NCFE · RQF Level 5
NCFE Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People’s Services (England) (QCF)
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- LevelRQF Level 5
- Total credits80
- Guided learning260 hours
- Units in this qualification70
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These are the units NCFE registers against this qualification. It is a catalogue, not a syllabus. Which of them you take depends on the combination the qualification requires, and that is set by the awarding body rather than by us. Every unit here is regulated, and every one you earn is yours to keep.
Active support: lead interactive trainingReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the theoretical background to person-centred interactive training
- Plan person-centred interactive training sessions to enhance whole team performance
- Lead person-centred interactive training sessions in situ
- Provide support to improve the performance of others
Assess the individual in a health and social care settingReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand assessment processes
- Lead and contribute to assessments
- Manage the outcomes of assessments
- Promote others’ understanding of the role of assessment
- Review and evaluate the effectiveness of assessment
Champion equality, diversity and inclusionReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand diversity, equality and inclusion in own area of responsibility
- Champion diversity, equality and inclusion
- Understand how to develop systems and processes that promote diversity, equality and inclusion
- Manage the risks presented when balancing individual rights and professional duty of care
Develop and evaluate operational plans for own area of responsibilityReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Align objectives of own area of responsibility with those of own organisation.
- Implement operational plans in own area of responsibility.
- Monitor and evaluate operational plans in own area of responsibility.
Develop and implement policies and procedures to support the safeguarding of children and young peopleReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the impact of current legislation that underpins the safeguarding of children and young people
- Support the review of policies and procedures for safeguarding children and young people
- Implement policies and procedures for safeguarding children and young people
- Lead practice in supporting children and young people’s wellbeing and resilience
Develop health and safety and risk management policies, procedures and practices in health and social care or children and young people’s settingsReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the current legislative framework and organisational health, safety and risk management policies, procedures and practices that are relevant to health, and social care or children and young people’s settings
- Implement and monitor compliance with health, safety and risk management requirements in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
- Lead the implementation of policies, procedures and practices to manage risk to individuals and others in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
- Promote a culture where
Develop procedures and practice to respond to concerns and complaintsReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the regulatory requirements, codes of practice and relevant guidance for managing concerns and complaints
- Develop procedures to address concerns and complaints
- Lead the implementation of procedures and practice for addressing concerns and complaints
- Review the procedures and practices for addressing concerns and complaints
Develop professional supervision practice in health and social care or children and young people’s work settingsReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the purpose of professional supervision in health and social care or children and young people’s work settings
- Understand how the principles of professional supervision can be used to inform performance management in health and social care or children and young people’s work settings
- Undertake the preparation for professional supervision with supervisees in health and social care or children and young people’s work settings
- Provide professional supervision in health and social care or children and young people’s work settings
- Manage conflict situ
Develop provision for family supportReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the key policies and legislative frameworks that govern the provision of family support in UK home nation
- Develop provision for family support
- Implement provision for family support
- Support others to establish positive relationships with families
Explore models of disabilityReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the complexities of models of disability
- Review how models of disability underpin organisational practice
- Develop others’ awareness of models of disability
Facilitate change in health and social care or children and young people’s settingsReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of change management in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
- Facilitate a shared understanding of the need for change in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
- Develop an approved change management plan in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
- Gain support for a proposed change in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
- Implement approved change management plans in health and social care or children and young people’s settin
Facilitate coaching and mentoring of practitioners in health and social care or children and young people’s settingsReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the benefits of coaching and mentoring practitioners in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
- Promote coaching and mentoring of practitioners in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
- Identify the coaching and mentoring needs of practitioners in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
- Implement coaching and mentoring activities in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
- Review the outcomes of coaching and mentoring in health and social care o
Facilitate the development of effective group practice in health and social care or children and young people’s settingsReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how groups develop and function in health and social care or children and young people’s work settings
- Create a climate that facilitates effective groups in health and social care or children and young people’s work settings
- Facilitate a group in health and social care or children and young people’s work settings
- Enhance learning through the constructive use of power, authority and influence in group work in health and social care or children and young people’s work settings
- Monitor and review the work of a group in health and social c
Identify and act upon immediate risk of danger to substance misusersReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Identify immediate risk of danger to substance misusers
- Act upon immediate risk of danger to substance misusers
Implement the positive behavioural support modelReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the context of the Positive Behavioural Support model.
