Leadership and Management for Adult Care

Essential skills for Care Managers and Leaders of CQC Regulated Services

This course delivers skills for care managers and essential knowledge and understanding for those managing and leading CQC regulated services. The course also supports those studying for the Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Adult Care (RQF), the Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People's Services (RQF), and the Level 4 Certificate in Principles of Leadership and Management for Adult Care (RQF).

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

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


This course is suitable for those working 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.


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

This course is available to everyone, everywhere. There is no geographical restriction, and no eligibility criteria. 

This Leadership and Management for Health and Social care course 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 in plain text reading materials, for easy access for low internet-bandwidth devices, and small screens such as mobile phones and tablets, anywhere in the world. 

How to use this learning resource 

To prepare to become a supervisor, manager, or Registered Manager in care settings

For updating your CPD

To support progression to the following recognised qualifications:


What you will learn 

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

  • Leadership and Management principles 
  • Practical Leadership Behaviours and Attitudes in the workplace 
  • Leadership and Management in Care Settings 
  • Governance and regulatory processes in care settings 
  • Managing Communication and Information Governance in care settings 
  • Managing Relationships and partnership working in care settings 
  • Managing Person-centred practice for positive outcomes in care settings
  • Managing Professional development, supervision and performance in care settings
  • Managing Resources in care settings
  • Managing Safeguarding, protection and risk in care settings
  • Self Management of the Care Leader and Manager
  • Management Decision making in care settings
  • Entrepreneurial skills, Innovation and Change Management in care settings 


Further Learning and Progression 

Regulations and Fundamental Standards for Care Providers in England 

Adult Social Care National Standards and Codes of Conduct