BIIAB
    Level 3
    QN: 603/2525/2
    Curriculum Active

    BIIAB Level 3 Diploma in Healthcare Support

    Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by BIIAB. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 4265 hours.

    Qualification Level
    Level 3
    Awarding Body
    BIIAB
    Syllabus Units
    170 Units
    Guided Hours
    4265 hrs
    Instant access to interactive lessons, quizzes, and spaced revision.

    Course Syllabus & Study Modules

    Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.

    1

    Adapt and fit healthcare equipment, medical devices, assistive technology or products to meet individuals’ needs

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand relevant legislation, policy and good practice related to adapting and fitting healthcare equipment, medical devices, assistive technology, associated systems or products to meet individuals’ needs
    • Understand anatomy and physiology relevant to adapting and fitting prescribed items to meet individuals’ needs
    • Understand specialist technical requirements of healthcare equipment, medical devices, assistive technology, associated systems or products
    • Be able to adapt prescribed items to meet individuals’ needs
    • Be able to fit prescribed items to meet the needs of individuals
    2

    Administer medication to individuals and monitor the effects

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand legislation, policy and procedures relevant to administration of medication
    • Know about common types of medication and their use
    • Understand procedures and techniques for the administration of medication
    • Prepare for the administration of medication
    • Administer and monitor medication
    3

    Administer oral nutritional products to individuals

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to administer oral nutritional products to individuals in line with current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice guidelines
    • Understand common nutritional products and their uses
    • Understand how to manage possible reactions to the use of nutritional products
    • Be able to prepare for oral administration of nutritional products
    • Be able to administer oral nutritional products to individuals
    • Be able to maintain stock of nutritional products
    4

    Advise and inform individuals on managing their condition

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand good practice in identifying information requirements
    • Understand health conditions
    • Understand the effects of change on individuals’ lifestyles
    • Be able to ascertain the information and advice needs of individuals
    • Be able to agree plans with individuals to adapt their lifestyle
    5

    Assist and support individuals to use alternative and augmentative communication systems (AAC)

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice related to assisting and supporting individuals to use alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) systems
    • Understand how to assist and support the use of AAC systems
    • Understand how AAC systems support the needs of individuals
    • Be able to prepare AAC equipment for individuals to use
    • Be able to assist and support individuals to use AAC systems
    6

    Assist in implementing treatment programmes for individuals with severely reduced movement/mobility

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice which inform own role in assisting in treatment programmes for individuals with severely reduced movement/mobility
    • Understand anatomical and physiological issues related to providing treatment programmes for individuals with severely reduced movement/mobility
    • Understand treatment programmes for individuals with severely reduced movement/mobility
    • Be able to implement treatment programmes for individuals with severely reduced movement/mobility
    7

    Assist in planning and evaluating learning activities

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice which inform planning and evaluating learning activities
    • Understand learning styles
    • Understand roles and responsibilities in planning, implementing and evaluating learning activities
    • Be able to assist in planning learning activities
    • Be able to evaluate learning activities
    8

    Assist in receiving, handling and dispatching clinical specimens

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how health and safety measures are implemented when receiving, handling and dispatching clinical specimens
    • Understand the reasons for different containers and transport media for different clinical specimens
    • Be able to assist others to receive, handle, label and dispatch clinical specimens
    9

    Assist in testing individuals’ abilities prior to planning physical activities

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice related to assisting in testing individuals prior to planning physical activities
    • Understand health related topics in relation to physical activities
    • Understand motivation factors for physical activities
    • Be able to carry out preparations to assess individuals’ ability to exercise
    • Be able to assist the practitioner to administer tests to assess individuals’ ability to exercise
    10

    Assist in the administration of medication

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know the current legislation, guidelines and policies relevant to the administration of medication
    • Understand own role in assisting in the administration of medication
    • Understand the requirements and procedures for assisting in the administration of medication
    • Understand the requirements and procedures for ensuring an individual’s safety
    • Be able to prepare for the administration of medication
    • Be able to assist in the administration of medication
    • Be able to contribute to the management of medications and administration records
    11

    Assist in the administration of oxygen

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current organisational policies and procedures relating to the use of oxygen
    • Understand respiratory conditions that may require the use of oxygen
    • Understand the adverse effects of oxygen and how they can be minimised or prevented
    • Understand resources and equipment used when administering care in response to respiratory conditions
    • Be able to monitor and record saturation levels
    • Be able to assist in the preparation and administration of oxygen for individuals
    12

    Assist in the implementation of programmes to increase mobility, movement and functional independence

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice related to the implementation of programmes to restore mobility, movement and functional independence
    • Understand health topics related to restoring movement and functional independence
    • Understand treatment programmes related to restoring movement and functional independence
    • Be able to assist in implementing programmes to restore mobility, movement and functional independence
    • Be able to make records and provide information to the practitioner
    13

    Assist individuals who have mental health problems when they are transferring between agencies and services

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how legislation and organisational policies impact on the transfer of individuals between agencies and services
    • Be able to apply agency and service procedures correctly in preparing people for, and supervising them during, transfer from one service to another
    • Be able to respect the rights of the individual and value diversity
    • Be able to use communication skills effectively in working with individuals and the agencies and services to which they are being transferred
    14

    Assist others to monitor individuals’ progress in managing dysphagia

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice guidelines related to monitoring individuals with dysphagia
    • Understand how to assist others in monitoring the progress of individuals with dysphagia
    • Know the action to take as a result of the monitoring undertaken
    • Be able to assist others in monitoring an individual’s progress in managing dysphagia
    • Be able to report and record an individual’s progress in managing their dysphagia
    15

    Assist others to plan presentations

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand techniques and resources involved in planning presentations
    • Be able to assist others to plan presentations
    16

    Assist professionals to support individuals from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds to access speech and language therapy services

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice related to supporting individuals from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds to access speech and language therapy services
    • Understand the communication needs and abilities of individuals from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds
    • Understand how to provide speech and language therapy related care and support for individuals from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds
    • Know the types of information and materials required to support individuals from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds to access speech and language therapy services
    • Be able to assist professionals in providing support for individuals and significant others from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds
    17

