Highfield
Level 5
QN: 601/5372/6
Curriculum Active
Highfield Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare (England) (RQF)
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by Highfield. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 687 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 5
Awarding Body
Highfield
Syllabus Units
23 Units
Guided Hours
687 hrs
Instant access to interactive lessons, quizzes, and spaced revision.
Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Implement a Positive Relationship Policy in residential childcare
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the interconnection between relationships and behaviour
- Be able to develop a positive relationship policy that promotes good behaviour and positive outcomes for children and young people
- Be able to establish systems to implement the positive relationship policy
- Be able to equip team members to implement the positive relationship policy
- Be able to review a Positive Relationship Policy
- Understand the context for use of physical intervention and restraint
2
Lead a residential childcare service that can engage with the youth justice system
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the context of the youth justice system
- Be able to support team members to work with the court system relating to youth justice
- Be able to work in partnership with agencies involved in the youth justice system
- Be able to provide a service that reduces the risk of criminalisation of children and young people
- Understand the experience of the secure estate
- Be able to achieve successful transfer within and out of the secure estate
3
Lead a Service That Can Support Children or Young People Who Have Experienced Harm or Abuse
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand roles and responsibilities when supporting children or young people who have experienced harm or ab
- Be able to prepare team members to respond to disclosure or detection of harm and ab
- Understand how to provide a service that addresses both the safety and the wellbeing of children and young people who have experienced harm or ab
- Be able to support team members to work with challenges relating to harm or ab
4
Lead and manage a team within a residential childcare setting
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the concepts of management and leadership
- Understand the features of effective team performance within residential childcare
- Be able to lead the development of a positive organisational culture
- Be able to develop a plan with team members to meet agreed objectives
- Be able to support individual team members to work towards agreed objectives
- Be able to manage performance
- Understand how to lead a team through change
5
Lead and manage group living in residential childcare
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand current theoretical frameworks for group living for children and young people.
- Understand the current legal, policy and rights frameworks for children and young people in group living.
- Be able to support positive outcomes in a group living environment.
- Be able to lead the planning, implementation and review of group living activities for children and young people.
- Be able to manage work schedules and patterns to maintain a positive environment for group living.
6
Lead networks and multi-agency work to benefit children and young people in residential childcare
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the role of networks and multi-agency work in supporting positive outcomes for children and young people in residential childcare
- Understand the local net
- work for children and young people’s services
- Be able to build a multi-agency team around a child or young person
- Be able to participate in the work of a multi-agency team built around a child or young person
- Be able to continuously improve multi-agency work
7
Lead practice for communication and information management in residential childcare settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the theoretical context of communication in residential childcare settings
- Be able to develop team members’ knowledge and skills to support communication with children and young people
- Be able to support team members in addressing specific communication needs of children and young people
- Be able to develop practices that support children and young people to communicate openly in the work setting
- Understand approaches to conflict management
- Be able to develop communication to support professional networks and teams
- Be able to manage systems for effective information management
8
Lead Practice in Safe Use of Digital, Internet and Mobile Technology with Children and Young People
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the uses of technology by children and young people in society
- Understand benefits and risks for children and young people when using digital, internet and mobile technology
- Be able to support safe use of digital, internet and mobile technology by children and young people
- Be able to address risks to team members associated with use of digital, internet and mobile technology
9
Lead practice to achieve positive outcomes for children and young people in residential childcare
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand positive outcomes for children and young people in residential childcare
- Be able to lead practice that puts children or young people at the centre
- Be able to lead engagement with families to benefit children or young people
- Be able to lead practice that addresses the health needs of children or young people
- Be able to lead practice that supports children or young people to learn
- Be able to lead practice that supports children or young people to enjoy their leisure time
- Be able to lead practice that promotes participation in the community
- Be able to lead continuous improvement to practice
10
Lead practice to promote the rights, diversity and equality of children and young people in residential childcare
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the legislative frameworks for children and young people’s rights
- Be able to develop policies and procedures that promote the rights of children and young people
- Understand anti-discriminatory practice with children and young people
- Be able to lead anti-discriminatory practice
- Be able to lead practice that supports the right of children and young people to raise concerns and make complaints
- Be able to lead continuous improvement to practice to promote the rights of children and young people
11
Lead Practice to Support the Safeguarding and Protection of Children and Young People in Residential Childcare
