Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People's Services

Training

Distance

£ 2,100 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Training

  • Methodology

    Distance Learning

  • Location

    Rochester

  • Duration

    1 Year

Guided learning hours Guided learning hours are the hours you spend learning with your training provider or on your own. The guided learning hours for this qualification are: Level 5: over 300 hours. Usual course length Completing the Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People's Services usually takes: 2-3 years. This is a rough guide - each centre decides its own timescales and you can often learn at your own pace. To be a manager of adult residential and domiciliary services or children's homes you need to have this qualification. Suitable for: This qualification is for those already working in health and social care. You might be an assistant or deputy manager, or a manager who has not yet achieved a recognised vocational qualification at this level. You'll cover areas like: the assessment of individual needs -the planning and review of care programmes -procurement and tendering -risk management -effective governance -domiciliary care management. For this qualification, you'll learn in a training centre or in your workplace.

Important information

Documents

  • QCF Level 5 Diploma in Health & Social Care & Children & Young people's Services

Facilities

Location

Start date

Rochester (Kent)
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1 Exeter House Beaufort Close, ME24FE

Start date

On request

About this course

You will choose 1 of the following 6 pathways:  Children and Young People's Residential Management  Children and Young People's Management  Children and Young People's Advanced Practice  Adults' Residential Management  Adults' Management  Adults' Advanced Practice

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Subjects

  • Health and Social Care

Course programme

This qualification is for those already working in health and social care. You might be an assistant or deputy manager, or a manager who has not yet achieved a recognised vocational qualification at this level.

You'll cover areas like

  • the assessment of individual needs
  • the planning and review of care programmes
  • procurement and tendering
  • risk management
  • effective governance
  • domiciliary care management.

For this qualification, you'll learn in a training centre or in your workplace.

Some units may be assessed by exams but for the most part you'll be assessed at work. For each unit your assessor watches and asks questions as you perform a task, or they may look at a portfolio of work that you've built as formal evidence of your learning. Then they confirm you've got the skills to do the job well.

Guided learning hours
Guided learning hours are the hours you spend learning with your training provider or on your own. The guided learning hours for this qualification are:

  • Level 5: over 300 hours.

Usual course length
Completing the Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People's Services usually takes:

  • 2-3 years.

This is a rough guide - each centre decides its own timescales and you can often learn at your own pace. To be a manager of adult residential and domiciliary services or children's homes you need to have this qualification.

The Diploma in Leadership in Health and Social Care can also help you work in roles such as:

  • adult nurse
  • care home manager
  • care worker
  • children's nurse
  • health promotion / education specialist
  • health service manager
  • learning disability nurse
  • mental health nurse
  • nurse
  • residential warden
  • social worker
  • supervisor / team leader
  • volunteer manager
  • youth and community worker
  • care home manager.

If you'd like to advance further in your career, you may want to take a qualification that can help you work in a specialised area:

  • Level 4 NVQ in Advice and Guidance
  • Level 4 NVQ in Residential Childcare Managers
  • Level 4 Higher Professional Diploma in Inspecting Learning Disability Services
  • Level 4 Higher Professional Diploma in Health and Well Being
  • Level 4 Certificate in Working with Substance Misuse.

You will choose 1 of the following 6 pathways:

  • Children and Young People's Residential Management
  • Children and Young People's Management
  • Children and Young People's Advanced Practice
  • Adults' Residential Management
  • Adults' Management
  • Adults' Advanced Practice

All the pathways share 5 core 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
  • Working in partnership in health and social care, and children and young people's settings.

For each pathway, you will also need to complete a certain number of optional units. Examples of available units include:

  • Lead person-centred practice
  • Support individuals at the end of life
  • Manage finance in a health and social care or children and young people's setting
  • Explore models of disability
  • Understand the needs of children who are vulnerable and experiencing poverty and disadvantage
  • Identify and act upon immediate risk of danger to substance misusers.

You will complete 7 core units:

  • Understand child and young person development
  • Lead practice that support positive outcomes for child and young person development
  • Develop and implement policies and procedures to support the safeguarding and wellbeing of children and young people
  • Lead and manage group living for children
  • Manage a team within health and social care or children and young people's setting
  • Develop professional supervision practice in health and social care or children and young people's work settings
  • Lead practice in promoting the well being and resilience of children and young people.

You will complete 7 core units:

  • Manage health and social care practice to ensure positive outcomes for individuals
  • Safeguarding and protection of vulnerable adults
  • Lead and manage group living for adults
  • Understand safeguarding of children and young people (for those working in the adult sector)
  • Lead person centred practice
  • Manage a team within a health and social care or children and young people's setting
  • Develop professional supervision practice in health and social care or children and young people's work settings

You will complete 4 core units:

  • Understand child and young person development
  • Lead practice that support positive outcomes for child and young person development
  • Develop and implement policies and procedures to support the safeguarding and well being of children and young people
  • Lead practice in promoting the well being and resilience of children and young people.

You will complete 7 core units:

  • Manage health and social care practice to ensure positive outcomes for individuals
  • Safeguarding and protection of vulnerable adults
  • Lead and manage group living for adults
  • Understand safeguarding of children and young people (for those working in the adult sector)
  • Lead person centered practice
  • Manage a team within a health and social care or children and young people's setting
  • Develop professional supervision practice in health and social care or children and young people's work settings

You will complete 7 core units:

  • Manage health and social care practice to ensure positive outcomes for individuals
  • Safeguarding and protection of vulnerable adults
  • Understand safeguarding of children and young people (for those working in the adult sector)
  • Lead person centred practice
  • Manage a team within a health and social care or children and young people's setting
  • Develop professional supervision practice in health and social care or children and young people's work settings
  • Assess the individual in a health and social care setting

You will complete 5 core units:

  • Manage health and social care practice to ensure positive outcomes for individuals
  • Safeguarding and protection of vulnerable adults
  • Understand safeguarding of children and young people (for those working in the adult sector)
  • Lead person centred practice
  • Assess the individual in a health and social care setting

Additional information

Comments:

For this qualification, you'll learn in a training centre or in your workplace. Some units may be assessed by exams but for the most part you'll be assessed at work. For each unit your assessor watches and asks questions as you perform a task, or they may look at a portfolio of work that you've built as formal evidence of your learning. Then they confirm you've got the skills to do the job well. Guided learning hours are the hours you spend learning with your training provider or on your own. The guided learning hours for this qualification are: • Level 5: over 300 h


Career opportunities:

If you'd like to advance further in your career, you may want to take a qualification that can help you work in a specialised area:  Level 4 NVQ in Advice and Guidance  Level 4 NVQ in Residential Childcare Managers  Level 4 Higher Professional Diploma in Inspecting Learning Disability Services  Level 4 Higher Professional Diploma in Health and Well Being  Level 4 Certificate in Working with Substance Misuse.


Students per class: 12
Contact person: Cathy Murphy

Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People's Services

£ 2,100 VAT inc.