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Key facts about this recognised qualification
Regulator: Ofqual (Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation)
Awarding Body: Highfield Qualifications
Qualification number: 603/0974/X
Learning aim reference: 6030974X
Credit value: 34
Assessment method: Portfolio of evidence
Guided learning hours (GLH): 150 hours
Total qualification time (TQT): 341 hours
The objective of the qualification, Highfield Level 4 Certificate in Principles of Leadership and Management for Adult Care (RQF), is to introduce adult care leadership and management and to prepare learners to progress into a new management role within the care setting.
Career progression is a key element in retaining and growing a high-quality workforce for the adult social care sector in England.
Progression into management roles is particularly important and workers with excellent care and support skills at level 3 are unprepared for the very different knowledge and skills required for working as a manager. Therefore, this qualification has been developed as a direct route from the level 3 health and social care job role into supervisory, leadership, and management roles.
The Level 4 Certificate in Principles of Leadership and Management for Adult Care (RQF) qualification covers the essential knowledge required for supervisory, leadership, as well as management activities in care settings.
Those learners who enter the sector from graduate entry programmes must also achieve the same level of preparedness to work as a social care manager.
Those learners who have no direct experience of care and support will require placements or voluntary work alongside the qualification.
The qualification aligns with the Management Induction Standards and provides the learner with the knowledge and understanding to be able to move into a management role.
To complete the Level 4 Certificate in Principles of Leadership and Management for Adult Care (RQF) learners must complete the all 20 units contained within the mandatory group.
These units are:
1 - Leadership and Management in Adult Care
2 - Team Leadership in Adult Care
3 - Governance in Adult Care
4 - Regulatory Processes for Adult Care
5 - Communication and Information Management In Adult Care
6 - Partnership Working in Adult Care
7 - Outcomes Based Person Centred Practice in Adult Care
8 - Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Adult Care
9 - Continuous Improvement in Adult Care
10 - Professional Development in Adult Care
11 - Supervision and Performance Management in Adult Care
12 - Resource Management in Adult Care
13 - Safeguarding and Protection in Adult Care
14 - Health and Safety in Adult Care
15 - Risk-Taking and Risk Management in Adult Care
16 - Managing Concerns and Complaints in Adult Care
17 - Manage Self for Leadership in Adult Care
18 - Decision Making in Adult Care
19 - Entrepreneurial Skills in Adult Care
20 - Innovation and Change in Adult Care
This qualification is suitable for those learners who are either:
Learners choose their own duration when they make their payment.
The total qualification time for this qualification is 339 hours and of this 150 hours are is recommended as guided learning hours.
Depending on the effort put in by the learner, the qualification can be completed in as little as 6 months, but learners can take up to 24 months.
If a learner completes early while paying by monthly instalments, they must pay the remaining fees before the hard copy awarding body certificates will be released.
To register for this qualification, learners are required to meet the following entry requirements:
Highfield Level 4 Certificate in Principles of Leadership and Management for Adult Care (RQF)
E-Learning and Assessment option includes basic support with online learning materials and assessment, with the learner fully in charge of their own timetable.
The learner has access to learning resources on within their learning account, and also has access to their assessment account on the e-Portfolio for their assessments and assignments.
This qualification is assessed by a portfolio of evidence, supported by a tutor and assessor.
Successful learners must demonstrate knowledge at the appropriate level, across the breadth of the qualification syllabus and the National Occupational Competence of the related job roles.
Learners receive eSupport to enable them understand the assessment standards and assessment criteria and how to collect and present evidence of their own knowledge and understanding.
The assessment methods used include:
Written assignments
Case Studies
Professional Discussions - end point
On successful completion of this qualification, learners can work in management roles in care settings.
Learners may wish to continue their development by undertaking one of the following qualifications:
• Level 4 Diploma in Adult Care - for specialist roles in care settings
• Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Adult Care - for senior manager roles in care settings
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The course, Level 4 Leadership and Management for Adult Care essentials course provides synopsis of the full qualification and initial training on all the concepts covered.