- Understand the term ‘challenging behaviour’.
- Understand the context in which challenging behaviour occurs.
- Contribute to the functional analysis in relation to an individual's challenging behaviour.
- Understand the key characteristics of Positive Behavioural Support.
- Implement primary prevention strategies.
- Use a person centred approach to develop plans that promote participation.
- Implement secondary prevention strategies.
- Implement non aversive reactive strategies.
Independent Advocacy with Children and Young PeopleReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Provide Independent Advocacy support to children and young people
- Use UK, European and International legislation to promote children’s rights
- Respond to requests for Advocacy support
- Assist the child or young person to explore choices and potential consequence
- Support children and young people through a range of meetings and decision making processes
- Engage with professionals
- Use child protection systems to keep children and young people safe
Independent Mental Capacity AdvocacyReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand and use the Mental Capacity Act
- Provide Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA)
- Work with the decision maker
- Challenge decisions made by the decision maker
- Work with people who lack capacity
- Work with accommodation and care review referrals
- Work with serious medical treatment referrals
- Work with adult protection referrals
- Construct an IMCA written report that meets statutory requirements
Independent Mental Health AdvocacyReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Know how Mental Health legislation affects IMHA qualifying patients
- Provide Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA)
- Respond to requests for IMHA support
- Engage with professionals
- Respond to individuals who have diverse needs
- Work safely
Lead active supportReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how the active support model translates values into person-centred practical action with individuals
- Use practice leadership to promote positive interaction
- Use practice leadership in supporting others to develop and implement person-centred daily plans to promote participation
- Use practice leadership in supporting others to maintain individuals’ quality of life
Lead and manage a team within a health and social care or children and young people’s settingReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the features of effective team performance within a health and social care or children and young people’s setting
- Support a positive culture within the team for a health and social care or children and young people’s setting
- Support a shared vision within the team for a health and social care or children and young people’s setting
- Develop a plan with team members to meet agreed objectives for a health and social care or children and young people’s setting
- Support individual team members to work towards agreed objectives in a health
Lead and manage group living for adultsReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Develop the physical group living environment to promote positive outcomes for individuals
- Lead the planning, implementation and review of daily living activities
- Promote positive outcomes in a group living environment
- Manage a positive group living environment
Lead and manage group living for childrenReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the legal, policy, rights and theoretical framework for group living for children and young people
- Lead the planning, implementation and review of daily living activities for children and young people
- Promote positive outcomes in a group living environment
- Manage a positive group living environment
- Safeguard children and young people in a group living environment
Lead person centred practiceReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the theory and principles that underpin person centred practice
- Lead a person-centred practice
- Lead the implementation of active participation of individuals
Lead positive behavioural supportReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the theoretical background and current policy context of Positive Behavioural Support
- Conduct a functional analysis of an individual requiring Positive Behavioural Support
- Design and lead person-centred, primary prevention strategies
- Design and lead secondary prevention strategies
- Assess the appropriateness of reactive strategy use
- Lead the implementation of a Positive Behavioural Support Plan
- Manage and review the implementation of Positive Behavioural Support Plans
Lead practice in promoting the well being and resilience of children and young peopleReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how different approaches to promoting positive well being and resilience in children and young people impact on practice
- Lead practice in supporting children and young people’s well being and resilience
- Lead practice in work with carers who are supporting children and young people
- Lead practice in responding to the health needs of children and young people
- Lead the development of practice with children or young people to promote their well being and resilience
Lead practice that supports positive outcomes for child and young person developmentReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand theoretical approaches to child and young person development
- Lead and support developmental assessment of children and young people
- Develop and implement programmes with children or young people requiring developmental support
- Evaluate programmes for children or young people requiring developmental support
- Lead and promote support for children experiencing transitions
- Lead positive behaviour support
Lead support for disabled children and young people and their carersReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how legislation and policy influences provision for disabled children and young people and their carers
- Understand the potential impact of disability on children and young people and their carers
- Lead child and young person centred provision
- Work in partnership with others to promote services for children and young people and their carers
Lead the management of transitionsReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the impact of change and transitions on the well being of individuals
- Lead and manage provision that supports workers to manage transitions and significant life events
Manage an inter-professional team in a health and social care or children and young people’s settingReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of inter-professional working within health and social care or children and young people’s settings
- Manage service objectives through the inter-professional team in health and social care or children and young people’s setting
- Promote inter-professional team working in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
