Developing Cornwall’s Healthcare Workforce for the Future
Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Adult Care
All our programmes are accredited for Edexcel Awarding Body and meet the National Standards for the Social Care Sector as defined by Skills for Care Sector Skills Council.
DHCT is the provider of choice for many social care employers in Cornwall supporting recruitment and training for care workers who may work in residential or nursing homes, domiciliary care, day centres or some clinical healthcare settings.
Level 5 Diploma Leadership and Management for Adult Care
The Pearson BTEC Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Adult Care (England) is for learners in the role of leader/manager in adult care.
A leader in adult care will guide and inspire teams to make positive differences to someones life when they are faced with physical, practical, social, emotional or intellectual challenges.
They will be a leader of the care team and will develop and implement a values-based culture at a service or unit level. They may be responsible for business development, financial control, organisational resilience and continuity, as well as for managing risk and leading on organisational change.
You must hold a level 4 qualification in health and social care or equivalent
You will complete all the mandatory units below:
- Leadership and Management in Adult Care
- Governance and Regulatory Process in Adult Care
- Decision Making in Adult Care
- Business and Resource Management
- Team Leadership in Adult Care
- Team Learning and Development
- Supervising Others
- Safeguarding Practices, Policies and Procedures
- Mental Capacity
- Partnership Working in Adult Care
- Responding to Comments and Complaints in Adult Care
- Leading the Vision in Adult Care
- Continuous Improvement in Adult Care
- Effective Communication in the Workplace
- Handling Information
- Leading Person-centred Practice
- Health and Wellbeing in Adult Care
- Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Human Rights
- Health and Safety in Adult Care
- Continuous Professional Development in Adult Care
- Personal Wellbeing
+ sector specific optional units
Blended delivery including; one to one support with a competent tutor, along with a remote or face to face learning environment. We have a recently developed ESkills platform that all learners can use as a resource when completing their units to develop their competencies
The duration for this course is 12 months, but you can complete earlier