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the impact of current legislation for the safeguarding of children and young people
- Be able to participate in local networks to safeguard children and young people
- Be able to lead practice that minimises the risk of potential, actual and alleged harm by team members
- Be able to lead practice that minimises the risk of harm and ab
- use in the care setting
- Be able to implement policies and procedures for safeguarding children and young people
- Understand situations that present high risk of harm for children and young people
- Understand approaches that address child sexual exploitation
- Be able to review policies and procedures for safeguarding children and young people in residential childcare
12
Lead practice to support the well-being and resilience of children and young people in residential childcare
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand well-being and resilience in children and young people in residential childcare
- Understand support for well-being and resilience
- Be able to lead practice that supports children and young people’s well-being and resilience
- Be able to improve practice in promoting the well-being and resilience of children and young people
13
Lead practice to support young people leaving care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand theoretical, statutory and legal frameworks in relation to young people leaving care to live independently
- Be able to recognise factors that impact on the experience of leaving care
- Be able to lead support for young people as they prepare for independent living
- Be able to work with others to support young people leaving care
- Be able to review support in relation to young people leaving care
14
Manage risk in residential childcare
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the legal, ethical and theoretical context for health, safety and risk management in residential childcare settings.
- Be able to establish a culture where risks and benefits are balanced to achieve positive outcomes for children and young people.
- Be able to lead implementation of risk management procedures.
- Be able to review health, safety and risk management policies, procedures and practices.
15
Principles for leading the transition of young people with complex disabilities or conditions to adult services
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand theoretical, statutory and legal frameworks in relation to young people making the transition to adult services
- Understand the impact of complex disabilities or conditions on the transition into adulthood
- Understand adult care provision
- Understand how to work with others to support young people making the transition to adult services
- Understand person centred support for transition to adult services
- Understand how to review support in relation to young people making the transition to adult services
16
Support others to understand models of disability and their effects on working practice with children and young people
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand models of disability.
- Be able to review how models of disability underpin organisational practice with children and young people.
- Be able to develop others’ awareness of models of disability.
17
Understand children and young people’s development in residential childcare
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the pattern of development that would usually be expected for children and young people from birth to 19 years.
- Understand the factors that impact on children and young people’s development.
- Understand how to support children and young people’s development during transitions.
- Understand how assessing, monitoring and recording the development of children and young people informs the use of interventions.
- Understand the use of interventions to support the development of children and young people.
18
Understand support for children and young people who are vulnerable and disadvantaged
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand factors that impact on outcomes and life chances of children and young people.
- Understand how poverty and disadvantage can affect children and young people’s development.
- Understand the strategic and policy context for improving outcomes for children and young people.
- Understand partnership working to improve 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.
19
Understand the care system and its impact on children and young people
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the process by which a child or young person comes into care
- Understand the entitlements of children and young people in care
- Understand the context of residential services for children and young people in care
- Understand the impact of residential childcare services on children and young people
- Understand how to support a positive experience of care services for children and young people
- Understand planning frameworks for children and young people in residential childcare
20
Understand the context of residential childcare for children and young people with complex disabilities or conditions
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the impact of complex disabilities and conditions on children and young people and their families
- Understand the theoretical, legal and policy frameworks for residential childcare for children and young people with complex disabilities or conditions
- Understand residential childcare for children and young people with complex disabilities or conditions
21
Understand the youth justice system as it relates to residential childcare
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand why children and young people in care are vulnerable to engagement in offending behaviour
- Understand how to reduce the risk of criminalisation of children and young people
- Understand partnership working in the youth justice system
- Understand the court system as it relates to youth justice
- Understand the experience of the secure estate
- Understand how to achieve successful transfer within and out of the secure estate for children and young people
22
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
23
Undertake professional development in residential childcare settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand principles of professional development
- Understand how personal attributes and experiences can be used in 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
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 601/5372/6
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- Highfield
- Qualification Type
- Occupational Qualification
- Operational Start
- Jan 2015