- Manage processes for inter-professional work with individuals in health and social care or children and young people's setting
- Evaluate the effectiveness of inter-professional team work in hea
Manage domiciliary servicesReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand factors that influence the management of domiciliary services
- Manage domiciliary services
- Implement systems for working safely in domiciliary services
- Supervise and support practitioners in order to promote individual’s needs and preferences in domiciliary services
- Respond to day to day changes and emergencies in domiciliary services
- Manage human resources required for domiciliary services
Manage finance within own area of responsibility in health and social care or children and young people's settingReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand financial management in own work setting
- Plan budget requirement for own area of responsibility
- Manage a budget
- Evaluate financial expenditure within own area of responsibility
Manage health and social care practice to ensure positive outcomes for individualsReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the theory and principles that underpin outcome based practice
- Lead practice that promotes social, emotional, cultural, spiritual and intellectual well being
- Lead practice that promotes individuals’ health
- Lead inclusive provision that gives individuals’ choice and control over the outcomes they want to achieve
- Manage effective working partnerships with carers, families and significant others to achieve positive outcomes
Manage induction in health and social care or children and young people’s settingsReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the purpose of induction for health and social care or children and young people’s settings
- Manage the induction process in health, social care and children and young people’s work settings
- Support the implementation of induction processes in health, social care and children and young people’s work settings
- Evaluate the induction process in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
- Implement improvements to the induction process in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
Manage physical resourcesReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the importance of sustainability when using physical resources.
- Identify resource requirements for own area of responsibility.
- Obtain required resources for own area of responsibility.
- Monitor and review the quality and usage of resources in own area of responsibility.
Manage quality in health and social care or children and young people's settingReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the context of quality assurance in a health and social care or children and young people’s setting
- Implement quality standards in a health and social care or children and young people’s setting
- Lead the evaluation of quality processes in a health and social care or children and young people’s setting
Principles of supporting individuals with a learning disability regarding sexuality and sexual healthReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the development of human sexuality
- Understand how the sexual development of individuals’ with a learning disability can differ
- Understand the issues of sexual health and how these can be supported
- Understand relevant legislation influencing the support of sexuality and sexual health for individuals with learning disabilities
- Support the sexual expression of an individual with a learning disability
Promote access to healthcare for individuals with learning disabilitiesReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand issues related to access to healthcare services for individuals with learning disabilities
- Understand the healthcare needs that may affect individuals with learning disabilities
- Understand good practice in supporting people with a learning disability to access healthcare services
- Understand how to support others to develop, implement, monitor and review plans for healthcare
- Develop processes to support others to meet the healthcare needs of individuals with a learning disability
- Promote good practice to others in their support of individuals with learning
Promote awareness of sensory lossReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to raise awareness of sensory loss
- Raise awareness of sensory loss
- Review action to promote awareness of sensory loss
Promote good practice in the support of individuals with autistic spectrum conditionsReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how the different and evolving theories about autism reflect the complexity of autistic spectrum conditions
- Understand the implications of the legal and policy framework underpinning the support of individuals with autistic spectrum conditions
- Promote good practice in the support of individuals with an autistic spectrum condition
- Promote to others positive communication strategies for individuals with an autistic spectrum condition
- Implement strategies to support individuals with an autistic spectrum condition to manage their sensory world
Promote professional developmentReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand principles of professional development
- Prioritise goals and targets for own professional development
- Prepare a professional development plan
- Improve performance through reflective practice
Providing Independent Advocacy ManagementReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Manage Advocacy services
- Implement record keeping systems
- Recruit and induct Independent Advocates
- Facilitate service user involvement in the running of the Independent Advocacy Service
- Construct a business plan
- Measure Advocacy outcomes
- Negotiate a Service Level Agreement
- Establish relationships with commissioners of Advocacy services
- Promote Independent Advocacy and the service
Providing Independent Advocacy to AdultsReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Provide Independent Advocacy support to adults in a range of settings
- Treat the individual receiving Advocacy support as an individual
- Assist the individual receiving Advocacy support to explore choices and potential consequences
- Support adults through a range of meetings
- Work safely
Providing Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy-Deprivation of Liberty SafeguardsReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand legislation which affects people who may be subject to Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards or the formal provisions of the Mental Health Act
- Provide the statutory IMCA DOLS service
- Construct an IMCA DOLS written report that meets statutory requirements
- Challenge decisions
Recognise indications of substance misuse and refer individuals to specialistsReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Recognise indications of substance misuse.
