credits must be achieved from units 519-529.
Mandatory |
501-505, 510,511, 513,514, 516-518 | 53 | |
519 |
Develop procedures and practice to respond to concerns and complaints | 6 | |
520 |
Recruitment and selection | 3 | |
527 |
Manage quality in health and social care | 5 | |
528 |
Develop and evaluate operational plans for own area of responsibility | 6 | |
523 |
Manage induction process | 3 | |
538 |
Manage domiciliary services | 6 | |
Total |
18 units |
82 credits |
|
Adult’s Advanced Practice Pathway
Learner’s achieve 41 credits from the ten mandatory units, 39 credits must be achieved from the optional units.
Mandatory |
501-505, 513-514, 516-518 | 41 |
520 |
Recruitment and selection | 3 |
521 |
Facilitate the development of effective group practice | 6 |
522 |
Facilitate coaching and mentoring | 5 |
523 |
Manage induction process | 3 |
527 |
Manage quality in health and social care | 5 |
532 |
Understand professional supervision practice | 3 |
534 |
Understand physical disability | 3 |
525 |
Manage inter professional working | 7 |
560 |
Support individuals with multiple conditions and/or disabilities | 5 |
Total |
19 units |
81 credits |
These are only suggested options within pathways. Assessors will guide learners on the appropriate choice of optional units that reflect their role, setting and development needs.