    Assist the practitioner to carry out health care activities

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know about current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice when assisting the practitioner to carry out health care activities
    • Be able to assist the practitioner in carrying out health care activities
    18

    Awareness of the Mental Capacity Act 2005

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the importance of the Mental Capacity Act 20052.
    • Understand the key elements of the Mental Capacity Act 20053.
    • Understand ‘restraint’ as defined in the s6(4) Mental Capacity Act 20054.
    • Understand the importance of complying with the Mental Capacity Act 2005 Code of Practice when working with individuals who lack capacity
    19

    Care for individuals with naso-gastric tubes

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to care for individuals with naso-gastric tubes in line with current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice guidelines
    • Know the anatomy and physiology of the upper gastrointestinal system and its relevance to naso-gastric procedures
    • Be able to prepare to carry out naso-gastric procedures
    • Be able to support individuals undergoing naso-gastric procedures
    20

    Care for individuals with urethral catheters

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice related to caring for individuals with urethral catheters
    • Understand the procedure of urethral catheterisation
    • Understand the use and application of catheter care equipment
    • Be able to prepare individuals to carry out urethral catheters care
    • Be able to carry out care for individuals with urethral catheters
    • Be able to monitor and check individuals undergoing urethral catheter care
    21

    Care for the elderly

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the ageing process
    • Be able to adapt communication techniques when caring for elderly patients
    • Understand how to care for elderly patients
    22

    Care for the physical and nutritional needs of babies and young children

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to provide physical care for babies and young children
    • Be able to provide routines for babies and young children that support their health and development
    • Be able to provide opportunities for exercise and physical activity
    • Be able to provide safe and protective environments for babies and young children
    • Be able to provide for the nutritional needs of babies under 18 months
    • Understand how to provide for the nutritional needs of young children from 18-36 months
    23

    Carry out arterial puncture and collect arterial blood

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice guidelines in relation to carrying out arterial puncture and collecting arterial blood
    • Understand the procedures involved in carrying out arterial puncture and the collection of arterial blood
    • Be able to prepare to carry out arterial puncture and collect arterial blood
    • Be able to carry out arterial puncture and collect arterial blood
    • Be able to monitor and report on arterial puncture and the collection of arterial blood
    • Be able to report
    • record and forward on arterial blood samples
    24

    Carry out blood collection from fixed or central lines

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice which impact on own role
    • Understand the procedures involved in the collection of arterial blood
    • Be able to prepare to carry out blood collection
    • Be able to carry out blood collection procedures
    • Be able to record
    • report and forward on blood samples
    • Be able to monitor and report on blood collection
    25

    Carry out intravenous infusion

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice for performing intravenous cannulation
    • Understand the principles intravenous infusion
    • Be able to prepare to carry out intravenous infusion
    • Be able to carry out intravenous infusion5 .
    • Be able to monitor and report on the intravenous infusion
    26

    Carry out wound drainage care

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand safety measures specific to undertaking wound drainage care
    • Understand the principles of wound drainage and use of related equipment
    • Understand procedures and techniques involved in wound drainage
    • Be able to prepare for wound drainage care
    • Be able to carry out wound drainage care
    • Be able to record and report outcomes from procedure
    27

    Causes and Spread of Infection

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the causes of infection
    • Understand the transmission of infection
    28

    Cleaning, Decontamination and Waste Management

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to maintain a clean environment
    • Understand the principles and steps of the decontamination process
    • Understand the importance of good waste management practice
    29

    Collaborate in the assessment of environmental and social support in the community

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice guidelines related to the provision of environmental and social support in the community
    • Understand how to assess the need for, and provision of, environmental and social support in the community
    • Be able to carry out assessments in collaboration with others to establish the need for, and provision, of environmental and social support in the community
    • Be able to plan changes to be made to the environment and social support with individuals and relevant others
    30

    Communicate with children and young people in care settings

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand why effective communication with children and young people is important in the work setting
    • Be able to meet the communication and language needs, wishes and preferences of children and young people and those involved in their care
    • Understand the rationale for the use of play and distraction techniques for communicating with children and young people
    • Understand the implementation of play and distraction techniques in the work setting
    31

    Communicate with individuals about promoting their health and wellbeing

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Analyse concepts of health and wellbeing
    • Understand factors influencing health and wellbeing
    • Communicate appropriately with individuals and others
    • Encourage individuals to address issues relating to their health and wellbeing
    32

    Conduct external ear examinations

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to conduct external ear examinations in line with current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice guidelines
    • Know the anatomy of the ear as related to conducting ear examinations
    • Understand reasons for conducting an examination of the external ear
    • Be able to prepare to conduct external ear examinations
    • Be able to conduct external ear examinations
    • Be able to record and report results from external ear examinations
    33

    Conduct routine maintenance on clinical equipment

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice related to conducting routine maintenance on clinical equipment
    • Understand the procedures involved in conducting routine maintenance on clinical equipment
    • Prepare to carry out routine maintenance on clinical equipment
    • Carry out routine maintenance on clinical equipment
    • Report and record on routine maintenance carried out on clinical equipment
    34

    Contribute to monitoring the health of individuals affected by health conditions

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand monitoring of the health of individuals affected by health conditions
    • Be able to carry out observations of the health of individuals affected by health conditions
    • Be able to record and report on observations
    • Be able to respond to changes in an individual’s condition
    35

    Contribute to the care of a deceased person

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know the factors that affect how individuals are cared for after death
    • Be able to contribute to supporting those who are close to deceased individuals
    • Be able to contribute to preparing deceased individuals prior to transfer
    • Be able to contribute to transferring deceased individuals
    • Be able to manage own feelings in relation to the death of individuals
    36

    Contribute to the discharge of individuals to carers

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the procedures for discharging individuals to a carer
    • Be able to prepare individuals for discharge
    • Be able to contribute to the discharge of individuals to carers
    37