- Assess and monitor risk.
- Handle information and maintain records.
- Refer individuals to appropriate services.
Recruitment and selection within health and social care or children and young people’s settingsReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the recruitment and selection processes in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
- Contribute to the recruitment process in health and social care or children’s and young people’s settings
- Participate in the selection process in health and social care or children’s and young people’s settings
- Evaluate the recruitment and selection processes in health and social care or children’s and young people’s settings
Safeguarding and protection of vulnerable adultsReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the legislation, regulations and policies that underpin the protection of vulnerable adults
- Lead service provision that protects vulnerable adults
- Manage inter-agency, joint or integrated working in order to protect vulnerable adults
- Monitor and evaluate the systems, processes and practice that safeguards vulnerable adults
Support children’s speech, language and communication.Real unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the importance of speech, language and communication for children’s overall development.
- Understand the importance and the benefits of adults supporting the speech, language and communication development of the children in own setting.
- Provide support for the speech, language and communication development of the children in own setting.
- Contribute to maintaining a positive environment that supports speech, language and communication.
Support families who are affected by Acquired Brain InjuryReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the impact on families who care for an individual who is in a minimally responsive or vegetative state
- Understand the long term effects of acquired brain injury on family
- Understand legislation that is relevant to carers of an individual effected by acquired brain injury
- Assess the support required by families who hold the primary caring role
- Work in partnership with other professionals and agencies
Support families who have a child with a disabilityReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the impact on a family of having a child with a disability
- Support families who have a child with a disability
- Support families with a child with a disability to use informal networks and community resources
- Work in partnership with other professionals and agencies to support families with a child with a disability
Support individuals at the end of lifeReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the requirements of legislation and agreed ways of working to protect the rights of individuals at the end of life
- Understand factors affecting end of life care
- Understand advance care planning in relation to end of life care
- Provide support to individuals and key people during end of life care
- Understand how to address sensitive issues in relation to end of life care
- Understand the role of organisations and support services available to individuals and key people in relation to end of life care
- Access support for the individual or key people from the wid
Support individuals to access education, training or employmentReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the value of engagement in training, education or employment for individuals
- Understand how legislation, guidance and codes of practice support an individual to access training, education or employment
- Understand the support available to individuals accessing education, training or employment
- Support an individual to identify and access education, training or employment that meet needs and preferences
- Support individuals to undertake education, training or employmen
- Evaluate engagement in education, training or employment
Support individuals to access housing and accommodation servicesReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand support available to access housing and accommodation services
- Work with individuals to identify housing and accommodation services that meet their needs
- Work with individuals to plan to access housing and accommodation services
- Work with individuals to access housing and accommodation services
- Work with housing and accommodation services to meet the needs of individuals
- Contribute to the review of housing and accommodation services for individuals
Support individuals with multiple conditions and/or disabilitiesReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the implications of multiple conditions and/or disabilities for the individual
- Support an individual with multiple conditions and/or disabilities
- Develop others to support the individual with multiple conditions and/or disabilities
- Review service provision in respect of individuals with multiple conditions and/or disabilities
Support individuals with sensory loss with communicationReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand language development
- Understand factors that affect the language and communication of an individual with sensory loss
- Understand the complexities of specialist communication systems
- Support the individual with communication
- Support others to make use of specialist communication
- Review communication work
Support the development of community partnershipsReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the role of community partnerships
- Identify where community partnerships could inform and support practice
- Bring people together to set up community partnerships
- Support the setting up of community partnerships
- Contribute to the running of community partnerships
- Contribute to the review of community partnerships
Support the use of assistive technologyReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the contribution that assistive technology can make to the lives of individuals
- Facilitate the use of assistive technology
- Develop others to facilitate the use of assistive technology
- Review the provision of assistive technology
Understand Physical DisabilityReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the importance of differentiating between the individual and the disability
- Understand the concept of physical disability
- Understand the impact of living with a physical disability within society
- Understand the importance of promoting inclusion and independence
Understand Sensory LossReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the factors that impact on an individual with sensory loss
- Understand the importance of effective communication for individuals with sensory loss
- Understand the main causes and conditions of sensory loss
- Recognise when an individual may be experiencing sight and / or hearing loss and actions that may be taken
Understand children and young person’s developmentReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the pattern of development that would normally be expected for children and young people from birth-19 yrs
- Understand the factors that impact on children and young people’s development
- Understand the benefits of early intervention to support the development of children and young people
- Understand the potential effects of transitions on children and young people’s development.
