Leadership for HSC & CYP - Diploma (NVQ) Level 5 - Adults Management

About this course

Benefits

Build both your managerial and care skills with the Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People's Services.

Who should attend

For those who are responsible for running a facility that provides services for vulnerable children, adults or both. You might be an assistant or deputy manager, or a manager who has not yet achieved a recognised vocational qualification at this level.

Course Content

Learners must achieve a total of 80 credits to complete the qualification comprising a mix of mandatory, core and optional units.

The Learning and Skills Development Officer will provide support and guidance in selecting the appropriate units.

Mandatory Units - Group A

• 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 or children and young people's settings

Core Units - Group F

• 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
• Lead and 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

Optional Units - Group H Management Units

• Develop procedures and practice to respond to concerns and complaints
• Recruitment and selection within health and social care or children and young people's settings
• Facilitate the development of effective group practice in health and social care or children and young people's settings
• Facilitate coaching and mentoring in health and social care or children and young people's settings
• Manage induction processes for health and social care or children and young people's settings
• Facilitate change in health and social care or children and young people's setting
• Manage inter-professional working arrangements in a health and social care of children and young people's setting
• Manage finance in health and social care or children and young people's setting
• Manage quality in health and social care or children and young people's setting
• Develop and evaluate operational plans for own area of responsibility
• Manage physical resources

Group I - Knowledge Units

• Understand partnership working
• Understand how to manage a team
• Understand professional supervision practice
  Understand the process and experience of dementia
• Understand physical disability
• Understand the impact of acquired brain injury on individuals
• Understand sensory loss
• Principles of supporting individuals with a learning disability regarding sexuality and sexual health

Group J

• Manage domiciliary services
• Lead the management of transitions
• Lead positive behavioural support
• Develop provision for family support
• Lead support for disabled children and young people and their carers
• Undertake a research project within services for health and social care or children and young people
• Lead active support
• Active support - Lead interactive training
• Promote access to healthcare for individuals with learning disabilities
• Promote good practice in the support of individuals with autistic spectrum conditions
• Support families who are affective by acquired brain injury
• Support families who have a child with a disability
  Support the development of community partnerships
• Support individuals to access housing and accommodation services
• Support individuals at the end of life
• Work with families, carers and individuals during times of crisis
• Implement the Positive Behavioural Support model
• Support individuals to access education, training or employment
• Promote awareness of sensory loss
• Support the use of assistive technology
• Explore models of disability
• Support individuals with sensory loss with communication Support individuals with multiple conditions and/or disabilities
• Support children's speech, language and communication
• Understand the needs of children and young people who are vulnerable and experiencing poverty and disadvantage
• Providing Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy
• Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy
• Providing Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy
• Providing Independent Advocacy to Adults
• Independent Advocacy with Children and Young People
• Providing Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy - Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
• Recognise indications of substance misuse and refer individuals to specialists
• Identify and act upon immediate risk of danger to substance misusers

Assessment - Learners must achieve the level of competence described in the NVQ units of competence, through direct observation within the workplace combined with a portfolio of additional evidence such as professional discussions and witness testimonies.

City and Guilds are the awarding body.

Costs

We have access to various funding avenues which means that in many cases, training can be FREE or subsidised, provided you meet the required criteria. To find out if you are eligible, contact us to arrange an appointment with one of our experienced advisors.

Entry requirements

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Assessment

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What next?

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