Highfield
Level 4
QN: 603/2829/0
Curriculum Active
Highfield Level 4 Diploma in Adult Care (RQF)
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by Highfield. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 2031 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 4
Awarding Body
Highfield
Syllabus Units
72 Units
Guided Hours
2031 hrs
Instant access to interactive lessons, quizzes, and spaced revision.
Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
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.
2
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.
3
Assessment, implementation and review of assistive technology in social care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how legislation and regulatory procedures impact on the provision of assistive technology
- Understand how assistive technology can support independent living and individual wellbeing
- Be able to carry out assessment for assistive technology
- Be able to support an individual and others to implement assistive technology
- Be able to work in partnership with an individual and others to review provision of assistive technology
4
Awareness of the Mental Capacity Act 2005
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of the Mental Capacity Act 2005
- Understand the key elements of the Mental Capacity Act 2005
- Understand ‘restraint’ as defined in the s6(4) Mental Capacity Act 2005
- Understand the importance of complying with the Mental Capacity Act 2005 Code of Practice when working with individuals who lack capacity
5
Continuous Improvement in Adult Care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the continuous quality improvement in practice and how to develop a culture of continuous improvement
6
Develop and implement reablement plans
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand reablement
- Understand the importance of activities of daily living for individuals
- Understand resources available to support reablement
- Be able to contribute to the development of plans for reablement
- Be able to implement reablement plan
7
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
8
Diabetes Awareness
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand diabetes and the associated implications
- Know the most common types of diabetes and their causes
- Understand how to implement a person-centred approach when supporting individuals with diabetes
- Understand the nutritional needs of individuals with diabetes
- Understand factors relating to an individual's experience of diabetes
- Understand the importance of monitoring diabetes
- Understand the links between diabetes and other conditions
9
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 a 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
10
Facilitate person centred assessment to support wellbeing
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand theories and principles of assessment
- Be able to work in partnership with an individual and others to facilitate person centred assessment
- Be able to carry out a person centred assessment that promotes wellbeing
11
Facilitate support planning to ensure positive outcomes for Individuals and to support wellbeing
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the theories and principles that underpin outcomes based practice
- Be able to develop a support plan to meet the identified needs of an individual
- Understand the value of assistive living technology in developing a support plan
- Be able to facilitate the implementation of support plans in partnership with the individual and others
- Be able to facilitate a person-centered review of support plans in partnership with the individual and others
12
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
13
Governance in Adult Care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the legislative and policy context of adult care provision
- Understand internal governance arrangements within adult care organisations
14
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
15
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
16
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.
17
Installation, maintenance and removal of assistive technology in social care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the implications for individuals and others of assistive technology installation
- Be able to install assistive technology
- Be able to support an individual and others to maintain assistive technology
- Be able to support an individual and others to remove assistive technology
18
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
19
Lead communication in adult care settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand communication needs and factors affecting them
- Understand how to support the use of assistive technology to enhance communication
- Be able to interact with individuals
- Be able to convey information to individuals and others
- Understand the importance of confidentially in interactions with individuals
20
Lead health and Safety in adult care settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand own responsibilities, and the responsibilities of others, relating to health and safety
- Understand how to carry out own responsibilities for health and safety
- Be able to work safely in health and social care settings
- Be able to manage risk
- Be able to support others to work safely in relation to health and safety
21
Lead inclusive practice in adult care settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand equality, diversity and inclusion
- Understand how inclusive practice supports equality and diversity
- Understand how to promote equality and diversity
- Be able to model and work in a way that supports equality and diversity
22
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.