- Understand how assessing, monitoring and recording the development of children and young people informs the use of interventions
Understand how to manage a teamReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the attributes of effective team performance
- Support team development
- Promote shared purpose within a team
- Promote a ‘no-blame culture’ within a team
- Understand different styles of leadership and management
Understand partnership workingReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand partnershipworking
Understand safeguarding of children and young people _for those working in the adult sector_Real unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the policies, procedures and practices for safe working with children and young people
- Understand how to respond to evidence or concerns that a child or young person has been abused or harmed
Understand the impact of Acquired Brain Injury on individualsReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand Acquired Brain Injury
- Understand the impact on individuals of Acquired Brain Injury
- Understand the specialist communication needs of an individual with Acquired Brain Injury
- Understand the impact that personality changes can have on an individual and those providing support
- Understand the impact of challenging behaviour
Understand the needs of children and young people who are vulnerable and experiencing poverty and disadvantage.Real unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the factors that may impact on the outcomes and life chances of children and young people.
- Understand how poverty and disadvantage affect children and young people’s development.
- Understand the importance of early intervention for children and young people who are disadvantaged and vulnerable.
- Understand the importance of support and partnership in improving outcomes for children and young people who are experiencing poverty and disadvantage.
- Understand the role of the practitioner in supporting children and young people who are vulnerable and experiencing poverty and disadvanta
Understand the process and experience of dementiaReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the neurology of dementia.
- Understand the impact of recognition and diagnosis of dementia.
- Understand how dementia care must be underpinned by a person centred approach.
Understanding professional supervision practiceReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the purpose of supervision
- Understand how the principles of supervision can be used to inform performance management
- Understand how to support individuals through professional supervision
- Understand how professional supervision supports performance
Undertake a research project within services for health and social care or children and young peopleReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Justify a topic for research within services for health and social care or children and young people
- Understand how the components of research are used
- Conduct a research project within services for health and social care or children and young people
- Analyse research findings
Use and develop systems that promote communicationReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Address the range of communication requirements in own role
- Improve communication systems and practices that support positive outcomes for individuals
- Improve communication systems to support partnership working
- Use systems for effective information management
Work in partnership in health and social care or children and young people’s settingsReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand partnershipworking
- Establish and maintain working relationships with colleagues
- Establish and maintain working relationships with other professionals
- Work in partnership with others
Work with families, carers and individuals during times of crisisReal unit · NCFE
What you'll be able to do
- Understand relevant legislation, policy and practice when working with individuals, carers and families in times of crisis
- Develop risk management strategies when working with individuals, carers and families in times of crisis
- Respond during times of crisis
- Review the outcomes of requests for action during times of crisis
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Active support: lead interactive trainingAssess the individual in a health and social care settingChampion equality, diversity and inclusionDevelop and evaluate operational plans for own area of responsibilityDevelop and implement policies and procedures to support the safeguarding of children and young peopleDevelop health and safety and risk management policies, procedures and practices in health and social care or children and young people’s settingsDevelop procedures and practice to respond to concerns and complaintsDevelop professional supervision practice in health and social care or children and young people’s work settings
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NCFE Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People’s Services (England) (QCF)
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- Assess and act upon immediate risk of danger to individuals who have used alcohol and other substances
- Develop and maintain systems, procedures and practice of care services to manage risks and comply with health and safety requirements
- Develop monitor and review service delivery plans to meet the needs of individuals requiring health and care services
- Develop procedures and recording systems for a Training and Competence Scheme
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Skills it covers
What the job actually needs. These are the standards the units are built against, in the words employers and awarding bodies already use for the work itself.
