Focus Awards

Level 3

QN: 603/2939/7

Curriculum Active

Focus Awards Level 3 Diploma in Adult Care (RQF)

Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by Focus Awards. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 3519 hours.

Qualification Level

Level 3

Awarding Body

Focus Awards

Syllabus Units

128 Units

Guided Hours

3519 hrs

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Course Syllabus & Study Modules

Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.

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 individuals’ medication

Assess the needs of carers and families

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the contribution that families and carers make in caring for individuals.
Be able to engage with families and carers who are providing care.
Be able to assess the needs of families and carers.
Be able to identify a plan to support families and carers.

Assist with the transfer of individuals, who misuse substances, between agencies and services.

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand how legislation and organisational policies impact on the transfer of individuals between agencies and service.
Apply agency and service procedures correctly in preparing people for and supervising them during transfer from one service to another, Respect the rights of the individual and value diversity.
Use communication skills effectively in working with individuals and the agencies and services to which they are being transferred.

Carry out comprehensive substance misuse assessment

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the signs and implications of a range of substance mis
use related problems
Understand the range of substance mis
use services and interventions
Prepare for comprehensive substance mis
use assessment
Assess possible risks to the individual
Assess individuals’ substance mis
use and related problems
Follow up the assessment process

Carry out initial assessments to identify and prioritise the needs of substance misusers.

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the range of difference substances and their effects.
Evaluate individuals’ substance mis
use and understanding of substance mis
use services.
Assess individuals’ needs and appropriate interventions., Make referrals to substance mis

Causes and Spread of Infection

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the causes of infection
Understand the transmission of infection

Cleaning, Decontamination and Waste Management

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand how to maintain a clean environment to prevent the spread of infection
Understand the principles and steps of the decontamination process
Understand the importance of good waste management practice in the prevention of the spread of infection

Contribute to effective team working in health and social care or children and young people’s settings

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand theories of teams and team working.
Understand the principles that underpin effective team
Be able to work as part of a team.
Be able to support individual team members.
Be able to review the work of the team.

Contribute to raising awareness of health issues

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand factors affecting awareness-raising activities about health issues
Be able to recognise the need for raising awareness of health issues
Be able to assist in planning activities to raise awareness of health issues
Be able to contribute to implementing activities for raising awareness of health issues
Be able to review the effectiveness of activities to raise awareness of health issues

Develop professional supervision practice in health and social care or children and young people’s work settings

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the purpose of professional supervision in health and social care or children and young people’s work settings
Understand how the principles of professional supervision can be used to inform performance management in health and social care or children and young people’s work settings
Be able to undertake the preparation for professional supervision with supervisees in health and social care or children and young people’s work settings
Be able to provide professional supervision in health and social care or children and young people’s work settings
Be able to manage conflict situations during professional supervision in health and social care or children and young people’s work settings
Be able to evaluate own practice when conducting professional supervision in health and social care or children and young people’s work settings

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.

Enable individuals to negotiate environments

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the factors that may impact on an individual being able to negotiate their environments
Be able to prepare to support an individual to negotiate an environment
Be able to support the individual to negotiate an environment
Be able to evaluate and revise the support provided to an individual to negotiate an environment

Enable individuals with behavioural difficulties to develop strategies to change their behaviour

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand how legislation, policies and practice affect the support provided to 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 enable people to develop strategies for changing behavioural responses
Be able to evaluate and review strategies for changing behavioural responses

Enable rights and choices of individuals with dementia whilst minimising risks

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand key legislation and agreed ways of working that support the fulfilment of rights and choices of individuals with dementia while minimising risk of harm
Be able to maximise the rights and choices of individuals with dementia
Be able to involve carers and others in supporting individuals with dementia
Be able to maintain the privacy, dignity and respect of individuals with dementia whilst promoting rights and choices

Engage with employers to facilitate workforce development

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the opportunities available for workforce development
Understand how to engage with employers to promote workforce development
Understand how to design learning and development opportunities in the workplace
Understand how to facilitate learning and development opportunities in the workplace
Be able to engage with employers on workforce development issues
Be able to work with employers to facilitate workforce development solutions

Equality, diversity and inclusion in dementia care practice

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand that each individual’s experience of dementia is unique
Understand the importance of diversity, equality and inclusion in dementia care and support
Be able to work in a person centred manner to ensure inclusivity of the individual with dementia
Be able to work with others to encourage support for diversity and equality