    Control the use of physical resources in a health setting

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to control the use of physical resources in a health setting in line with local policy and protocol
    • Be able to advise team members on the control of expenditure and physical resource usage in a health setting
    • Be able to monitor expenditure and physical resource usage in a health setting
    38

    Coordinate the progress of individuals through care pathways

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice guidelines in relation to coordinating the progress of individuals through care pathways
    • Understand the coordination of individuals through care pathways
    • Be able to coordinate the progress of individuals through care pathways
    39

    Deliver exercise sessions to improve individuals’ health and wellbeing

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice related to delivering exercise sessions
    • Understand the role of exercise and its physical effects
    • Understand the principles and rationales for exercise programmes
    • Understand the use of exercise equipment
    • Be able to deliver exercise sessions
    40

    Deliver training through demonstration and instruction

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to deliver training through demonstration and instruction
    • Be able to deliver training by demonstration and instruction
    • Be able to review learning and training
    41

    Develop activities and materials to enable individuals to reach specific communication goals

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know the normal patterns of learning and communication development of individuals
    • Understand how speech and language disorders can affect an individual’s learning, communication development and lifestyle
    • Understand how therapy programmes can enable individuals to achieve communication goals
    • Be able to develop activities and materials for therapy programmes based on the identified communication goals of individuals
    42

    Develop and agree individualised care plans for babies and families

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice guidelines related to supporting parents/carers to care for babies during their first year
    • Understand how to access and gather relevant information for care planning
    • Understand the factors which impact on care planning needs
    • Be able to develop and agree individualised care plans for babies and families
    43

    Develop and prepare speech and language therapy resources for alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) use

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how resources are used to support individuals who use alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) systems
    • Be able to determine the resource needs of individuals who use AAC systems
    • Be able to cost and order materials, equipment and resources for individuals who use AAC systems
    • Be able to develop resources for individuals who use AAC systems
    44

    Develop positive relationships with children and young people

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice guidelines related to supporting parents/carers to care for babies during their first year
    • Understand the need for developing positive relationships with children and young people
    • Be able to establish positive relationships with children and young people
    • Be able to provide information and advice to children and young people
    45

    Duty of care in care settings

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how duty of care contributes to safe practice
    • Know how to address conflicts or dilemmas that may arise between an individual’s rights and the duty of care
    • Know how to respond to complaints
    46

    Effective communication and building relationships in mental health work

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand key principles for communication and relationships in mental health work
    • Understand effective communication skills in building and sustaining relationships in mental health work with individuals and others
    • Understand how to support individuals in their relationships
    47

    Enable children and young people to understand their health and well-being

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies and good practice guidelines related to supporting parents/carers to care for babies during their first year
    • Understand factors which impact upon enabling children and young people to understand their health and well-bring
    • Be able to establish positive relationships with children, young people and relevant others to enable children and young people to understand their health and well-being
    • Be able to develop a care plan in partnership with the child or young person to help them to achieve an understanding of the nature of their needs and preferences
    48

    Enable individuals to develop strategies to manage their behaviour

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand legislation, policies and practice in relation to supporting individuals to manage their behaviour
    • Understand the factors that influence behaviour
    • Be able to work with individuals to recognise the impact of their behaviour on others
    • Be able to support individuals to develop strategies for managing behavioural responses
    • Be able to evaluate and review strategies for managing behavioural responses
    49

    Enable individuals with mental health problems to develop alternative coping strategies

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the legal, service and social context of work with individuals in relation to their behaviour
    • Be able to gather and use relevant information to explore behavioural responses
    • Be able to work with an individual to plan a strategy for changing patterns of behaviour that have a negative impact
    • Be able to work with an individual and significant others to review a strategy for changing patterns of behaviour that have a negative impact
    50

    Enable mental health service users and carers to manage change

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the different ways in which individuals may react to change
    • Apply an active approach in supporting service users or carers to manage change
    51

    End of life and dementia care

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand considerations for individuals with dementia at end of life
    • Understand how to support individuals with dementia affected by symptoms at end of life
    • Understand how to support carers of individuals with dementia at end of life
    52

    Examine the feet of individuals with diabetes

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand good practice in diabetic foot care2
    • Understand the factors affecting foot health in individuals with diabetes
    • Be able to prepare to conduct an examination on the feet of individuals who have diabetes
    • Be able to conduct an examination on the feet of an individual with diabetes
    • Be able to advise individuals with diabetes about foot health
    • Be able to report the outcome of foot examinations
    53

    Facilitate and monitor housing and accommodation services to support individuals with mental health needs

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice guidelines related to working with housing and accommodation agencies supporting individuals with mental health needs
    • Understand the nature and operation of the housing sector as related to people with mental health needs
    • Be able to facilitate the arrangement of housing and accommodation services for individuals with mental health needs
    • Be able to monitor the provision of housing and accommodation services for individuals with mental health needs
    • Be able to keep records relating to individuals housing and accommodation
    54

    Facilitate learning and development activities to meet individual needs and preferences

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the role of learning and development activities in meeting individual needs
    • Be able to identify learning and development activities to meet individual needs and preferences
    • Be able to plan learning and development activities with individuals
    • Be able to prepare for learning and development activities
    • Be able to facilitate learning and development activities with individuals
    • Be able to evaluate and review learning and development activities
    55

    Give presentations to groups

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand policies, protocols and good practice related to group presentations
    • Understand factors which contribute to effective group presentations
    • Be able to plan a presentation to facilitate learning
    • Be able to present information to a group
    56

    Human Structure and Functionality

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the structure and function of the human body
    • Understand factors that affect the function of the human body
    57

    Implement hydrotherapy programmes for individuals and groups

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice related to implementing hydrotherapy programmes
    • Know musculo skeletal aspects of the body
    • Understand the principles of hydrotherapy practice
    • Be able to implement hydrotherapy programmes
    • Be able to report to the practitioner on the outcomes of the hydrotherapy programme
    58