23
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
24
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
25
Manage Self for Leadership in Adult Care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of self-awareness
- Understand how to manage own behaviour
- Understand how to manage own workload
- Understand own role to champion the vision and values of the service
- Understand how to manage own learning and continuing professional development
26
Mentoring in social care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand own role and responsibilities in relation to mentoring in social care
- Understand the use of mentoring in a social care setting
- Understand techniques for establishing a mentoring relationship
- Be able to agree goals and outcomes in partnership with the mentee
- Be able to mentor in social care
- Be able to review the progress and achievements of a mentee in partnership with them
27
Personal development in adult social care settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the competence requirements within own work role
- Be able to evaluate own performance
- Be able to agree a personal development plan
- Be able to reflect on practice
- Be able to use reflective practice to contribute to personal development
- Be able to use evidence based practice
28
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
29
Professional practice in adult care settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand theories, values, principles and statutory frameworks that underpin practice within care
- Understand how duty of care contributes to safe practice
- Understand how to address conflicts or dilemmas that may arise between an individual's rights to choice and control and the duty of care
- Be able to apply values, principles and statutory frameworks that underpin service provision in own area of work
30
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
31
Promote assistive technology in social care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the barriers to assistive technology
- Be able to support the organisation to offer assistive technology
- Be able to champion the use of assistive technology
32
Promote awareness of sensory loss
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to raise awareness of sensory loss
- Be able to raise awareness of sensory loss
- Be able to review action to promote awareness of sensory loss
33
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
34
Provide information, advice and guidance
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of providing accurate information, advice and guidance in a person centred way
- Understand provision of information, advice and guidance in own practice
- Be able to provide accurate information advice and guidance using a range of sources
- Be able to review own practice in information, advice and guidance
35
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
36
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.
37
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
38
Select and Prepare interior plant displays
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to select
- use and maintain equipment for establishing interior plant displays
- Be able to establish interior plant displays
- Be able to work safely and minimise environmental damage
- Know how to set up interior plant displays
- Know the types of equipment required and how to maintain them
- Know the relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice.
39
Share knowledge and good practice
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Plan to share knowledge and good practice
- Be able to share knowledge and good practice
- Be able to incorporate new knowledge into own practice
- Be able to evaluate the sharing of knowledge and good practice
40
Support individuals during the last days of life
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the impact of the last days of life on the individual and others
- Understand how to respond to common symptoms in the last days of life
- Be able to support individuals and others during the last days of life
- Be able to respond to changing needs of an individual during the last days of life
- Be able to work according to national guidelines, local policies and procedures, taking into account preferences and wishes after the death of the individual
- Be able to manage own feelings in relation to an individual’s dying or death
41
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
42
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
43
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
44
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
45
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
46
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.
47
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
48
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
49
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.
50
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
51
Support the spiritual wellbeing of individuals
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of spiritual wellbeing for individuals
- Be able to identify the spiritual needs of an individual and others
- Understand the impact of values and beliefs on own and an individual's spiritual wellbeing
- Be able to support individuals' spiritual wellbeing
52
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
53
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
54
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
55
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
56
Understand Parkinson’s for health and social care staff
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the signs, symptoms and progression of Parkinson’s
- Understand the impacts of Parkinson’s on the individual and others
- Understand the processes, procedures, methods, techniques and services used to manage Parkinson’s
- Understand the issues associated with Parkinson’s medication
- Understand communication and cognitive challenges associated with Parkinson’s at different stages
57
Understand personalisation in adult care and support services
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the meaning of personalisation in social care and support services
- Understand the systems and processes that support personalisation
- Understand where responsibilities lie within self-directed support
- Understand how to promote personalisation
- Understand how to develop systems and structures for personalisation
58
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
59
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.
60
Understand public funding of individual care needs in Adult Social Care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the welfare benefit system
- Understand the processes relating to Local Authority funding for individual care needs
- Understand the processes relating to National Health Service (NHS) funding for individual care needs
- Understand ways in which others can manage financial affairs of an individual
- Understand how to signpost and refer to professional advice services
61
Understand safeguarding and protection in adult care settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the impact of current legislation for the safeguarding of adults at risk of ab
- use and neglect
- Understand how to respond to suspected or alleged ab
- Understand how to participate in inter-agency, joint integrated working to protect vulnerable adults
- Understand how to support others in safeguarding
- Understand the responsibility to safeguard children and young people who are present in an adult care work setting
- Be able to develop the understanding of others about safeguarding children and young people
- Understand how to address conflicts and dilemmas associated with safeguarding children and young people
62
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
63
Understand Stroke Care Management
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to support individuals to manage stroke according to legislation, policy and guidance
- Understand specific communication factors affecting individuals following a stroke
- Understand changing physical needs of individuals affected by stroke
- Understand the impact of the effects of stroke on daily living
- Understand the associated complications for an individual with stroke
- Understand the importance of adopting a person centred approach in stroke care management
64
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
65
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.
66
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
67
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.
68
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.
69
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.
70
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
71
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
72
Working in partnership with others
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
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 603/2829/0
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- Highfield
- Qualification Type
- Occupational Qualification
- Operational Start
- Jan 2018