BIIAB
Level 2
QN: 603/5212/7
Curriculum Active
BIIAB Level 2 Diploma in Health and Social Care (Northern Ireland)
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by BIIAB. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 1028 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 2
Awarding Body
BIIAB
Syllabus Units
34 Units
Guided Hours
1028 hrs
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Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Communication and information sharing
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of communication
- Be able to meet the communication and language needs, wishes and preferences of individuals
- Be able to reduce barriers to communication
- Be able to apply principles and practices relating to handling information
- Know how to respond to complaints
2
Continuing professional development in the context of Health and Social Care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the role of regulation
- Be able to work in ways that are agreed with the employer
- Be able to work in partnership with others
- Understand what is required for competence in own work role
- Understand personal development
- Be able to participate in personal development
- Know how to manage own stress
3
Contribute to supporting group care activities
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the place of group care activities in the care and support of individuals
- Be able to contribute to the development of a supportive group culture
- Be able to contribute to the implementation of group care activities
- Be able to contribute to the evaluation of group care activities
4
Contribute to supporting individuals in the use of assistive technology
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the range and purpose of assistive technology available to support individuals
- Be able to contribute to the use of selected assistive technology
5
Contribute to supporting individuals with a learning disability to access healthcare
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand legislation, policies and guidance relevant to individuals with a learning disability accessing healthcare
- Understand the function of different healthcare services that an individual with a learning disability may need to access
- Understand how plans for healthcare and regular health checks underpin long term health and wellbeing for individuals with a learning disability
- Be able to contribute to plans for healthcare with individuals with a learning disability
- Be able to support individuals to overcome barriers to accessing healthcare services
- Be able to support individuals with a learning disability to use healthcare services
6
Contribute to the support of individuals with multiple conditions and/or disabilities
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the impact of multiple conditions and/or disabilities on individuals
- Know the support available for individuals with multiple conditions and/or disabilities
- Be able to contribute to the support of individuals with multiple conditions and/or disabilities
- Be able to evaluate own contribution to the support of an individual for an activity
7
Dementia Awareness
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand dementia
- Understand models of dementia
- Know types of dementia and their causes
- Understand an individual’s experience of dementia
8
Health and wellbeing
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand own and others responsibilities relating to health and safety in the work setting
- Understand the use of risk assessments in relation to health and safety
- Be able to reduce the spread of infection
- Be able to move and handle equipment and objects safely
- Know how to store
- use and dispose of hazardous substances and material
- Know the principles of a balanced diet
- Understand how to plan and promote a balanced diet
- Know how to prevent malnutrition
- Know the importance of special dietary requirements
- Understand the principles of hydration
- Understand own role in screening and monitoring nutrition and hydration
9
Introductory awareness of Autistic Spectrum Conditions
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the areas in which individuals with an autistic spectrum condition characteristically have difficulties
- Understand the concept of autism as a spectrum, and the implications for variation in the capacities and needs of individuals
- Understand the behaviours exhibited by some individuals with an autistic spectrum condition
- Understand how to contribute to the person-centred support of an individual who has an autistic spectrum condition
- Understand how to communicate effectively with individuals on the autistic spectrum
10
Introductory awareness of models of disability
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know the difference between the medical and social models of disability
- Understand how the adoption of models of disability impact on the wellbeing and quality of life of individuals
11
Introductory awareness of sensory loss
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the factors that impact on an individual with sensory loss and steps that can be taken to overcome these
- Understand the importance of effective communication for individuals with sensory loss
- Know the main causes and conditions of sensory loss
- Know how to recognise when an individual may be experiencing sight and / or hearing loss
- Know how to report concerns about sensory loss
12
Meet food safety requirements when providing food and drink for individuals
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of food safety measures when providing food and drink for individuals
- Be able to maintain hygiene when handling food and drink
- Be able to meet safety requirements when preparing and serving food and drink for individuals
- Be able to meet safety requirements when clearing away food and drink
- Be able to store food and drink safely
- Know how to access additional advice or support about food safety
13
Move and position individuals in accordance with their care plan
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, procedures and protocols in relation to moving and positioning individuals
- Understand anatomy and physiology in relation to moving and positioning individuals
- Be able to minimise risk before moving and positioning individuals
- Be able to move and position an individual
- Know when to seek advice and/or assistance from others when moving and positioning an individual
14
Prepare for and carry out extended feeding techniques
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand legislation and agreed ways of working when using extended feeding techniques
- Understand anatomy and physiology in relation to extended feeding
- Understand extended feeding techniques
- Be able to manage risks relating to extended feeding
- Be able to prepare for extended feeding
- Be able to carry out and complete extended feeding techniques
- Be able to maintain records and report on extended feeding
15
Principles and values
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to establish informed consent when providing care or support
- Be able to work in a person-centred way
- Understand the implications of duty of care
- Be able to contribute to the support of positive risk taking for individuals
- Be able to encourage active participation, collaboration andwellbeing
- Be able to support the individual’s right to make choices
- Know how to recognise signs of ab
- Know how to respond to suspected or alleged ab
- Understand the national and local context of safeguarding and protection from ab
- Understand ways to reduce the likelihood of ab
- Understand the importance of equality and inclusion
- Be able to work in an inclusive way
- Know how to access information, advice and support about diversity, equality and inclusion
16
Provide active support
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how active support translates values into person-centred practical action with an individual
- Be able to interact positively with individuals to promote participation
- Be able to implement person-centred daily plans to promote participation
- Be able to maintain person- centred records of participation
17
Provide support for journeys
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand factors to consider when planning support for journeys