    Implement therapeutic group activities

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the principles of therapeutic group activities
    • Be able to plan and prepare for therapeutic group activities
    • Be able to support individuals during therapeutic group activities
    • Be able to contribute to the evaluation of therapeutic group activities
    59

    Inform an individual of discharge arrangements

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand discharge and post discharge information needs of individuals
    • Be able to inform individuals of discharge arrangements
    60

    Insert and secure nasogastric tubes

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, procedures and protocols in relation to inserting and securing nasogastric tubes
    • Understand purpose and functions of nasogastric tubes and associated procedures
    • Be able to prepare for the insertion of a nasogastric tube
    • Be able to insert a nasogastric tube
    • Be able to provide aftercare for individuals following nasogastric tube insertion
    61

    Interact with and support individuals using telecommunications

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the legal and local requirements relating to the use of telecommunications when supporting individuals
    • Be able to use telecommunication technology
    • Be able to engage with individuals using telecommunications
    • Be able to identify and evaluate any risks or dangers for individuals during the interaction
    • Be able to terminate the interaction
    62

    Maintaining quality standards in the health sector

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to provide a quality service within legislation, policies and procedures
    • Understand the importance of working with others to provide a quality service
    • Know how to monitor quality standards
    • Understand the importance of prioritising own workload to reduce risks to quality
    63

    Make recommendations for the use of physical resources in a health setting

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to make recommendations for the use of physical resources in a health setting
    • Be able to interpret information to inform expenditure proposals, in line with organisational plans and objectives
    • Be able to present proposals for expenditure for physical resources to stakeholders
    • Be able to negotiate proposals for expenditure for physical resources with stakeholders
    64

    Manage the availability of physical resources to meet service delivery needs in a health setting

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to manage the availability and use of physical resources in a health setting
    • Understand factors which may have an effect on use of resources in a health setting
    • Be able to manage the availability and use of physical resources to meet service delivery needs
    65

    Managing symptoms in end of life care

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the effects of symptoms in relation to end of life care
    • Understand how to manage symptoms in end of life care
    • Be able to manage symptoms in end of life care
    • Be able to integrate symptom management in the care management process
    66

    Manufacture equipment or medical devices for individuals within healthcare

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice related to manufacture of medical devices
    • Be able to prepare to carry out the manufacturing of equipment or medical devices
    • Be able to carry out the manufacturing of equipment or medical devices
    • Be able to monitor operations and conditions
    • Be able to test and adjust the finished equipment or medical device
    67

    Monitor and maintain the environment and resources during and after health care activities

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know the procedures for monitoring and maintaining the environment and resources
    • Be able to operate equipment
    • Be able to monitor and maintain the environment and resources
    • Be able to clean resources in own work area
    68

    Monitor and review individuals’ progress in relation to maintaining optimum nutritional status

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to monitor and review individuals’ progress in relation to maintaining optimum nutritional status
    • Be able to monitor individuals’ progress in maintaining optimum nutritional status
    • Be able to support individuals to review their own progress in relation to maintaining optimum nutritional status
    69

    Monitor individuals’ progress in relation to managing their body weight and nutrition

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to monitor individuals’ progress in relation to managing their weight and nutrition in line with current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice guidelines
    • Be able to monitor individuals’ progress in managing their body weight
    • Be able to support individuals in re-establishing goals for further progress
    70

    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
    71

    Obtain a client history

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice related to obtaining a client history
    • Be able to prepare to obtain a client history
    • Be able to obtain a client history
    72

    Obtain and test capillary blood samples

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how legislation, policy and good practice guidelines relate to obtaining and testing capillary blood samples
    • Understand the anatomy and physiology in relation to obtaining and testing capillary blood samples
    • Be able to prepare to obtain capillary blood samples
    • Be able to obtain capillary blood samples
    • Be able to test and record the results of blood samples
    • Be able to pass on the results of blood samples
    73

    Obtain and test specimens from individuals

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand relevant legislation, policy and good practice in relation to obtaining, carrying, testing and storing specimens
    • Understand the processes involved in obtaining and testing specimens from individuals
    • Be able to prepare to obtain specimens from individuals
    • Be able to obtain specimens from individuals
    • Be able to test specimens
    • Be able to report on the outcomes on the test of specimens
    74

    Obtain venous blood samples

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, procedures and protocols in relation to obtaining venous blood samples
    • Understand the anatomy and physiology relating to obtaining venous blood samples
    • Be able to prepare to obtain venous blood samples
    • Be able to obtain venous blood samples
    • Be able to prepare venous blood samples for transportation
    75

    Perform first line calibration on clinical equipment to ensure it is fit for use

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice which impact on own role
    • Understand the procedures involved in the calibration of equipment
    • Be able to run tests on equipment
    • Be able to conclude and report on tests on equipment
    76

    Perform intravenous cannulation

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice which impact on own role
    • Understand the purpose and functions of intravenous cannulation
    • Be able to prepare to carry out intravenous cannulation
    • Be able to carry out intravenous cannulation
    • Be able to monitor and report on the intravenous cannulation
    77

    Perform routine Electrocardiograph (ECG) Procedures

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice which impact on own role
    • Understand the purpose and functions of electrocardiographs
    • Be able to prepare to carry out routine electrocardiograph procedures
    • Be able to carry out routine electrocardiograph procedures
    78

    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
    79

    Prepare individuals for healthcare activities

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, policy and good practice related to the preparation of individuals for healthcare activities
    • Be able to prepare individuals for healthcare activities
    • Be able to record and report healthcare activities
    80

    Principles of Health Promotion

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Describe factors that influence health
    • Explore behaviour change
    • State the role of effective communication in health promotion
    81

    Promote communication in care settings

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand why effective communication is important in the work setting
    • Be able to meet the communication and language needs, wishes and preferences of individuals
    • Be able to overcome barriers to communication
    • Be able to apply principles and practices relating to confidentiality
    82

    Promote effective handling of information in care settings

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand requirements for handling information in care settings
    • Be able to implement good practice in handling information
    • Be able to support others to handle information
    83