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

Facilitate person centred assessment, planning, implementation and review

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the principles of person centred assessment and care planning
Be able to facilitate person centred assessment
Be able to contribute to the planning of care or support
Be able to support the implementation of care plans
Be able to monitor a care plans
Be able to facilitate a review of care plans and their implementation

Facilitate the development of effective group practice in health and social care or children and young people’s settings

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand how groups develop and function in health and social care or children and young people’s work settings
Be able to create a climate that facilitates effective groups in health and social care or children and young people’s work settings
Be able to facilitate a group in health and social care or children and young people’s work settings
Be able to enhance learning through the constructive use of power, authority and influence in group work in health and social care or children and young people’s work settings
Be able to monitor and review the work of a group in health and social care or children and young people’s work settings

Gain access to the homes of individuals, deal with emergencies and ensure security on departure

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Be able to identify agreed ways to gain entry to and leave individuals' homes
Be able to gain entry to individuals’ homes
Be able to take appropriate action when unable to gain entry to individuals' homes
Be able to deal with emergencies encountered after gaining entry
Be able to ensure security when leaving individuals’ homes
Be able to review procedures for entering and leaving individuals' homes

Help individuals address their substance use through an action plan

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the background relating to substance use to support the development of an action plan.
Be able to develop an action plan with individuals.
Be able to review the action plan with individuals.

Identify and act upon immediate risk of danger to substance misusers

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Identify immediate risk of danger to substance misusers, Act upon immediate risk of danger to substance misusers

Identify the physical health needs of individuals with mental health needs and plan appropriate actions

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand how to assess the physical health needs of individuals with mental health needs
Be able to carry out assessments of the physical health needs of individuals with mental health needs
Be able to record the outcome of assessments
Be able to plan actions needed following physical health assessments
Be able to identify resources and services needed by individuals following physical health assessments
Be able to make referrals

Implement the positive behavioural support model

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the context of the Positive Behavioural
Support model.
Understand the term ‘challenging behaviour’.
Understand the context in which challenging behaviour occurs.
Be able to contribute to the functional analysis in relation to an individual's challenging behaviour.
Understand the key characteristics of Positive Behavioural
Be able to implement primary prevention strategies.
Be able to use a person centred approach to develop plans that promote participation.
Be able to implement secondary prevention strategies.
Be able to implement non aversive reactive strategies.
Be able to understand and implement Positive Behavioural
Support Plans.

Increase awareness about drugs, alcohol or other substances with individuals and groups

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand legislation and policy relevant to substance use
Understand substance use, its effects and treatments
Identify individuals’ knowledge and values about substances, Increase individuals’ knowledge and understanding of substances

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

Introduction to personalisation in social care

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

Maintaining the Independent Advocacy relationship

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Know what to do when faced with practice dilemmas, Deal positively with conflict
Maintain accurate records
Prioritise competing work commitments
Use personal value base and power appropriately
Use supervision as a tool to reflect and improve practice
Use local and national networks
Respond to concerns of ab

Manage induction in health and social care or children and young people’s settings

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the purpose of induction for health and social care or children and young people’s settings
Be able to manage the induction process in health, social care and children and young people’s work settings
Be able to support the implementation of induction processes in health, social care and children and young people’s work settings
Be able to evaluate the induction process in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
Be able to implement improvements to the induction process in health and social care or children and young people’s settings

Move and position individuals in accordance with their plan of care

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand anatomy and physiology in relation to moving and positioning individuals
Understand legislation and agreed ways of working when moving and positioning individuals
Be able to minimise risk before moving and positioning individuals
Be able to prepare individuals before moving and positioning
Be able to move and position an individual
Know when to seek advice from and/or involve others when moving and positioning an individual

Obtain venous blood samples

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand legislation, policy and good practice related 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.

Prepare environments and resources for use during healthcare activities

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand how to prepare and manage environments and resources for use during healthcare activities
Be able to prepare environments, medical equipment, devices and resources for use during healthcare activities
Be able to ensure that environments and resourcesare ready for their next intended use

Prepare for and carry out extended feeding techniques

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand anatomy and physiology in relation to extended feeding
Understand extended feeding techniques
Understand legislation and agreed ways of working when using 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

Prepare to support individuals within a shared lives arrangement

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand how shared lives arrangements can benefit individuals
Be able to access and share information relevant to the provision of a shared lives arrangement for individuals
Be able to address the potential impact on key people of providing a shared lives arrangement
Be able to carry out an analysis of own development needs before supporting an individual in a shared lives arrangement

