IAO
Level 3
QN: 610/6982/6
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IAO Level 3 Diploma in Adult Care
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by IAO. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 2844 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 3
Awarding Body
IAO
Syllabus Units
110 Units
Guided Hours
2844 hrs
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Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Anatomy, physiology, health and wellbeing
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the basic make-up of the human body
- Understand the structure and function of body systems
- Understand the links between the human body and health and wellbeing
2
Assess the needs of carers and families
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the contribution that families and carers make in providing care for individuals
- Engage with families and carers who are providing care for individuals
- Assess the needs of families and carers
- Be able to identify a plan to support families and carers
3
Assist with the transfer of individuals who misuse substances between agencies and services
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how legislation and organisational policies underpin the transfer of individuals between agencies and service
- Apply agency and service procedures when preparing people for transfer
- Be able to liaise with individuals and the agencies and services they are being transferred to
4
Carry out initial assessments to identify and prioritise the needs of substance misusers
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the legislation, policies and practice applicable when working with substance misusers
- Understand the substances available and their effects
- Be able to evaluate individuals’ substance mis
- Be able to identify appropriate interventions
- Be able to make referrals to substance mis
- use services
5
Carrying out comprehensive substance misuse assessment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the legislation, policies and practice relevant to substance mis
- Understand the signs and implications of substance mis
- use related problems
- Understand the range of substance mis
- use services and treatment interventions
- Support the individual to prepare for comprehensive substance mis
- use assessment
- Assess possible risks to the individual
- Assess individuals’ substance mis
- use and related problems
- Implement the assessment process
6
Contribute to effective team working in adult care settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand theories of teams and team working
- Understand the principles that underpin effective team
- Be able to work as part of a team
- Be able to support individual team members
- Be able to contribute to the review of the work of the team
7
Contribute to raising awareness of health issues
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand factors affecting awareness-raising activities about health issues
- Recognise the need for raising awareness of health issues
- Assist in planning activities to raise awareness of health issues
- Contribute to implementing activities for raising awareness of health issues
- Review the effectiveness of activities to raise awareness of health issues
8
Develop and sustain effective working relationships with staff in other agencies
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the context of working in partnership
- Develop effective working relationships with staff in other agencies
- Maintain effective working relationships
9
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 the importance of monitoring diabetes
- Understand the links between diabetes and other conditions
10
Digital communication fundamentals in health and social care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Compose, format, and send professional digital messages
- Manage and organise digital communication effectively
- Support safe, secure, and responsible use of digital communication tools
11
Digital data and spreadsheet management in health and social care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Create and organise digital data effectively
- Analyse and interpret digital data using spreadsheet tools
- Present and communicate data professionally
- Ensure data integrity and ethical compliance
12
Digital evidence portfolio for continuing professional development
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the principles of digital evidence management
- Use digital systems to collect and record evidence of competence
- Review, share, and evaluate digital evidence securely
- Promote continuous learning and improvement through digital assessment
13
Digital inclusion and accessibility in health and social care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the principles of digital inclusion and accessibility
- Support digital access and participation for service users and colleagues
- Use assistive and adaptive technologies to enhance inclusion
- Promote an inclusive digital culture in care settings
14
Digital internet use in health and social care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Set up and maintain secure internet connections
- Use browsers and digital tools to access, search, and retrieve online information
- Share and communicate information safely online
- Apply digital safety, security, and ethical practices when working online
15
Digital presentation and communication for health and social care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Design and prepare digital presentations for professional use
- Create, edit, and enhance digital presentations using multimedia tools
- Deliver and evaluate digital presentations effectively
16
Digital productivity in health and social care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- select and use appropriate digital systems and software for different purposes in care settings
- Review and adapt the ongoing use of digital tools to ensure effective outcomes
- Review and test solutions to improve digital productivity in care settings
17
Digital project management in health and social care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Plan and define a digital project to meet organisational needs
- Use digital tools to coordinate
- monitor and govern project activities
- Analyse project data and report outcomes using digital systems
18
Digital security and data protection in health and social care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Identify and manage risks to digital security and data protection
- Apply procedures to maintain the security of digital systems and data
- Promote and support good practice in digital security across the care setting
19
Digital software use in health and social care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Select and use appropriate digital software applications to meet work needs
- develop, and format digital information for professional use
- Present and review digital information to meet audience and organisational needs
20
Digital user fundamentals for health and social care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Use digital systems safely and effectively to meet organisational needs
- Manage digital information storage and retrieval securely