    Promote equality and inclusion in care settings

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the importance of diversity, equality and inclusion
    • Be able to work in an inclusive way
    • Be able to promote diversity, equality and inclusion
    84

    Promote health, safety and wellbeing in care settings

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand own responsibilities, and the responsibilities of others, relating to health and safety
    • Be able to carry out own responsibilities for health and safety
    • Understand procedures for responding to accidents and sudden illness
    • Be able to reduce the spread of infection
    • Be able to move and handle equipment and other objects safely
    • Be able to handle hazardous substances and materials
    • Be able to promote fire safety in the work setting
    • Be able to implement security measures in the work setting
    • Know how to manage stress
    85

    Promote person-centred approaches in care settings

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to promote the application of person-centred approaches in care settings
    • Be able to work in a person-centred way
    • Be able to establish consent when providing care or support
    • Be able to implement and promote active participation
    • Be able to support the individual’s right to make choices
    • Be able to promote individuals’ well-being
    • Understand the role of risk assessment in enabling a person-centred approach
    86

    Promote personal development in care settings

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand what is required for competence in own work role
    • Be able to reflect on practice
    • Be able to evaluate own performance
    • Be able to agree a personal development plan
    • Be able to use learning opportunities and reflective practice to contribute to personal development
    87

    Promote positive behaviour

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how legislation, frameworks, codes of practice and policies relate to positive behaviour support
    • Be able to promote positive behaviour
    • Understand the context and use of proactive and reactive strategies
    • Understand the use of restrictive interventions
    • Be able to respond appropriately to incidents of challenging behaviour
    • Be able to support individuals and others following an incident of challenging behaviour
    • Be able to review and revise approaches to promoting positive behaviour
    88

    Promotion of General Health and Well-being

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Describe methods of health promotion planning
    • Identify opportunities for the practical application of health promotion
    • Outline the scientific basis of health promotion
    89

    Provide advice on foot care for individuals with diabetes

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand good practice in diabetic foot care
    • Understand the factors affecting foot health in individuals with diabetes
    • Be able to discuss foot examination results with individuals/carers
    • Be able to advise individuals/carers on the management of foot health
    • Be able to complete records
    90

    Provide agreed support for foot care

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the signs and causes of foot and toe-nail abnormalities
    • Be able to provide support for assessed foot care needs
    • Be able to promote the individual’s engagement in their own foot care
    • Be able to provide foot care safely
    • Be able to record and report on foot care
    91

    Provide information and advice to individuals on eating to maintain optimum nutritional status

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know factors which can affect the nutritional status of individuals
    • Know how to advise individuals on maintaining optimal nutritional status
    • Be able to obtain specific body measurements from individuals
    • Be able to provide individuals with information and advice on eating to maintain optimum nutritional status
    92

    Provide support for individuals with communication and interaction difficulties

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice related to supporting individuals with communication and interaction difficulties
    • Understand roles and responsibilities of those supporting individuals with communication and interaction difficulties
    • Understand normal and impaired communication
    • Understand methods of interacting with individuals with communication difficulties
    • Be able to support individuals with communication and interaction difficulties to carry out learning tasks and activities
    • Be able to support individuals with communication and interaction difficulties to communicate with others
    93

    Provide support for leisure activities

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the role that leisure activities play in well-being
    • Be able to support individuals in planning for leisure activities
    • Be able to encourage and support individuals to participate in leisure activities
    • Be able to contribute to the review and revision of support for leisure activities
    94

    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
    95

    Provide support for sleep

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the importance of sleep
    • Be able to establish conditions suitable for sleep
    • Be able to assist an individual to sleep
    • Be able to monitor sleep
    • Know how to access information and advice about difficulties with sleep
    96

    Provide support to individuals to continue recommended therapies

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the importance of supporting individuals to continue recommended therapies
    • Be able to encourage individuals to continue recommended therapies
    • Be able to support individuals to continue recommended therapy
    • Be able to monitor
    • record and report on observations during recommended therapy
    • Be able to contribute to evaluation and review of recommended therapies
    97

    Provide support to maintain and develop skills for everyday life

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the context of supporting skills for everyday life
    • Be able to support individuals to plan for maintaining and developing skills for everyday life
    • Be able to support individuals to retain, regain or develop skills for everyday life
    • Be able to evaluate support for developing or maintaining skills for everyday life
    98

    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
    99

    Recognise indications of substance misuse and refer individuals to specialists

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know the regulations and legislation that applies to the mis
    • use use of substances in line with organisational procedures
    • Understand the indications of substance mis
    • Be able to assess and monitor risk in accordance with organisational procedures
    • Understand how to handle information and maintain records in line with organisational procedures
    • Be able to refer individuals to appropriate services in line with organisational requirements
    100

    Remove wound closure materials

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know the anatomy and physiology of the skin and underlying tissues
    • Understand wound healing and contamination
    • Understand the rationale for following approved procedures and techniques to remove wound closures
    • Be able to prepare to remove wound closure materials
    • Be able to remove wound closure materials
    • Be able to record and report outcomes of procedures
    101

    Remove wound drains

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, procedures and protocols in relation to removing wound drains
    • Understand factors related to the removal of wound drains
    • Be able to prepare to remove wound drains
    • Be able to remove wound drains
    • Be able to care for and support the individual during and after the procedure
    102

    Responsibilities of a care worker

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand working relationships in care settings
    • Be able to work in ways that are agreed with the employer
    • Be able to work in partnership with others
    103

    Safeguarding and protection in care settings

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand principles of safeguarding adults
    • 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
    • Know how to recognise and report unsafe practices
    • Understand principles for online safety
    104

    Select and wear appropriate personal protective equipment for work in healthcare settings

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand legislation, local policy and protocol in relation to dressing for work in a healthcare setting
    • Be able to select and use personal protective equipment (PPE) in a healthcare setting
    105

    Service improvement in the health sector

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to evaluate own work and that of others to identify improvements
    • Understand how to make constructive suggestions about how services can be improved
    • Understand how to discuss and agree improvements with others
    • Understand how to make agreed improvements to own work and how to support others to make changes
    106