Principles of self-directed support

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand self-directed support
Understand how to support an individual to direct their own support and develop their support plan
Understand the different ways that people can use their personal budget
Understand the outcome focused review process

Principles of supporting an individual to maintain personal hygiene

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the importance of good personal hygiene
Know how to encourage an individual to maintain personal hygiene
Know how to support an individual to maintain personal hygiene
Understand when poor hygiene may be an indicator of other underlying personal issues

Principles of supporting individuals with a learning disability regarding sexuality and sexual health

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the development of human sexuality
Understand how the sexual development of individuals’ with a learning disability can differ
Understand the issues of sexual health and how these can be supported
Understand relevant legislation influencing the support of sexuality and sexual health for individuals with learning disabilities
Know how to support the sexual expression of an individual with a learning disability

Principles of supporting young people with a disability to make the transition into adulthood

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the steps and stages of moving from childhood into adulthood.
Understand how having a disability may affect the process of moving from childhood into adulthood.
Know the options for supporting a young person who has a disability to make the transition into adulthood.
Understand how to support a young person with a disability through a successful transition.
Understand the importance of supporting a young person and their family to reflect on the transition.

Promote 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 develop and implement person-centred daily plans to promote participation
Be able to use person-centred records to evaluate an individual’s participation in activities

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

Promote effective communication with individuals with sensory less

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the importance of effective two way communication
Understand different methods that can support communication with individuals with sensory loss
Be able to support the individual with communication
Evaluate the effectiveness of methods of communication used to support an individual with sensory loss

Promote effective communication with individuals with sensory loss

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the importance of effective two way communication
Understand different methods that can support communication with individuals with sensory loss
Be able to support the individual with communication
Evaluate the effectiveness of methods of communication used to support an individual with sensory loss

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

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

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

Promote nutrition and hydration in health and social care settings

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand what makes up a balanced diet.
Understand nutritional guidelines.
Be able to promote nutrition in health and social care settings.
Be able to promote hydration in health and social care settings.
Understand how to prevent malnutrition in health and social care settings.
Be able to carry out nutritional screening in health and social care settings.
Be able to monitor and record nutrition and hydration needs with individuals in health and social care settings.
Understand factors that affect special dietary requirements in health and social care settings.

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’ wellbeing
Understand the role of risk assessment in enabling a person-centred approach

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

Promote positive behaviour

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand how legislation, frameworks, codes of practice and policies relate to positive behaviour support.
Understand the context and use of proactive and reactive strategies.
Be able to promote positive behaviour.
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.

Promote Stroke Care Management

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand legislation, policy and guidance in relation to stroke
Understand how to recognise stroke
Understand specific communication factors affecting individuals following stroke
Understand needs of individuals affected by stroke.
Understand how to promote recovery and independence for an individual following stroke.
Be able to support an individual following a stroke

Provide services to those affected by someone else’s substance use.

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Know about the available support services.
Understand issues that affect children and young people within families affected by drug and alcohol use.
Identify options for individuals affected by someone else’s substance use., Enable individuals affected by someone else’s substance use to review the effectiveness of selected options.

Provide support for individuals within a shared lives arrangement

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand how to establish the needs, background, experiences, wishes, preferences and choices of an individual
Be able to identify how an individual’s needs can be met through a shared lives arrangement
Know how to address potential power imbalances in a shared lives arrangement
Be able to assist individuals to adjust to the home environment
Be able to support key people to adjust to a shared lives arrangement
Be able to contribute to on-going review of the shared lives arrangement

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

Provide support to adults who have experienced harm or abuse

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the role of self and others when supporting individuals who have experienced harm or ab
Be able to support individuals to disclose harm or ab
Be able to support individuals who have experienced harm or ab

Provide support to continue recommended therapies

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the importance of supporting individuals to continue recommended therapies
Be able to encourage individuals to complete activities recommended by therapists
Be able to support individuals to continue recommended therapy
Be able to observe
record and report on observations during recommended therapy
Be able to contribute to evaluation and review of recommended therapies

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

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

Providing Independent Advocacy support

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Establish safe boundaries to maintain the Advocacy relationship
Establish the Advocacy relationship, Assist the individual receiving Advocacy support to explore and make choices, Construct an action plan
Support the individual receiving Advocacy support to self advocate, Act on the instruction of the person receiving Advocacy support
Review and end the Advocacy relationship

Purpose and principles of Independent Advocacy

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand Independent Advocacy
Explain principles and values underpinning Independent Advocacy
Describe the development of Advocacy
Be able to explain different types of Advocacy support and their purpose
Understand the roles and responsibilities of an Independent Advocate
Understand Advocacy standards

Recognise indications of substance misuse and refer individuals to specialists

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Recognise indications of substance mis
Assess and monitor risk., Handle information and maintain records., Refer individuals to appropriate services.

