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Apprenticeships

Health & Social Care – Leader in Adult Care

Level 5

Course code: J11P125
Type: Apprenticeship
Duration: 18-21 months
Subject area: Apprenticeships,Health & Social Care
Location: HLNSC - County Training
No fee information available

About the course

Leaders in Adult Care may work in residential or nursing homes, domiciliary care, community day centres, a person’s own home or some clinical healthcare settings. The role of Leader in Adult Care in this standard also covers Personal Assistants who operate in a management role but they may only work directly for one individual who needs support and/or care services.

What qualification will I gain?

· A certificate of completion from the Institute for Apprenticeships.

· Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Adult Care

Why choose us

HLNSC County Training have industry-qualified tutors and assessors with substantial experience in this subject area, we have achieved significant success in end point assessments and have established excellent relationships with a range of health and social care employers across the region.

What you could do next

Become a senior manager/leader within larger organisations or lead multi-site operations and settings.

Key facts

Leaders in Adult Care may work in residential or nursing homes, domiciliary care, community day centres, a person’s own home or some clinical healthcare settings. The role of Leader in Adult Care in this standard also covers Personal Assistants who operate in a management role but they may only work directly for one individual who needs support and/or care services.

Assessment methods

  • The programme is a mixture of classroom knowledge delivery and workplace skills assessment.

  • At the completion of all on programme learning all apprentices will complete and End Point Assessment and for this standard that will involve an Observation of Leadership and a Professional Discussion.

Entry requirements

• Suitable employment on or prior to starting the apprenticeship training programme.

• An appropriate level of maths and English (assessed prior to apprenticeship start)

• Apprentices without English or maths at Level 2 must achieve this prior to taking the End Point Assessment.

• We can support you to achieve the desired level of maths and English, through functional skills taught sessions which are mandatory to attend as part of your programme (you cannot achieve your apprenticeship without the required level of maths and English).

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