    Study Skills for Senior Healthcare Support Workers

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand what is meant by study skills within the context of the role of Senior Healthcare
    • Support Worker
    • Understand how to use investigatory techniques
    • Be able to plan an extended piece of work
    • Be able to carry out research to inform an extended piece of work
    • Be able to present an extended piece of work
    • Be able to review an extended piece of own work
    107

    Support carers to meet the care needs of individuals

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, procedures and protocols in relation to supporting individuals in the community
    • Understand why individuals require support
    • Understand how to ensure individuals receive the support they need from carers
    • Be able to support carers to meet the care needs of individuals
    108

    Support Child and Young Person Development

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to assess the development needs of children or young people and prepare a development plan
    • Be able to support the development of children or young people
    • Understand how to support the provision of environments and services that support the development of children or young people
    • Understand how working practices can impact on the development of children and young people
    • Be able to support children and young people’s positive behaviour
    • Understand how to support children and young people experiencing transitions
    109

    Support children and young people experiencing transitions

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the impact of transitions on children and young people
    • Understand how to support children and young people experiencing transitions
    • Understand influences on children and young people experiencing transitions
    110

    Support children and young people with additional needs

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the principles of working with children and young people with additional needs
    • Be able to work in partnership with families with children or young people with additional needs
    • Be able to support age and developmentally appropriate learning, play or leisure opportunities for children or young people with additional needs
    • Understand how to evaluate
    • support and develop existing practice with children and young people with additional needs
    • Understand how to work in partnership with other agencies and professionals to support provision for children and young people with additional needs
    111

    Support children and young people with mental health conditions

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand legal and organisational requirements which protect children and young people with mental health conditions
    • Understand the needs of children and young people with mental health conditions
    • Understand interventions available to support children and young people with mental health conditions and their parents or carers
    • Understand education provision for children and young people within a mental health setting
    • Be able to support a child or young person with a mental health condition
    112

    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
    113

    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
    114

    Support individuals during a period of change

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand reasons for and responses to change
    • Be able to support individuals to plan how to manage or adapt to change
    • Be able to support individuals to manage or adapt to change
    • Be able to evaluate the support provided during a period of change
    115

    Support individuals during emergency situations

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and procedures related to supporting individuals during emergency situations
    • Understand how being involved in an emergency situation can impact on individuals’ health and well being, and how the negative effects can be reduced
    • Be able to prepare to provide support to individuals during emergency situations
    • Be able to provide support to individuals during emergency situations
    116

    Support individuals during the last days of life

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the impact of the last days of life on the individual and others
    • Understand how to respond to common symptoms in the last days of life
    • Be able to support individuals and others during the last days of life
    • Be able to respond to changing needs of an individual during the last days of life
    • Be able to work according to national guidelines, local policies and procedures, taking into account preferences and wishes after the death of the individual
    • Be able to manage own feelings in relation to an individual’s dying or death
    117

    Support individuals in undertaking their chosen activities

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice when supporting individuals to undertake chosen activities
    • Understand concepts for supporting individuals to undertake chosen activities, services or facilities
    • Be able to make plans with individuals to undertake chosen activities
    • Be able to support individuals to undertake chosen activities
    118

    Support individuals to access and manage direct payments

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the role of direct payments
    • Be able to support individuals to decide whether to use direct payments
    • Be able to provide support to select services to be purchased with direct payments
    • Be able to provide support for completing paper
    • work associated with direct payments
    • Understand how to address difficulties, dilemmas and conflicts relating to direct payments
    • Be able to contribute to reviewing the support provided through direct payments
    • Be able to contribute to reviewing the management of direct payments
    119

    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
    120

    Support individuals to access and use services and facilities

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand factors that influence individuals’ access to services and facilities
    • Be able to support individuals to select services and facilities
    • Be able to support individuals to access and use services and facilities
    • Be able to support individuals to review their access to and use of services and facilities
    121

    Support individuals to access education, training or employment

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the value of engagement in training, education or employment for individuals
    • Understand how legislation, guidance and codes of practice support an individual to access training, education or employment
    • Understand the support available to individuals accessing education, training or employment
    • Be able to support an individual to identify and access education, training or employment that meet needs and preferences
    • Be able to support individuals to undertake education, training or employment
    • Be able to evaluate engagement in education, training or employment
    122

    Support individuals to access housing and accommodation services

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand support available to access housing and accommodation services
    • Be able to work with individuals to identify housing and accommodation services that meet their needs
    • Be able to work with individuals to plan to access housing and accommodation services
    • Be able to work with individuals to access housing and accommodation services
    • Be able to work with housing and accommodation services to meet the needs of individuals
    • Be able to contribute to the review of housing and accommodation services for individuals
    123

    Support individuals to carry out their own health care procedures

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand health care procedures likely to be undertaken by individuals
    • Be able to support individuals to prepare to carry out their own health care procedures
    • Be able to support individuals to carry out health care procedures
    • Be able to monitor health care procedures undertaken by individuals
    124

    Support individuals to develop and run support groups

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the role of support groups
    • Be able to support individuals to assess the need for additional support groups
    • Be able to support individuals to develop their own support groups
    • Be able to support individuals to run support groups
    • Be able to support individuals to evaluate support groups
    125

    Support individuals to eat and drink

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to support individuals to make choices about food and drink
    • Be able to prepare to provide support for eating and drinking
    • Be able to provide support for eating and drinking
    • Be able to clear away after eating and drinking
    • Be able to monitor eating and drinking and the support provided
    126

    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
    127

    Support individuals to manage continence

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand factors that affect the management of continence
    • Be able to support individuals and their carers to manage continence issues
    • Be able to support the use of equipment to manage continence
    • Be able to maintain infection control when supporting individuals to manage continence
    • Be able to monitor
    • record and report on support for managing continence
    128

    Support individuals to manage dysphagia

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to support individuals to manage dysphagia in line with current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice guidelines
    • Understand how dysphagia affects individuals
    • Know the importance of nutritional intake for individuals with dysphagia
    • Be able to support individuals in managing dysphagia by developing skills through participating in therapy programmes
    • Be able to provide information to colleagues regarding individuals’ treatment
    129

