Focus Awards

Level 5

QN: 601/8590/9

Curriculum Active

Focus Awards Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People's Services (England) (RQF)

Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by Focus Awards. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 3345 hours.

Qualification Level

Level 5

Awarding Body

Focus Awards

Syllabus Units

98 Units

Guided Hours

3345 hrs

Instant access to interactive lessons, quizzes, and spaced revision.

Course Syllabus & Study Modules

Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.

Active support: lead interactive training

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the theoretical background to person-centred interactive training
Be able to plan person-centred interactive training sessions to enhance whole team performance
Be able to lead person-centred interactive training sessions in situ
Be able to provide support to improve the performance of others

Appraise staff performance

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand policies, theories and models which underpin appraisal of performance
Be able to support others to understand the purpose of appraisal.
Be able to facilitate preparation for appraisals
Be able to support appraise to participate in appraisal meetings
Be able to evaluate own practice during the appraisal process

Assess the individual in a health and social care setting

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand assessment processes
Be able to lead and contribute to assessments
Be able to manage the outcomes of assessments
Be able to promote others’ understanding of the role of assessment
Review and evaluate the effectiveness of assessment

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.

Champion equality, diversity and inclusion

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand diversity, equality and inclusion in own area of responsibility
Be able to champion diversity, equality and inclusion
Understand how to develop systems and processes that promote diversity, equality and inclusion
Be able to manage the risks presented when balancing individual rights and professional duty of care

Develop and evaluate operational plans for own area of responsibility

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Be able to align objectives of own area of responsibility with those of own organisation
Be able to implement operational plans in own area of responsibility
Be able to monitor and evaluate operational plans in own area of responsibility

Develop and implement policies and procedures to support the safeguarding of children and young people

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the impact of current legislation that underpins the safeguarding of children and young people
Be able to support the review of policies and procedures for safeguarding children and young people
Be able to implement policies and procedures for safeguarding children and young people
Be able to lead practice in supporting children and young people’s wellbeing and resilience

Develop health and safety and risk management policies, procedures and practices in health and social care or children and young people’s settings

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the current legislative frame
work and organisational health, safety and risk management policies, procedures and practices that are relevant to health, and social care or children and young people’s settings
Be able to implement and monitor compliance with health, safety and risk management requirements in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
Be able to lead the implementation of policies, procedures and practices to manage risk to individuals and others in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
Be able to promote a culture where needs and risks are balanced with health and safety practice in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
Be able to improve health, safety and risk management policies, procedures and practices in health and social care or children and young people’s settings

Develop procedures and practice to respond to concerns and complaints

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the regulatory requirements, codes of practice and relevant guidance for managing concerns and complaints
Be able to develop procedures to address concerns and complaints
Be able to lead the implementation of procedures and practice for addressing concerns and complaints
Be able to review the procedures and practices for addressing concerns and complaints

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

Develop provision for family support

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the key policies and legislative frameworks that govern the provision of family support in UK home nation
Be able to develop provision for family support
Be able to implement provision for family support
Be able to support others to establish positive relationships with families

Develop, maintain and use records and reports

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the legal and organisational requirements for recording information and providing reports
Be able to prepare professional records and reports that meet legal requirements, and agreed ways of working
Be able to use records and reports to inform judgements and decisions

Effective partnership working in the learning and teaching context

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the purpose and nature of partnership working
Understand the purpose, aims and objectives of a partnership
Understand the structure and management of a partnership
Understand how to measure and report on a partnership’s outputs
Understand how to communicate effectively within a partnership
Understand the wider context within which a partnership operates

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 pain and distress at end of life
Understand how to support carers of individuals with dementia at end of life

Explore models of disability

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the complexities of models of disability
Be able to review how models of disability underpin organisational practice
Develop others’ awareness of models of disability

Facilitate change in health and social care or children and young people’s settings

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the principles of change management in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
Be able to facilitate a shared understanding of the need for change in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
Be able to develop an approved change management plan in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
Be able to gain support for a proposed change in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
Be able to implement approved change management plans in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
Be able to evaluate the change management process in health and social care or children and young people’s settings

Facilitate coaching and mentoring of practitioners in health and social care or children and young people’s settings

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the benefits of coaching and mentoring practitioners in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
Be able to promote coaching and mentoring of practitioners in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
Be able to identify the coaching and mentoring needs of practitioners in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
Be able to implement coaching and mentoring activities in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
Be able to review the outcomes of coaching and mentoring in health and social care or children and young people’s settings

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

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

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.