- Be able to support individuals to plan journeys
- Be able to support individuals when making journeys
- Be able to review the support provided for individuals when making journeys
18
Provide support for mobility
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of mobility
- Be able to prepare for mobility activities
- Be able to support individuals to keep mobile
- Be able to observe
- record and report on activities to support mobility
19
Provide support to manage pain and discomfort
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand approaches to managing pain and discomfort
- Be able to assist in minimising individuals’ pain or discomfort
- Be able to monitor
- record and report on the management of individuals’ pain or discomfort
20
Support independence in the tasks of daily living
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand principles for supporting independence in the tasks of daily living
- Be able to establish what support is required for daily living tasks
- Be able to provide support for planning and preparing meals
- Be able to provide support for buying and using household and personal items
- Be able to provide support for keeping the home clean and secure
- Be able to identify and respond to changes needed in support for daily living tasks
21
Support individuals at the end of life
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the aims and principles of end of life care
- Understand factors affecting end of life care
- Understand advance care planning in relation to end of life care
- Be able to provide support to individuals and key people during 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
- Be able to support individuals through the process of dying
- Be able to take action following the death of individuals
- Be able to manage own feelings in relation to the dying or death of individuals
22
Support individuals to access and use information about services and facilities
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know ways to support individuals to access information on services and facilities
- Be able to work with individuals to select and obtain information about services and facilities
- Be able to work with individuals to access and use information about services and facilities
- Be able to support individuals to evaluate the information accessed on services and facilities
23
Support individuals to live at home
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the principles of supporting individuals to live at home
- Be able to contribute to planning support for living at home
- Be able to work with individuals to secure additional services and facilities to enable them to live at home
- Be able to work in partnership to introduce additional services for individuals living at home
- Be able to contribute to reviewing support for living at home
24
Support individuals to maintain personal hygiene
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of good personal hygiene
- Be able to support individuals to maintain personal hygiene
- Understand when poor hygiene may be an indicator of other underlying personal issues
25
Support individuals to negotiate environments
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the factors that impact on an individual being able to negotiate their environment
- Be able to prepare to support an individual to negotiate an environment
- Be able to support an individual to negotiate an environment
- Be able to review support provided to an individual to negotiate an environment
26
Support participation in learning and development activities
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the factors to take into account when supporting individuals to take part in activities for learning and development
- Be able to support individuals to prepare for taking part in learning and development activities
- Be able to contribute to preparing the environment and resources for learning and development activities
- Be able to support individuals to take part in learning and development activities
- Be able to contribute to the evaluation of learning or development activities
27
Understand mental health problems, mental well-being and mental health promotion
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the types of mental ill health
- Understand the factors that may influence mental well-being across the life span
- Understand the impact of mental ill health on individuals and others in their social net
- Know how to implement an effective strategy for promoting mental well-being and mental health with individuals and groups
28
Understand personalisation and person centred care in health and social care settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the meaning of personalisation in social care
- Understand systems that support personalisation
- Understand how personalisation affects the way support is provided
- Understand how to implement personalisation
- Be able to support the implementation of person centred care
29
Understand Physical Disability
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of differentiating between the individual and the disability
- Understand the concept of physical disability
- Understand how the challenges of living with a physical disability can be addressed
- Understand the importance of independence and inclusion for the individual with physical disability
30
Understand the causes, prevention and control of infection
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the causes of infection
- Understand the transmission of infection
- Understand own and others roles and responsibilities in the prevention and control of infections
- Understand the importance of risk assessment in relation to the prevention and control of infections
- Understand the importance of using Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in the prevention and control of infections
- Understand the importance of good personal hygiene in the prevention and control of infections
31
Understand the context of supporting individuals with learning disabilities
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how legislation and policies support the human rights and inclusion of individuals with learning disabilities
- Understand the nature, causes and characteristics of learning disability
- Understand the historical context of learning disability
- Understand the principles and practice of advocacy, empowerment and active participation in relation to supporting individuals with learning disabilities and their families
- Understand how views and attitudes impact on the lives of individuals with learning disabilities and their family carers
- Understand how to promote communication with individuals with learning disabilities
32
Understand the impact of Acquired Brain Injury on individuals
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand Acquired Brain Injury
- Understand the impact of an Acquired Brain Injury on the individual
- 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
33
Undertake agreed pressure area care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the anatomy and physiology of the skin in relation to pressure area care
- Understand good practice in relation to own role when undertaking pressure area care
- Be able to follow the agreed care plan
- Understand the use of materials, equipment and resources are available when undertaking pressure area care
- Be able to prepare to undertake pressure area care
- Be able to undertake pressure area care
34
Use of medication in health and social care settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the legislative frame
- work for the use of medication in health and social care settings
- Know about common types of medication and their use
- Understand roles and responsibilities in the use of medication in health and social care settings
- Understand procedures and techniques for administering medication
- Be able to receive, store and dispose of medication supplies safely
- Know how to promote the rights of the individual when managing medication
- Prepare for the administration of medication
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 603/5212/7
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- BIIAB
- Qualification Type
- Occupational Qualification
- Operational Start
- Nov 2019
- Operational End
- Mar 2026