Responding to the advocacy needs of different groups of people

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Make Advocacy accessible to individuals and different groups, Define social exclusion
Explain the medical and social model of disability, Promote diversity
Use non instructed Advocacy

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

Safeguarding and protection in care settings

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand principles of safeguarding adults
Know how to recognise signs of abuse
Know how to respond to complaints
Understand the national and local context of safeguarding and protection from abuse
Understand ways to reduce the likelihood of abuse
Know how to recognise and report unsafe practices
Understand principles for online safety

Supply and exchange injecting equipment for individuals

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand policy and procedures for the supply and exchange of injecting equipment, Conduct initial assessment of substance users and provide relevant advice, Supply and exchange injecting equipment

Support families in maintaining relationships in their wider social structures

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the importance of social interactions and relationships for families of people with specific needs
Understand the issues surrounding discrimination
Be able to support families to access opportunities for social contact within their wider social structures
Be able to support families to maintain social contacts within their wider social structures

Support families who are affected by Acquired Brain Injury

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the impact on families who care for an individual who is in a minimally responsive or vegetative state
Understand the long term effects of acquired brain injury on family
Understand legislation that is relevant to carers of an individual effected by acquired brain injury
Be able to assess the support required by families who hold the primary caring role
Be able to work in partnership with other professionals and agencies

Support families who have a child with a disability

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the impact on a family of having a child with a disability
Be able to support families who have a child with a disability
Be able to support families with a child with a disability to use informal networks and community resources, 4.
Be able to work in partnership with other professionals and agencies to support families with a child with a disability

Support individuals at the end of life

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the requirements of legislation and agreed ways of working to protect the rights of individuals at the end of life
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 how to address sensitive issues in relation to 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 access support for the individual or key people from the wider team
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

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

Support individuals in the use of assistive technology

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the range, purpose and effectiveness of assistive technology available to support individuals
Be able to support the selection of assistive technology with individuals
Be able to support the use of assistive technology aids with an individual
Be able to evaluate the effectiveness of the use of assistive technology to meet identified outcomes

Support individuals in their relationships

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand factors affecting the capacity of individuals to develop and/or maintain relationships.
Be able to support individuals to identify beneficial relationships.
Be able to support individuals to develop new relationships.
Be able to support individuals to maintain existing relationships.
Be able to work with individuals to review the support provided for relationships.

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

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

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 employmen
Be able to evaluate engagement in education, training or employment

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

Support individuals to be part of a community

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand how communities can support social inclusion
Be able to support the social inclusion of individuals in communities
Be able to evaluate the participation of individuals in communities

Support individuals to deal with personal relationship problems

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Be able to support individuals to assess relationship problems.
Be able to support individuals to overcome relationship problems.
Know how and when to access specialist support about relationship problems.
Know how to support individuals to end unhelpful relationships.
Be able to evaluate the support provided for relationship problems.

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

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

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

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

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

Support individuals to stay safe from harm or abuse

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand how legislative frameworks support the safeguarding of individuals.
Be able to support individuals to gain understanding of behaviours and situations that may make them vulnerable to harm or ab
Be able to support individuals to gain understanding about how to stay safe.
Be able to work in ways that support individuals to stay safe.

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

Support individuals who are distressed

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand causes and effects of distress
Be able to prepare to support individuals who are experiencing distress
Be able to support individuals through periods of distress
Be able to support individuals to reduce distress
Be able to record and report on an individual’s distress

Support individuals who are substance users.

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand about different substances, their effects and how they might be used., Enable individuals to adopt safe practices associated with substance use.
Support individuals when they have used substances.
Support individuals in reducing substance use.

Support individuals with a learning disability to access healthcare

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand legislation, policies and guidance relevant to individuals with learning disabilities accessing healthcare
Understand the function of different healthcare services that an individual with learning disabilities may need to access
Understand the role of professionals within different healthcare services that a person with learning disabilities may need to access
Understand how plans for healthcare and regular health checks underpin long-term health and well-being for individuals with learning disabilities
Be able to complete and review plans for healthcare
Understand the issues that an individual with learning disabilities may face when accessing a variety of healthcare services
Be able to support an individual with learning disabilities when accessing a variety of healthcare services

Support individuals with autistic spectrum conditions

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand legislative frameworks that relate to individuals with autistic spectrum conditions.
Understand the main characteristics of autistic spectrum conditions.
Be able to support individuals with autistic spectrum conditions.
Be able to support individuals with autistic spectrum condition with verbal and non-verbal communication.
Be able to support individuals with transitions and change.