Independent Advocacy with Children and Young People

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Provide Independent Advocacy support to children and young people
Use UK, European and International legislation to promote children’s rights
Respond to requests for Advocacy support, Assist the child or young person to explore choices and potential consequence
Support children and young people through a range of meetings and decision making processes, Engage with professionals
Use child protection systems to keep children and young people safe

Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand and use the Mental Capacity Act, Provide Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA)
Work with the decision maker, Challenge decisions made by the decision maker
Work with people who lack capacity
Work with accommodation and care review referrals
Work with serious medical treatment referrals
Work with adult protection referrals, Construct an IMCA written report that meets statutory requirements

Independent Mental Health Advocacy

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Know how Mental Health legislation affects IMHA qualifying patients, Provide Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA)
Respond to requests for IMHA support, Engage with professionals
Respond to individuals who have diverse needs

Lead a service that supports individuals through significant life events

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Be able to implement organisational systems and procedures necessary to support individuals experiencing significant life events
Be able to ensure sufficient and appropriate resources to support individuals experiencing significant life events
Be able to ensure staff can respond to individuals experiencing significant life events

Lead active support

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand how the active support model translates values into person-centred practical action with individuals
Be able to use practice leadership to promote positive interaction
Be able to use practice leadership in supporting others to develop and implement person-centred daily plans to promote participation
Be able to use practice leadership in supporting others to maintain individuals’ quality of life

Lead and manage a team within a health and social care or children and young people’s setting

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the features of effective team performance within a health and social care or children and young people’s setting
Be able to support a positive culture within the team for a health and social care or children and young people’s setting
Be able to support a shared vision within the team for a health and social care or children and young people’s setting
Be able to develop a plan with team members to meet agreed objectives for a health and social care or children and young people’s setting
Be able to support individual team members to work towards agreed objectives in a health and social care or children and young people’s setting
Be able to manage team performance in a health and social care or children and young people’s setting

Lead and manage end of life care services

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Be able to apply current legislation and policy in end of life care in order to develop end of life services
Understand current theory and practice underpinning end of life care
Be able to lead and manage effective end of life care services
Be able to establish and maintain key relationships to lead and manage end of life care
Be able to support staff and others in the delivery of excellence in the end of life care service
Be able to continuously improve the quality of the end of life care service

Lead and manage group living for adults

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Be able to develop the physical group living environment to promote positive outcomes for individuals
Be able to lead the planning, implementation and review of daily living activities
Be able to promote positive outcomes in a group living environment
Be able to manage a positive group living environment

Lead and manage group living for children

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the legal, policy, rights and theoretical frame
work for group living for children and young people
Be able to lead the planning, implementation and review of daily living activities for children and young people
Be able to promote positive outcomes in a group living environment
Be able to manage a positive group living environment
Be able to safeguard children and young people in a group living environment

Lead and manage infection prevention and control within the work setting

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand current infection prevention and control policies, procedures and practices
Be able to lead the implementation of policies and procedures for infection prevention and control
Be able to manage the exchange of information about infections
Be able to lead the practice of infection prevention and control
Be able to manage risk management in infection prevention and control.

Lead and manage practice in dementia care

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand current policy and practice guidance for dementia care.
Be able to support others to develop an understanding of current research of the impact of dementia on individuals and their families.
Be able to lead practice that promotes the well-being of individuals with dementia
Be able to lead practice that support staff to establish and maintain relationships with carers of individuals with dementia
Be able to support staff to deliver dementia care
Be able to develop own practice in leading the delivery of dementia care

Lead person centred practice

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the theory and principles that underpin person centred practice
Be able to lead a person-centred practice
Be able to lead the implementation of active participation of individuals