    Support individuals to manage their finances

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know how to access information and advice about financial affairs
    • Be able to provide support for individuals to manage their finances
    • Be able to contribute to applying for financial assistance
    • Be able to contribute to reviewing support for managing finances
    130

    Support individuals to manage their own recovery from mental health problems

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the principles that promote and support well-being and recovery from mental health problems
    • Know the range of issues that may be addressed in a recovery plan
    • Be able to support people to use approaches for managing their own recovery from mental health problems
    131

    Support individuals to meet personal care needs

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to work with individuals to identify their needs and preferences in relation to personal care
    • Be able to provide support for personal care
    • Be able to support individuals to use the toilet
    • Be able to support individuals to maintain personal hygiene
    • Be able to support individuals to manage their personal appearance
    • Be able to monitor and report on support for personal care
    132

    Support individuals to prepare for and settle in to new home environments

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand factors affecting a move to a new home environment
    • Be able to support individuals to prepare to move into new home environments
    • Be able to support individuals to settle into new home environments
    • Be able to support individuals to review the impact of new home environments
    133

    Support individuals undergoing healthcare activities

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand healthcare activities in order to support individuals
    • Be able to prepare individuals to undergo healthcare activities
    • Be able to support individuals undergoing healthcare activities
    • Be able to support individuals following the healthcare activities
    134

    Support individuals who are bereaved

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the effects of bereavement on individuals
    • Understand principles for supporting individuals who are bereaved
    • Be able to support individuals to express their response to loss
    • Be able to support individuals who are bereaved
    • Understand the role of specialist agencies in supporting individuals who are bereaved
    • Be able to manage own feelings when providing support for individuals who are bereaved
    135

    Support individuals who are distressed

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand causes and effects of distress on individuals
    • Understand potential impacts on own well-being when supporting an individual who is distressed
    • Be able to prepare to support individuals who are experiencing distress
    • Be able to support individuals who are experiencing distress
    • Be able to support individuals to manage distress
    • Be able to record and report on an individual’s distress
    136

    Support individuals with cognition or learning difficulties

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice related to supporting individuals with cognition or learning difficulties
    • Understand cognitive or learning difficulties
    • Be able to assist the therapist to prepare learning activities
    • Be able to support individuals with learning tasks
    • Be able to assist in reviewing learning
    137

    Support individuals with feeding babies

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, procedures and good practice guidelines related to feeding babies
    • Know how to feed babies in line with evidence based practice
    • Be able to communicate with individuals when assisting with feeding babies
    • Be able to support the individual with feeding babies
    138

    Support individuals with specific communication needs

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand an individual’s specific communication needs
    • Understand how to support the use of communication technology and aids
    • Be able to contribute to identifying and addressing specific communication needs of individuals
    • Be able to interact with individuals using their preferred communication method
    • Be able to promote communication between individuals and others
    • Be able to review an individual’s communication needs and the support provided
    139

    Support individuals with speech and language disorders to develop their communication skills

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice related to supporting individuals with speech and language disorders to develop their communication skills
    • Understand range of developmental, progressive and acquired disorders that can impact on developing or developed communication across the lifespan
    • Understand the factors affecting individuals’ ability to communicate
    • Understand how therapeutic programmes and activities are used to support and enhance communication
    • Be able to prepare to support individuals with speech and language disorders during agreed therapeutic activities
    • Be able to support the implementation of agreed therapeutic programmes and activities to help individuals with speech and language disorders to develop their communication skills
    140

    Support parents or carers to interact with and care for their newborn baby

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice guidelines related to supporting parents or carers to interact with and care for their newborn baby
    • Understand how to support parents or carers to interact and care for their newborn babies
    • Be able to support parents or carers in caring for, interacting with and forming bonds with their newborn babies
    • Be able to support parents or carers in feeding and keeping their babies clean and safe
    141

    Support parents/carers and those in a parental role to care for babies during their first year

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice guidelines related to supporting parents/carers to care for babies
    • Understand how to support the physical, social, emotional and cognitive development of babies during their first year
    • Be able to provide active support to parents/carers in relation to keeping their babies safe
    • Be able to provide active support to parents/carers to look after the health needs of their babies
    • Be able to provide active support to parents/carers in meeting the developmental needs of their babies
    142

    Support positive risk taking for individuals

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the importance of risk-taking in everyday life
    • Understand the importance of a positive, person-centred approach to risk-assessment
    • Understand the frame
    • work which underpins an individual’s right to make decisions and take risks
    • Be able to support individuals to make decisions about risks
    • Be able to support individuals to take risks
    • Understand duty of care in relation to supporting positive risk-taking
    143

    Support the spiritual wellbeing of individuals

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the importance of spiritual wellbeing for individuals
    • Be able to identify the spiritual needs of an individual and others
    • Understand the impact of values and beliefs on own and an individual's spiritual wellbeing
    • Be able to support individuals' spiritual wellbeing
    144

    Supporting individuals with loss and grief before death

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the impact of loss and grief on individuals approaching end of life and others
    • Be able to support individuals and others through the experience of loss and grief
    • Be able to manage own feelings in relation to loss and grief
    145

    The principles of Infection Prevention and Control

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand own and others roles and responsibilities in the prevention and control of infections
    • Understand legislation and policies relating to prevention and control of infections
    • Understand systems and procedures relating to 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
    146

    Understand Advance Care Planning

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the principles of advance care planning
    • Understand the process of advance care planning
    • Understand person centred approaches to advance care planning
    147

    Understand care and support planning and risk management in mental health

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to work within the care and support planning process
    • Understand how to work within a risk management process
    148

    Understand child and young person development

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the expected pattern of development for children and young people from birth - 19 years
    • Understand the factors that influence children and young people’s development and how these affect practice
    • Understand how to monitor children and young people’s development and interventions that should take place if this is not following the expected pattern
    • Understand the importance of early intervention to support the speech, language and communication needs of children and young people
    • Understand the potential effects of transitions on children and young people’s development
    149