Support individuals with multiple conditions and/or disabilities

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the impact of multiple conditions and/or disabilities on individuals
Understand own role in supporting individuals with multiple conditions and/or disabilities
Understand the support available for individuals with multiple conditions and/or disabilities
Be able to assist individuals with multiple conditions and/or disabilities
Be able to evaluate the support provided to an individual to engage in activities

Support individuals with self-directed support

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand self-directed support
Understand how to support individuals to direct their own support and develop their support plan
Understand the different ways that individuals can use their personal budget
Be able to support individuals to direct their support
Be able to support individuals to use their personal budget in different ways
Be able to support individuals with an outcome-focused review

Support Individuals With Specific Communication Needs

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand specific communication needs and factors affecting them
Be able to contribute to establishing the nature of specific communication needs of individuals and ways to address them
Be able to interact with individuals using their preferred communication
Be able to promote communication between individuals and others
Know how to support the use of communication technology and aids
Be able to review an individual’s communication needs and the support provided to address them

Support parents with disabilities

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the legislative and policy frameworks that underpins good practice in the support of parents with disabilities
Understand the support parents with disabilities may need
Be able to support parents with disabilities
Be able to support individuals with disabilities to overcome the barriers they may face in becoming parents and bringing up children
Be able to develop positive working relationships with parents with disabilities
Be able to work in partnership with other workers, different services and informal support networks
Understand how to maintain the primary focus on safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the child

Support person-centred thinking and planning

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the principles and practice of person-centred thinking, planning and reviews.
Understand the context within which person-centred thinking and planning takes place.
Understand own role in person-centred planning.
Be able to apply person-centred planning in relation to own life.
Be able to implement person-centred thinking, planning and reviews.

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 legal and policy frame
work underpinning 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

Support the development of community partnerships

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the role of community partnerships
Be able to identify where community partnerships could inform and support practice
Be able to bring people together to set up community partnerships
Be able to support the setting up of community partnerships
Be able to contribute to the running of community partnerships
Be able to contribute to the review of community partnerships

Support the promotion of awareness of sensory loss

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the importance of promoting awareness of sensory loss
Understand the role played by self and others in promoting awareness of sensory loss
Be able to provide information that promotes awareness of sensory loss
Be able to use information to promote awareness of sensory loss

Support the spiritual wellbeing of individuals

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the importance of spirituality for individuals
Be able to assess the spiritual needs of an individual
Understand the impact of values and beliefs on own and an individual's spiritual wellbeing
Be able to support individuals' spiritual wellbeing

Support use of medication in social care settings

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the legislative frame
work for the use of medication in social care settings
Know about common types of medication and their use
Understand roles and responsibilities in the use of medication in social care settings
Understand 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
Be able to support use of medication
Be able to record and report on use of medication

Support young people with a disability to make the transition into adulthood

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the steps and stages of moving from childhood into adulthood
Understand how having a disability may affect the process of moving from childhood into adulthood
Know the options for supporting a young person who has a disability to make the transition into adulthood
Be able to support a young person with a disability through transition into adulthood
Be able to support a young person to reflect on the transition

100

Supporting infection prevention and control in social care

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand how infection prevention and control policies and guidelines can be applied within different settings.
Be able to support infection prevention and control practices in the work setting.
Be able to minimise the risk and spread of infection when using equipment.
Understand how to respond to outbreaks of infection in the work setting.
Be able to follow correct recording and reporting procedures regarding infection prevention and control.

101

Test for substance use.

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Prepare to test individuals for substance use., Test for substances.
Communicate outcomes of testing for substances.