Act as an independent advocateAdvocate with and on behalf of young people so that their interests are representedAssess and act upon immediate risk of danger to individuals who have used alcohol and other substancesDevelop and maintain systems, procedures and practice of care services to manage risks and comply with health and safety requirementsDevelop monitor and review service delivery plans to meet the needs of individuals requiring health and care servicesDevelop procedures and recording systems for a Training and Competence SchemeDevelop, implement and evaluate a strategy for increasing electoral participationEnable coachee or mentee to access alternative supportEnable the patient and families to understand the post-transplant condition, its impact and its treatmentEstablish and maintain an organisational culture of risk awareness (Commissioning, Procurement and Contracting)Implement and promote democratic and decision making processesLead and Manage Inter-Professional Teams within Care ServicesLead and manage group living provision within care servicesManage finance for your area of responsibilityManage procedures within care services for making, responding to and learning from comments and complaintsMonitor and manage the quality of the provision of care servicesNegotiate for Financial Resources to Support Plans in Your Area of ResponsibilityObtain Details from Complaints and Agree How to Progress Cases of Complaint+8 more
How you’ll actually learn this
One-to-one, on your own real work
A qualification is usually something done to you: sit the class, sit the exam, hope it sticks. Here it’s the opposite. You learn it one-to-one with a companion, on your own real work, and you keep going until you can use it, not just recall it.
One-to-one, on your real workNo lectures, no past-papers. Every unit is practised on the actual tasks your job throws at you, a tutor beside you, not a video in front of you.
Taught to the top, not the testMost courses stop at remembering. Your companion keeps climbing: analysing, judging, creating. That’s the part a machine can’t do for you.
Credits you keep, a map that continuesEvery unit is regulated and yours for good. The day you finish, Zavmo already knows the next role your new credits open.
Applied to your work in any of these jobs
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How the thinking builds
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for NCFE Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People’s Services (England) (QCF)
70 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by NCFE.
- Active support: lead interactive training
- Assess the individual in a health and social care setting
- Champion equality, diversity and inclusion
- Develop and evaluate operational plans for own area of responsibility
- Develop and implement policies and procedures to support the safeguarding of children and young people
- Develop health and safety and risk management policies, procedures and practices in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
and 64 more in the full unit list below.
One to one, not one to many
No two people run this the same way
A course is written once and handed to everyone. This is assembled around you, and keeps changing as it learns you. Five things it reads, and what each one changes.
- Your actual work Every unit is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
- What you already know The first conversation finds your starting point, so you skip what you can already do and spend the time on what you cannot.
- The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
- How far you got last time It picks up mid-thought. The tutor knows what you said, what you struggled with, and what it asked you to try.
- Which tutor suits the moment Twelve of them, each for a different kind of thinking. The one who walks you through a first idea is not the one who stress-tests it.
See how you learn, free. Eight questions, no sign-up. A directional taster; the diagnostic inside Zavmo goes deeper and keeps adapting.
Why it sticks
Most courses stop at remembering
There’s a well-known ladder of how deeply you learn something, called Bloom’s Taxonomy. Most courses get you up the first two rungs: you remember some facts, you pass a test, you forget it. Real skill lives at the top. Judging, deciding, creating. And this isn’t a generic ladder: every rung has a named Zavmo tutor who walks you up it.
- 6CreateThe Creative Catalyst
- 5EvaluateThe Evidence Evaluator
- 4AnalyseThe Analyst
- 3ApplyThe Coach
- 2UnderstandThe Connector
- 1RememberThe Builder
Where most courses leave you Where Zavmo takes you
Why this matters: AI can already remember and understand for you. What it can’t do is
take your real problem and judge the right call. So the only learning worth paying
for is the learning that takes you to the top. That’s exactly what a tutor doing it with
you, on your real work, is for.
The value
Why the companion is worth £70 a month
You’re not paying for the units. They’re regulated, and the same wherever you earn them. You’re paying for the one thing that decides whether you actually get there: a companion that makes them stick, on your real work.
That is one-to-one on this qualification, every day, on the work you already do, for £70 a month. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it. Billed monthly, cancel any time and billing stops.
Earned on your own work, taught to the top.
Everything you just read, learned one-to-one on the job you already do. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it.
Build my plan, freeNo card. See how this qualification maps onto your role and meet the tutors who’d teach it, free. The learning begins when you subscribe. It’s £70 a month, billed monthly. Cancel any time and billing stops.