Lead positive behavioural support

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the theoretical background and current policy context of Positive Behavioural
Be able to conduct a functional analysis of an individual requiring Positive Behavioural
Be able to design and lead person-centred, primary prevention strategies
Be able to assess the appropriateness of reactive strategy use
Be able to lead the implementation of a Positive Behavioural
Be able to manage and review the implementation of Positive Behavioural
Support Plans

Lead practice in assessing and planning for the needs of families and carers

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Be able to support others to understand the contribution that families and carers make in caring for individuals in health and social care or the care of children and young people
Be able to develop the practice of staff in assessing the needs of families and carers.
Be able to implement a care planning process to support families and carers.
Be able to evaluate quality of assessment and care planning to meet the needs of families and carers

Lead practice in promoting the well-being and resilience of children and young people

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand how different approaches to promoting positive well-being and resilience in children and young people impact on practice
Be able to lead practice in supporting children and young people’s well-being and resilience
Be able to lead practice in work with carers who are supporting children and young people
Be able to lead practice in responding to the health needs of children and young people
Be able to lead the development of practice with children or young people to promote their well-being and resilience

Lead practice that supports positive outcomes for child and young person development

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand theoretical approaches to child and young person development
Be able to lead and support developmental assessment of children and young people
Be able to develop and implement programmes with children or young people requiring developmental support
Be able to evaluate programmes for children or young people requiring developmental support
Be able to lead and promote support for children or young people experiencing transitions
Be able to lead positive behaviour support

Lead practice which supports individuals to take positive risks

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the relationship between person-centred assessment, care planning and positive risk taking for individuals
Be able to promote understanding of the legal and policy frameworks which underpin an individual’s right to make decisions and take risks.
Be able to develop practice which includes the individual and others in positive risk assessment and planning
Be able to support others to understand individuals’ ambitions and the support they will need to achieve them
Be able to develop systems for positive risk taking
Be able to evaluate the practice of positive risk-taking.

Lead support for disabled children and young people and their carers

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand how legislation and policy influences provision for disabled children and young people and their carers
Understand the potential impact of disability on children and young people and their carers
Be able to lead child and young person centred provision
Be able to work in partnership with others to promote services for children and young people and their carers

Lead the management of transitions

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the impact of change and transitions on the well-being of individuals
Be able to lead and manage provision that supports workers to manage transitions and significant life events

Manage an inter-professional team in a health and social care or children and young people’s setting

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the principles of inter-professional working within health and social care or children and young people’s settings
Be able to manage service objectives through the inter-professional team in health and social care or children and young people’s setting
Be able to promote inter-professional team working in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
Be able to manage processes for inter-professional work with individuals in health and social care or children and young people's setting
Be able to evaluate the effectiveness of inter-professional team work in health and social care or children and young people’s setting

Manage business redesign in health and social care or children or young people’s services

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the wider market of provision of health and social care or children or young people’s services in relation to a work setting
Be able to work with others to support business redesign.
Be able to develop a plan for business redesign
Be able to implement a plan for business redesign

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

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand how to manage disciplinary processes in relation to health and social care or children and young people’s settings
Be able to manage staff practice which falls below professional and/or organisational standards
Be able to compile and present evidence for a disciplinary proceeding.
Be able to manage the outcomes of a disciplinary process

Manage domiciliary services

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand factors that influence the management of domiciliary services
Be able to manage domiciliary services
Be able to implement systems for working safely in domiciliary services
Be able to supervise and support practitioners in order to promote individual’s needs and preferences in domiciliary services
Be able to respond to day to day changes and emergencies in domiciliary services
Be able to manage human resources required for domiciliary services

Manage finance within own area of responsibility in health and social care or children and young people's setting

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand financial management in own work setting
Be able to plan budget requirement for own area of responsibility
Be able to manage a budget
Be able to evaluate financial expenditure within own area of responsibility

Manage health and social care practice to ensure positive outcomes for individuals

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the theory and principles that underpin outcome based practice
Be able to lead practice that promotes social, emotional, cultural, spiritual and intellectual well being
Be able to lead practice that promotes individuals’ health
Be able to lead inclusive provision that gives individuals’ choice and control over the outcomes
Be able to manage effective working partnerships with carers, families and significant others to achieve positive outcomes

