QCF Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care Services
(Adults' Advanced Practice) Wales and Northern Ireland
The QCF Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care Services (Adults' Advanced Practice) Wales and Northern Ireland is one of the replacement qualifications for NVQ Health and Social Care (adults) level 4.
The Diploma is for use in Wales and Northern Ireland* and learners will be able to register from January 2011.
It will confer occupational competence to work in a senior practitioner or supervisory role and can provide progression to the
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Diploma Structure
Learners must achieve a minimum of 80 credits to achieve this qualification. These are made up of 41 credits from Mandatory Group A, a maximum of 6 units from Group B and the remaining units from Group C.
Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care Services (Adults’ Advanced Practice) Wales and Northern Ireland structure.
Is Level 5 Diploma (adults’ advanced practice) for me?
The Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care Services (Adults’ Advanced Practice) Wales and Northern Ireland is for Senior Practitioners, Deputy Managers and Assistant Managers who work with adults in settings or services whose main purpose is adults’ care and support.
The qualification provides an opportunity to develop knowledge and skills that will aid progression to a management role for those practitioners who wish to follow this career pathway.
Work Settings and job roles
Some of the settings and services include:
Residential services for adults
Community based domiciliary services
Day services for adults
Examples of job roles who would undertake the level 5 Diploma (adults advance practice) include:
Deputy managerAssistant manager
Senior care worker
Senior support worker
The examples of settings and job roles are extracted from the Care Council for Wales’ Qualification Framework for the Social Care Sector in Wales
All units must be assessed in accordance with Skills for Care and Development QCF Assessment Principles and the Regulatory arrangements for the Qualifications and Credit Framework.
*If you plan to work in England contact Skills for Care (SfC) for more information about the required qualifications.