This course is designed for candidates working in adult care services at management level. The units are related to the management of systems and structures in an organisational context.
Level 5
The candidate must be working in a managerial/senior capacity. This will involve having responsibility for the staff team on a daily basis, problem solving, and the implementation and evaluation of systems within the service.
A professional qulification or NVQ/Diploma level 3 in Care would be an advantage.
This programme runs over a period of 12 months part-time.
Candidates would be expected to attend underpinning knowledge sessions of one three hour period a week and additional time of at least three hours to collect evidence from the workplace. Candidates will also attend jointly planned tutorial sessions.
You will complete 5 mandatory units:
Unit 1: Use and Develop Systems that Promote Communication
Unit 2: Promote Professional Development
Unit 3: Champion Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Unit 4: Develop Health and Safety and Risk Management Policies, Procedures and Practices in Health and Social Care or Children and Young People's Settings.
Unit 5: Working in Partnership in Health and Social Care or Children and Young People's Settings.
Programme delivery will include a variety of methods to reflect individual learning styles. This will include group work, peer discussions, presentations, question and answer sessions and written work.
Candidates will submit a portfolio of evidence consisting mainly of observations, supplemented with candidate explanations, witness testimonies, work based evidence and case studies.
The observations will be conducted in the workplace by an individual trainer at agreed intervals. The minimum number of observations required for the award is three.
Written feedback will be provided on each observation and on completion of individual units
This course enables the student to be a Registered Manager within the care services and could lead onto Higher Education.
There are no requirements for equipment. Textbooks are available through the college library.
