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Overview of Leadership and Management for Adult Care

Essential for anyone working in any care setting

This Leadership and Management for Adult Care course enables learners to quickly gain essential knowledge in leadership and management for adult care, without the long-term commitment of a qualification. 

This course is available to anyone, anywhere

There is no geographical restriction, and no eligibility criteria, making this course accessible to all, regardless of location or previous experience. 

There is no prior requirement to be in a management job to study for this course.

How to use this learning resource

  • To prepare to become a supervisor, manager, or team leaders in care settings
  • For updating your ongoing professional development
  • Managers and Business Owners can use this course to support the professional development of your team members who you want to promote to Team Leaders, Supervisors, or Deputy Managers.
  • To support learning and progression to Level 4 Certificate in Principles of Leadership and Management for Adult Care (RQF), for new managers
  • To support learning and progression to Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Adult Care (RQF) for CQC Registered Managers and other existing managers , senior managers, and directors in care services.


This course is for everyone working within adult care services, including those who want to work in a management position within the health and social care sector including:

  • Care Business Owners
  • Directors
  • Registered managers,
  • Service Managers
  • Quality Managers
  • Deputy care managers
  • Assistant care managers,
  • Team leaders
  • Team supervisors
  • Care team leaders
  • Care supervisors
  • Care coordinators,
  • Senior Care Assistants, aspiring to management roles
  • Care assistants, aspiring to management roles
  • all those aspiring to similar job roles


Working or intending to work in all care settings such as:

  • domiciliary care,
  • residential care,
  • hospital care,
  • primary care,
  • mental health services
  • all other areas of NHS care
  • other community based care services
  • child care
  • and any other regulated care setting 


This course in Leadership and Management for Adult Care, is delivered online by Courses For Jobs Ltd in our secure password-protected LMS (Learning Management System).

All the learner requires is a functioning email address to receive their login details by email.

Learning resources for this course are delivered in our LMS for easy access for low internet-bandwidth devices, and small screens such as mobile phones and tablets, anywhere in the world. 

Course Contents

What you will learn

The Leadership and Management for Adult Care course covers the essential knowledge required in management of health and social care settings including the following topic areas:

Induction Standards for Managers of Care Settings

General Leadership and Management principles

Practical Leadership Behaviours and Attitudes in Health and Social Care Settings

Leadership and Management in health and social care

Governance and regulatory processes in health and social care

Managing Communication and Information Governance in health and social care

Managing Relationships and Partnership-working in health and social care

Managing Person-centred practice for positive outcomes in health and social care

Managing Professional development, supervision and performance in health and social care

Managing Resources in health and social care

Managing Safeguarding, Protection and Risk in health and social care

Self Management of the Care Leader and Manager

Management Decision making in health and social care

Entrepreneurial skills, Innovation and Change Management in health and social care

Progression

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