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

Manage physical resources

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the importance of sustainability when using physical resources
Be able to identify resource requirements for own area of responsibility
Be able to obtain required resources for own area of responsibility
Be able to monitor and review the quality and usage of resources in own area of responsibility

Manage quality in health and social care or children and young people's setting

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the context of quality assurance in a health and social care or children and young people’s setting
Be able to implement quality standards in a health and social care or children and young people’s setting
Be able to lead the evaluation of quality processes in a health and social care or children and young people’s setting

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

Professional practice in health and social care for adults or children and young people

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand theories that underpin practice within health and social care
Be able to lead the implementation of values, principles and statutory frameworks that underpin service provision in own area of work
Be able to use evidence based practice in the provision of health and social care services.
Be able to engage others in reflective practice

Promote access to healthcare for individuals with learning disabilities

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand issues related to access to healthcare services for individuals with learning disabilities
Understand the healthcare needs that may affect individuals with learning disabilities
Understand good practice in supporting people with a learning disability to access healthcare services
Understand how to support others to develop
monitor and review plans for healthcare
Be able to develop processes to support others to meet the healthcare needs of individuals with a learning disability
Be able to promote good practice to others in their support of individuals with learning disabilities accessing healthcare

Promote awareness of sensory loss

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand how to raise awareness of sensory losss
Be able to raise awareness of sensory loss
Be able to review action to promote awareness of sensory loss

Promote good practice in the support of individuals with autistic spectrum conditions

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand how the different and evolving theories about autism reflect the complexity of autistic spectrum conditions
Understand the implications of the legal and policy frame
work underpinning the support of individuals with autistic spectrum conditions
Be able to promote good practice in the support of individuals with an autistic spectrum condition
Be able to promote to others positive communication strategies for individuals with an autistic spectrum condition
Be able to implement strategies to support individuals with an autistic spectrum condition to manage their sensory world

Promote professional development

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand principles of professional development
Be able to prioritise goals and targets for own professional development
Be able to prepare a professional development plan
Be able to improve performance through reflective practice

Provide information about health and social care or children and young people’s services

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Be able to develop a plan to provide information about own organisation and its services
Be able to provide information about own organisation and its services
Be able to evaluate information provided to stakeholders

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 children or young people who have experienced harm or abuse

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the role of self and others when supporting children or young people who have experienced harm or ab
Be able to support children or young people who disclose harm or ab
Be able to support children or young people who have experienced harm or ab
Be able to work with others to support the safe involvement of key people with children or young people who have experienced harm or ab

Providing Independent Advocacy Management

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Manage Advocacy services
Implement record keeping systems, Recruit and induct Independent Advocates, Facilitate service user involvement in the running of the Independent Advocacy Service, Construct a business plan
Measure Advocacy outcomes, Negotiate a Service Level Agreement
Establish relationships with commissioners of Advocacy services, Promote Independent Advocacy and the service

Providing Independent Advocacy to Adults

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Provide Independent Advocacy support to adults in a range of settings, Treat the individual receiving Advocacy support as an individual, Assist the individual receiving Advocacy support to explore choices and potential consequences
Support adults through a range of meetings

Providing Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy-Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand legislation which affects people who may be subject to Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards or the formal provisions of the Mental Health Act, Provide the statutory IMCA DOLS service, Construct an IMCA DOLS written report that meets statutory requirements, Challenge decisions

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

Recruitment and selection within health and social care or children and young people’s settings

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the recruitment and selection processes in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
Be able to contribute to the recruitment process in health and social care or children’s and young people’s settings
Be able to participate in the selection process in health and social care or children’s and young people’s settings
Be able to evaluate the recruitment and selection processes in health and social care or children’s and young people’s settings

Safeguarding and protection of vulnerable adults

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the legislation, regulations and policies that underpin the protection of vulnerable adults
Be able to lead service provision that protects vulnerable adults
Be able to manage inter-agency, joint or integrated working in order to protect vulnerable adults
Be able to monitor and evaluate the systems, processes and practice that safeguards vulnerable adults