102

The principles of Infection Prevention and Control

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand 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

103

Understand Advance Care Planning

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the principles of advance care planning
Understand the process of advance care planning
Understand the person centred approach to advance care planning

104

Understand and enable interaction and communication with individuals who have dementia

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the factors that can affect interactions and communication of individuals with dementia
Be able to communicate with an individual with dementia using a range of verbal and non-verbal techniques
Be able to communicate positively with an individual who has dementia by valuing their individuality
Be able to use positive interaction approaches with individuals with dementia

105

Understand and meet the nutritional requirements of individuals with dementia

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the nutritional needs that are unique to individuals with dementia
Understand the effect that that mealtime environments can have on an individual with dementia
Be able to support an individual with dementia to enjoy good nutrition

106

Understand how to support individuals with autistic spectrum conditions

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the main characteristics of autistic spectrum conditions
Understand how autistic spectrum conditions can impact on the lives of individuals and those around them
Understand different theories and concepts about autism
Understand the legal and policy frame
work that underpins good practice in the support of individuals with autistic spectrum conditions
Understand how to achieve effective communication with individuals with an autistic spectrum condition
Understand how to support individuals with an autistic spectrum condition

107

Understand mental health problems

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Know the main forms of mental ill health
Know the impact of mental ill health on individuals and others in their social net

108

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

109

Understand Models of Disability

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the difference between models of disability
Understand how the adoption of models of disability can shape an individual’s identity and experience
Understand how the adoption of models of disability can shape service delivery

110

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 the impact of living with a physical disability within society
Understand the importance of promoting inclusion and independence

111

Understand positive risk taking for individuals with disabilities

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand that individuals with disabilities have the same right as everyone else to take risks
Understand the importance of a positive, person-centred approach to risk assessment
Understand the legal and policy frame
work underpinning an individual with disabilities right to make decisions and take risks
Understand the importance of considering with an individual with disabilities the risks associated with the choices they make
Understand the importance of a partnership approach to risk taking

112

Understand Sensory Loss

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the factors that impact on an individual with sensory loss
Understand the importance of effective communication for individuals with sensory loss
Understand the main causes and conditions of sensory loss
Know how to recognise when an individual may be experiencing sight and / or hearing loss and actions that may be taken

113

Understand the administration of medication to individuals with dementia using a person centred approach

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the common medications available to, and appropriate for, individuals with dementia
Understand how to provide person centred care to individuals with dementia through the appropriate and effective use of medication

114

Understand the context of supporting individuals with learning disabilities

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the legislation and policies that support the human rights and inclusion of individuals with learning disabilities
Understand the nature and characteristics of learning disability
Understand the historical context of learning disability
Understand the basic 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
Know how to promote communication with individuals with learning disabilities

115

Understand the diversity of individuals with dementia and the importance of inclusion

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the concept of diversity and its relevance to working with individuals who have dementia.
Understand that each individual’s experience of dementia is unique.
Understand the importance of working in a person centred way and how this links to inclusion.

116

Understand the factors affecting older people

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the impact of the ageing process on older people.
Understand attitudes of society to older people
Understand the importance of using person centred approaches with older people.
Understand the importance of independence for older people.

117

Understand the impact of Acquired Brain Injury on individuals

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand Acquired Brain Injury
Understand the impact on individuals of Acquired Brain Injury
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

118

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.

119

Understand the role of communication and interactions with individuals who have dementia

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand that individuals with dementia may communicate in different ways.
Understand the importance of positive interactions with individuals with dementia.
Understand the factors which can affect interactions and communication of individuals with dementia.

120

Understand theories of relationships and social networks

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the relevance of relationship theories to health and social care practice.
Understand the impact of relationships and social networks on well-being and self esteem.
Understand factors that can influence the process of a relationship.

121

Understanding professional supervision practice

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the purpose of supervision
Understand how the principles of supervision can be used to inform performance management
Understand how to support individuals through professional supervision
Understand how professional supervision supports performance

122

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

123

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

124

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

125

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

126

Work in partnership with families to support individuals

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand partnership working with families
Be able to establish and maintain positive relationships with families
Be able to plan shared approaches to the care and support of individuals with families
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

127

Work with families, carers and individuals during times of crisis

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand relevant legislation, policy and practice when working with individuals, carers and families in times of crisis
Be able to develop risk management strategies when working with individuals, carers and families in times of crisis
Be able to respond during times of crisis
Be able to review the outcomes of requests for action during times of crisis

128

Work with other professionals and agencies to support individuals with physical disability

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the contribution that other professionals and agencies can make to support individuals with physical disabilities
Be able to assess the needs of individuals with physical disabilities for inclusive social care provision
Be able to demonstrate partnership working

Regulatory & Verification Details

Qualification Number (QN): 603/2939/7
Regulated Status: Available to learners
Awarding Body: Focus Awards
Qualification Type: Occupational Qualification
Operational Start: Mar 2018