    Understand end of life care for individuals with specific health needs

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand considerations for individuals at end of life
    • Understand how to support individuals affected by symptoms at end of life
    • Understand how to support significant others at the end of life of an individual with specific health needs
    150

    Understand how to safeguard the wellbeing of children and young people

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the main legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures for safeguarding children and young people
    • Understand the importance of working in partnership with other organisations to safeguard children and young people
    • Understand the importance of ensuring children and young people’s safety and protection in the work setting
    • Understand how to respond to evidence or concerns that a child or young person has been abused or harmed
    • Understand how to respond to evidence or concerns that a child or young person has been bullied
    • Understand how to work with children and young people to support their safety and well being
    • Understand the importance of e-safety for children and young people
    151

    Understand Long Term Conditions and Frailty

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand frailty and the impact of this on individuals
    • Understand long term conditions
    • Know how to support individuals with frailty or long term conditions
    152

    Understand mental health and behaviour management of children and young people

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand mental health and mental well-being
    • Understand mental health conditions that affect children and young people and reasons for classifying
    • Understand legal and organisational requirements in relation to working with children and young people with mental health conditions
    • Understand the use of behaviour management strategies for children and young people with mental health conditions
    • Understand supervision of children and young people with mental health conditions
    153

    Understand mental health interventions

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the needs of people with mental health problems
    • Understand the strengths and limitations of the main interventions in mental health
    • Know the key principles and factors that underpin the choice of mental health interventions
    154

    Understand mental health problems

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the types of mental ill health
    • Understand the impact of mental ill health on individuals and others in their social net
    155

    Understand mental well-being and mental health promotion

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the different views on the nature of mental well-being and mental health and the factors that may influence both across the life span
    • Know how to implement an effective strategy for promoting mental well-being and mental health with individuals and groups
    156

    Understand risk management in the paediatric mental health setting

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand local trust policy in relation to absconsion, self-harm and behaviour management in paediatric mental health settings
    • Understand risk management in paediatric mental health settings
    • Understand the implementation of risk management plans within paediatric mental health settings
    157

    Understand the administration of medication

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the current legislation, guidelines and policies relevant to the administration of medication
    • Understand the roles and responsibilities involved in the administration of medication
    • Understand the requirements and procedures for the administration of medication
    • Understand the requirements and procedures for ensuring an individual’s safety
    • Be able to contribute to the management of medications and administration records
    158

    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
    159

    Understand the legal, policy and service framework in mental health

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know the legal and current policy frame
    • work for mental health
    • Know the service frame
    • Understand the rights and responsibilities of individuals using services and of others
    160

    Understand the process and experience of dementia

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the neurology of dementia
    • Understand the impact of recognition and diagnosis of dementia
    • Understand how dementia care must be underpinned by a person centred approach
    161

    Understanding Suicide Interventions

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the causes and prevalence of suicidal behaviour
    • Understand the process of suicide intervention
    • Understand the role of the main caregiver and other professionals in managing suicide interventions
    162

    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
    163

    Undertake personal hygiene activities with individuals

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, procedures and protocols in relation to undertaking personal hygiene activities with individuals
    • Know the anatomy and physiology of the skin, nose, mouth, eyes and ears in relation to cleansing
    • Be able to prepare for undertaking personal hygiene activities with individuals
    • Be able to undertake personal hygiene activities with individuals
    • Be able to record and report the outcome of the personal hygiene activity
    164

    Undertake physiological measurements

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand relevant legislation, policy and good practice for undertaking physiological measurements
    • Understand the physiological states that can be measured
    • Be able to prepare to take physiological measurements
    • Be able to undertake physiological measurements
    • Be able to record and report results of physiological measurements
    165

    Undertake stoma care

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice related to assessment for stoma care
    • Understand the anatomy and physiology in relation to conditions requiring stoma care
    • Be able to prepare individuals for stoma care
    • Be able to carry out stoma care for individuals
    • Be able to monitor and check individuals following stoma care
    166

    Undertake tissue viability risk assessments

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the need for tissue viability risk assessment
    • Be able to undertake tissue viability risk assessment
    • Be able to record and report on tissue viability risk assessment
    • Understand when the risk assessment should be reviewed
    167

    Undertake treatments and dressings of lesions and wounds

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand safety measures specific to undertaking treatments and dressings of lesions and wounds
    • Understand wound infection and healing
    • Understand the rationale for carrying out procedures when treating wounds/lesions
    • Be able to prepare to treat and dress lesions and wounds
    • Be able to carry out treatments and dressings to lesions/wounds
    • Be able to record and report outcomes of the activities
    168

    Undertake urethral catheterisation processes

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand relevant legislation, policy and good practice in relation to carrying out urethral catheterisation
    • Understand the relevant anatomy and physiology
    • Be able to prepare to insert urethral catheters
    • Be able to insert urethral catheters
    • Be able to monitor and care for the urethral catheter after insertion
    • Be able to care for and support the individual during and after the procedure
    169

    Work in partnership with families to support individuals

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand partnership working with families and family members in care and/or support
    • Be able to establish and maintain positive relationships with families and family members in care and/or support
    • Be able to plan shared approaches to the care and support of individuals with families and family members in care and/or support
    • Be able to work with families to access support in their role as carers
    • Be able to exchange and record information about partnership work with families
    • Be able to contribute to reviewing partnership work with families
    • Be able to provide feedback about support for families
    170

    Work with babies and young children to support their development and learning

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the development and learning of babies and young children
    • Be able to support the development and learning of babies and young children
    • Understand the attachment needs of babies and young children
    • Be able to engage with babies and young children and be sensitive to their needs
    • Be able to work in partnership with carers in order to support the learning and development of babies and young children

    Regulatory & Verification Details

    Qualification Number (QN)
    603/2525/2
    Regulated Status
    Available to learners
    Awarding Body
    BIIAB
    Qualification Type
    Occupational Qualification
    Operational Start
    Jan 2018

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