ATHE
Level 4
QN: 610/3300/5
Curriculum Active
ATHE Level 4 Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by ATHE. Classified as a Vocationally-Related Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 1080 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 4
Awarding Body
ATHE
Syllabus Units
18 Units
Guided Hours
1080 hrs
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Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Contemporary issues in health and social care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand contemporary health and wellbeing issues and current debates related to health and social care in a chosen national context
- Understand socio-economic, political and cultural factors influencing wellbeing and health in chosen national context
- Understand the impact of contemporary health and social care issues on the development and provision of services
2
Health and ill-health
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand concepts of health and ill-health
- Understand the social context of health
- Understand public health and health promotion
- Use health data and research
3
Health and social care context and principles
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the organisation of health and social care within a national context
- Understand adult social care policy and regulation within a national context
- Understand legal responsibilities in adult social care4 Understand the values, behaviours and ethical responsibilities underpinning adult social care
4
Management and administration of medicines in social care settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the regulatory frame
- work and guidance for the management and administration of medicines in social care settings
- Understand the management of medicines in social care settings
- Understand the safe administration of medicines in social care settings
5
Managing finance in health and social care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the regulatory and economic environment of financial management in health and social care
- Understand techniques to manage finance in health and social care
- Understand the use of financial information to inform decision-making in health and social care organisations
6
Managing improvement and change in health and social care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand quality management in health and social care
- Understand how to achieve improvement in health and social care settings
- Understand how to manage change in health and social care settings
7
Managing people in health and social care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand theories of management and leadership
- Understand how to build and manage effective teams
- Understand human resource management in organisations
- Understand staff employment requirements and constraints in health and social care
8
Personal and professional development in health and social care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand career pathways in health and social care
- Understand the importance of personal and professional development and the processes, principles and techniques
- Present a personal and professional development plan
- Understand how to contribute to the personal and professional development of others
9
Providing information, advice and guidance
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the principles of providing information, advice and guidance
- Understand how to provide accurate and relevant information, advice and guidance
- Understand how to meet specialist information, advice and guidance needs
10
Public health and health promotion
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the key principles and concepts of public health and health promotion
- Understand the evolution of public health and health promotion
- Understand current public health and health promotion policy and practice
- Understand current and evolving public health challenges
11
Research project in health and social care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand research principles in health and social care
- Carry out a literature review for a chosen research project
- Use health data and research
- Complete a health or social care research project
12
Resource management in health and social care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the management of resources in health and social care
- Understand the prioritisation of resources in health and social care
- Understand the effective procurement and use of resources in health and social care
13
Sociological context of health
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand sociological perspectives of health 2.
- Understand the impact on health of social inequalities in a chosen national context
- Understand sociological perspectives of healthcare in chosen national context
- Use demographic data in health and social care
14
Support needs in health and social care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand a specified health condition
- Understand the impact on an individual and others of a specified health condition
- Understand the diagnosis and treatment of a specified health condition in national context
- Understand the care and management relating to a specified health condition
15
Supporting end-of-life care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the impact of legislation and national guidance on delivering end-of-life care
- Understand factors that impact end-of-life care
- Understand approaches to end-of-life care
16
Supporting individuals in adult social care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand communication in adult social care
- Understand person-centred and personalised care
- Understand safe practice in adult social care
- Understand professional practice in adult social care
17
Supporting positive behaviour in adult health and social care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand behaviour that challenges
- Understand positive behaviour support
- Understand functional assessment and intervention
- Understand how to reduce restrictive practices
18
Use of assistive technology
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the range and use of assistive technology in health and social care
- Understand how assistive technology can meet the specific needs of individuals in health and social care
- Understand the implications of technologies for use in health and social care
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 610/3300/5
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- ATHE
- Qualification Type
- Vocationally-Related Qualification
- Operational Start
- Oct 2023