Support children’s speech, language and communication

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the importance of speech, language and communication for children’s overall development
Understand the importance and the benefits of adults supporting the speech, language and communication development of the children in own setting.
Be able to provide support for the speech, language and communication development of the children in own setting.
Be able to contribute to maintaining a positive environment that supports speech, language and communication

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
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 the last days of life

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the impact of the last days of life on the individual and other
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

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

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 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 with multiple conditions and/or disabilities

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the implications of multiple conditions and/or disabilities for the individual
Be able to support an individual with multiple conditions and/or disabilities
Be able to develop others to support the individual with multiple conditions and/or disabilities
Be able to review service provision in respect of individuals with multiple conditions and/or disabilities

Support individuals with sensory loss with communication

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand language development
Understand factors that affect the language and communication of an individual with sensory loss
Understand the complexities of specialist communication systems
Be able to support the individual with communication
Be able to support others to make use of specialist communication
Review communication work

Support people who are providing homes to individuals

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Be able to carry out assessments for the approval of adult placement / shared lives carers
Be able to support adult placement / shared lives carers to prepare for providing a home to an individual
Be able to carry out the matching process between adult placement / shared lives carers and individuals
Be able to monitor and review placements of individuals.

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 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 the use of assistive technology

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the contribution that assistive technology can make to the lives of individuals
Be able to facilitate the use of assistive technology
Be able to develop others to facilitate the use of assistive technology
Be able to review the provision of assistive technology

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

Understand children and young person’s development

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the pattern of development that would normally be expected for children and young people from birth-19 years
Understand the factors that impact on children and young people’s development
Understand the benefits of early intervention to support the development of children and young people
Understand the potential effects of transitions on children and young people’s development
Understand how assessing, monitoring and recording the development of children and young people informs the use of interventions

Understand how to manage a team

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the attributes of effective team performance
Know how to support team development
Know how to promote shared purpose within a team
Know how to promote a ‘no-blame culture’ within a team
Understand different styles of leadership and management

Understand how to support individuals during the last days of life

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand common features of support during the last days of life
Understand the impact of the last days of life on the individual and others
Know how to support individuals and others during the last days of life
Understand the actions to be taken following an individual’s death
Know how to manage own feelings in relation to an individual’s dying or death

Understand partnership working

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand partnership working

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

Understand professional management and leadership in health and social care or children and young people’s settings

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand theories of management and leadership and their application to health and social care or children and young people settings
Understand the relationship between professional management and leadership
Understand the skills of professional management and leadership in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
Understand the impact of policy drivers on professional management and leadership in health and social care or children and young people’s services

Understand safeguarding of children and young people for those working in the adult sector

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the policies, procedures and practices for safe working with children and young people
Understand how to respond to evidence or concerns that a child or young person has been abused or harmed

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

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.

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

Understand the needs of children and young people who are vulnerable and experiencing poverty and disadvantage

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the factors that may impact on the outcomes and life chances of children and young people
Understand how poverty and disadvantage affect children and young people’s development
Understand the importance of early intervention for children and young people who are disadvantaged and vulnerable
Understand the importance of support and partnership in improving outcomes for children and young people who are experiencing poverty and disadvantage
Understand the role of the practitioner in supporting children and young people who are vulnerable and experiencing poverty and disadvantage.

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.

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

Undertake a research project within services for health and social care or children and young people

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Be able to justify a topic for research within services for health and social care or children and young people
Understand how the components of research are used
Be able to conduct a research project within services for health and social care or children and young people
Be able to analyse research findings

Use and develop systems that promote communication

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Be able to address the range of communication requirements in own role
Be able to improve communication systems and practices that support positive outcomes for individuals
Be able to improve communication systems to support partnership working
Be able to use systems for effective information management

Work in partnership in health and social care or children and young people’s settings

Verified

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand partnership working
Be able to establish and maintain working relationships with colleagues
Be able to establish and maintain working relationships with other professionals
Be able to work in partnership with others

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

Regulatory & Verification Details

Qualification Number (QN): 601/8590/9
Regulated Status: Available to learners
Awarding Body: Focus Awards
Qualification Type: Occupational Qualification
Operational Start: Apr 2016