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

This qualification guides and assesses development of knowledge, understanding and skills in management practice within health and social care and children and young people’s services and serves as the required qualification for registration and regulatory requirements for the sector in England.

This qualification appears on the Qualifications Skills Framework and is worth 80 Credits at Level 5.

-Mandatory Units, Credits from 41-64 credits

-Optional Units, Credits from 16-39 credits

The amount of credits depends on the Pathway chosen.

Course content

Pathways include: -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 Core units cover:

• Safeguarding
• Communication
• Professional development
• Equality, diversity and inclusion
• Health and safety and risk management
• Working in partnership
• Child and young person's development
• Lead practice that supports positive outcomes
• Assess the individual
• Lead and manage group living
• Lead and manage a team
• Develop professional supervision practice
• Lead practice in promoting well-being and resilience
• Lead person-centred practice

Entry Requirements

Candidates must work in health and social care and children and young people’s services in the following roles: -Managers -Assistant managers -Deputy managers -Senior care/support workers -Co-ordinators -Team leaders Health and social care and children and young people’s services include: -Residential services for older people, younger adults and children and young people -Domiciliary care services -Day services -Respite services -Community based services -Adoption and fostering services

Delivery & Assessment methods

-Delivery of underpinning knowledge in class from tutor -Weekly support for assignments by tutor -Assessor support in completing assignments -Assessor support in presenting evidence of competence including assessment through observations, testimonies and accounts of practice

Progression

This qualification replaces the Level 4 NVQ in Leadership and Management for Care Services and the Level 4 NVQ in Health and Social Care, and is accepted on a number of Higher Education programmes. This qualification will be the accepted qualification for registration and regulation where appropriate and can demonstrate continuing professional development.