Adult Care Level 3 Diploma (Social Care)
Vocational qualification
Online
Description
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Type
Vocational qualification
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Methodology
Online
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Class hours
400h
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Duration
1 Year
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Start date
Different dates available
Ever helped a blind man across the road or an elderly woman carry her shopping to the car? Perhaps you’ve nursed a loved one back to health. Or maybe you’ve supported someone with disabilities so they can live a better-quality life and enjoy good health and well-being. That fuzzy feeling you get from supporting others is happiness you can’t get anywhere else. If you have an aptitude for helping people, why not enhance those skills in remarkable ways? Become a champion of health and social care with our Adult Care Diploma.
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About this course
When you enrol on our Level 3 Diploma in Adult Care RQF, you’ll develop the necessary skills to care, treat and improve people’s lives in a variety of care settings. You’ll discover how to better communicate with people with disabilities, learn person-centred strategies, create a safe environment, as well as how to administer medication, prevent infection and manage pain and discomfort. In a nutshell, you’ll gain the ability to make a real difference to help those who need it most lead better-quality lifestyles.
The perfect qualification for naturally empathetic people – aka superheroes. Especially if you’re looking for a career in the healthcare sector in nursing homes, residential, domiciliary or day care services. But it’s also an ideal stepping stone to higher education, managerial or specialist qualifications that maximise your career prospects within health and social care.
You don't need any prior skills in the subject area to start, however you will be required to be working in a care environment in order to complete this course due to the nature of the assessment questions.
Official Qualification Title: NCFE CACHE Level 3 Diploma in Adult Care.
CACHE stands for the Council for Awards in Care, Health and Education, and are the leading specialist Awarding Organisation for the Care and Education Sector.
To get the most out of your course, you’ll gain onsite experience in a workplace of your choice. We recommend using the time to learn all you can and become a champion of the care sector!
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Subjects
- Infection
- Risk Assessment
- Risk
- Access
- Hygiene
- IT
- IT for adults
- Health and Social Care
- Medication
- IT risk
- Communication Training
- IT Development
- Skills and Training
Course programme
- Understand working relationships in health and social care
- Be able to work in ways that are agreed with the employer
- Be able to work in partnership with others
- Understand why effective communication is important in the work setting
- Be able to meet the communication and language needs, wishes and preferences of individuals
- Be able to overcome barriers to communication
- Be able to apply principles and practices relating to confidentiality.
- Understand specific communication needs and factors affecting them.
- Be able to contribute to establishing the nature of specific communication needs of individuals and ways to address them
- Be able to interact with individuals using their preferred communication
- Be able to promote communication between individuals and others
- Know how to support the use of communication, technology and aids.
- Be able to review an individual’s communication needs and the support provided to address them.
- Understand the importance of diversity, equality and inclusion
- Be able to work in an inclusive way
- Be able to promote diversity, equality and inclusion
- Know how to recognise signs of abuse
- Know how to respond to suspected or alleged abuse
- Understand the national and local context of safeguarding and protection from abuse
- Understand ways to reduce the likelihood of abuse
- Know how to recognise and report unsafe practices.
- Understand how duty of care contributes to safe practice
- Know how to address conflicts or dilemmas that may arise between an individual’s rights and duty of care
- Know how to respond to complaints
- Understand roles and responsibilities in the prevention and control of infection
- Understand legislation and policies relating to prevention and control of infections
- Understand systems and procedures relating to the prevention and control of infection
- Understand the importance of risk assessment in relation to the prevention and control of infection
- Understand the importance of using personal protective equipment (PPE) in the prevention and control of infection
- Understand the importance of good personal hygiene in the prevention and control of infection
- Understand the causes of infection
- Understand the transmission of infection
- Understand how to maintain a clean environment to prevent the spread of infection
- Understand the principles and steps of the decontamination process
- Understand the importance of good waste management practice in the prevention of the spread of infection
- Understand anatomy and physiology in relation to moving and positioning individuals
- Understand legislation and agreed ways of working when moving and positioning individuals
- Be able to minimise risk before moving and positioning individuals
- Be able to prepare individuals before moving and positioning
- Be able to move and position an individual
- Know when to seek advice from and/or involve others when moving and positioning an individual
- Understand the legislative framework for the use of medication in social care settings
- Know about common types of medication and their use
- Understand roles and responsibilities in the use of medication in social care settings
- Understand techniques for administering medication
- Be able to receive, store and dispose of medication supplies safely
- ow how to promote the rights of the individual when managing medication
- Be able to support use of medication
- Be able to record and report on use of medication
- Understand the importance of taking risks in everyday life
- Understand the importance of a positive, person-centred approach to risk assessment
- Understand the legal and policy framework underpinning an individual’s right to make decisions to take risks
- Be able to support individuals to make decisions about risks
- Be able to support individuals to take risks
- Understand duty of care in relation to supporting risk-taking
- Understand what is required for competence in own work role
- Be able to reflect on practice
- Be able to evaluate own performance
- Be able to agree a personal development plan
- Be able to use learning opportunities and reflective practice to contribute to personal development
- Understand the application of person-centred approaches in health and social care
- Be able to work in a person-centred way
- Be able to establish consent when providing care or support
- Be able to implement and promote active participation
- Be able to support the individual’s right to make choices
- Be able to promote an individual’s well-being
- Understand the role of risk assessment in enabling a person-centred approach
- Understand own responsibilities and the responsibilities of others relating to health and safety
- Be able to carry out own responsibilities for health and safety
- Understand procedures for responding to accidents and sudden illness
- Be able to reduce the spread of infection
- Be able to move and handle equipment and other objects safely
- Be able to handle hazardous substances and materials
- Be able to promote fire safety in the work setting
- Be able to implement security measures in the work setting
- Know how to manage stress
- Understand requirements for handling of information in health and social care settings
- Be able to implement good practice in handling information
- Be able to support others to handle information.
- Understand factors that influence individuals’ access to services and facilities
- Be able to support individuals to select services and facilities
- Be able to support individuals to access and use services and facilities
- Be able to support individuals to review their access to, and use of, services and facilities.
- Understand the importance of good personal hygiene
- Know how to encourage an individual to maintain personal hygiene
- Know how to support an individual to maintain personal hygiene
- Understand when poor hygiene may be an indicator of other underlying personal issues
A work placement of approximately 50 hours is required to complete this option
"TQUK Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care (Adults) for England (QCF)".
AssessmentEach unit is followed by a written tutor marked assignment (TMA), which is submitted and then marked by your tutor. You will not be required to take an external exam.
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Adult Care Level 3 Diploma (Social Care)