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Leader in Adult Care

Level 5 Apprenticeship Standard

LEADER IN ADULT CARE: THE ROLE

A Leader in Adult Care has a responsibility for managing community or residential based services. This role has a large element of leadership, whether with other care workers and networks or in leading the service itself. They have a responsibility to ensure the service is safe, effective, caring, responsive to people’s needs and well-led. They may be a registered manager of a service, unit, deputy or assistant manager. They will be responsible for ensuring regulatory compliance of the care given and the values and training of staff with established standards and regulations.

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.

ABOUT THIS APPRENTICESHIP

The Leader in Adult Care will guide and inspire teams to make positive differences to someone’s life when they are faced with physical, practical, social, emotional, psychological 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.

Qualification Topics
- Management and leadership theories and their application
- Monitoring, reporting and responding to changes in health and wellbeing models
- Professional development principles that support own and others development
- Safeguarding of adults and children legislation, national and local solutions to recognise and respond to potential signs of abuse or unsafe practices
- Legal and ethical frameworks in relations to confidentiality and sharing information
- Communication tools and strategies
- Dignity and human rights legislation and policy initiatives in the workplace
- Risk management, compliance with legislation, standards, regulations and policies
- Principles of change management to support change process
- Quality standards legislation and regulations
- Performance and appraisal models
- Features of effective team performance
What's Involved
- On the job skills training
- Off the job skills training
- Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Adult Care
- Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check
- Planning, Target Setting and Feedback
- Mock End Point Assessments
End Point Assessment (after at least 12 months and successful completion of the above)
- Observation of leadership and Professional discussion that leads to pass or distinction