- Maintain digital safety, security, and wellbeing in care practice
- Troubleshoot and maintain digital systems in a care setting
21
Digital website and online content development for health and social care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Plan and design digital content for health and social care websites
- Develop and edit online content using appropriate digital tools
- maintain, and review online content securely and ethically
22
Duty of care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how duty of care contributes to safe practice
- Know how to address conflicts or dilemmas that may arise between an individual’s rights and the duty of care
- Know how to respond to concerns and complaints
- Know how to recognise and respond to adverse events, incidents, errors and near misses
23
Enable individuals to negotiate different environments
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand factors that can affect an individual negotiating environments
- Support an individual to negotiate environments
- Review the support provided to an individual to negotiate an environment
24
Enable rights and choices of individuals living with dementia
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand legislation and agreed ways of working with individuals living with dementia
- Be able to support the rights and choices of individuals living with dementia
- Be able to involve carers and others in supporting individuals living with dementia
- Be able to maintain the privacy, dignity and respect of individuals living with dementia whilst promoting rights and choices
25
End of life and dementia care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the provision of end of life care for individuals living with dementia
- Understand how to support individuals living with dementia affected by pain and distress at end of life
- Understand how to support carers of individuals living with dementia at end of life
26
Equality, diversity, inclusion and human rights
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand influences on working practices to promote equality, diversity, inclusion and human rights
- Understand the importance of equality, diversity, inclusion and human rights within your work setting
- Know how to promote equality, diversity, inclusion and human rights
- Work in an inclusive way
27
Equality, diversity, inclusion and human rights in dementia care practice
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of equality, diversity, inclusion and human rights in dementia care and support
- Understand that each individual’s experience of dementia is unique
- Be able to work in a person-centred way with individuals living with dementia
- Be able to work with others to support equality, diversity and inclusion
28
Facilitate active support
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how active support facilitates person-centred practical action with an individual
- Interact with individuals to promote participation
- Develop and implement person-centred daily plans to promote participation
- Use person-centred records to evaluate an individual’s participation in activities
29
Facilitate person-centred assessment, planning, implementation and review
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the principles of person-centred assessment and care planning
- Be able to facilitate person centred assessment
- Contribute to the planning of care or support
- Support the implementation of care plans
- Monitor a care plan
- Be able to facilitate a review of care plans and their implementation
30
Handle information effectively in adult care settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand requirements for handling information in care settings
- Implement good practice in handling information
31
Health and safety responsibilities in adult care settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand own responsibilities, and the responsibilities of others, relating to health and safety
- Understand procedures for responding to accidents and sudden illness
- Carry out own responsibilities for health and safety
32
Health and safety topics in adult care settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Move and handle equipment and other objects safely
- Handle hazardous substances and materials
- Promote fire safety in the work setting
- Implement security measures in the work setting
33
Health and wellbeing in adult care settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of individuals’ wellbeing
- Know how to monitor individuals’ health and wellbeing
- Be able to assess and respond to changes in an individual’s health and wellbeing
- Promote individuals’ health and wellbeing
34
Help individuals address their substance misuse through an action plan
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the background relating to substance mis
- use to support the development of an action plan
- Develop an action plan with individuals
- Review the action plan with individuals
35
Increase awareness about drugs, alcohol or other substances
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand legislation and government policy relating to substance use
- Understand substance use, its effects and treatments
- Identify individuals’ knowledge of and values in relation to substance use
- Increase individuals’ knowledge and understanding of substance use
36
Infection prevention and control
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to prevent and control the spread of infection
- Prevent and control the risk of infection
37
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 carers/others to maintain assistive technology
- Be able to support an individual and others to remove assistive technology
38
Interact with and support individuals using telecommunications
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the legal and local requirements relating to the use of telecommunications when supporting individuals
- Be able to use telecommunication technology
- Be able to engage with individuals using telecommunications
- Be able to identify and evaluate any risks or dangers for individuals during the interaction
- Be able to terminate the interaction
39
Introduction to personalisation in social care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the meaning of personalisation in social care
- Understand systems that support personalisation
- Understand how personalisation affects the way support is provided
- Understand how to implement personalisation
40
Leadership and management fundamentals
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the role of a leader
- Know why organisations have managers
- Be able to apply leadership in context
- Be able to demonstrate functions of a manager
41
Leading effective teams
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the concept of teams
- Understand team dynamics
- Be able to develop positive team dynamics
- Be able to develop trust within a team
42
Maintain the independent advocacy relationship
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know what to do when faced with practice dilemmas
- Be able to deal positively with conflict
- Maintain accurate records
- Be able to prioritise competing work commitments
- Be able to use personal value base and power appropriately
- Be able to use supervision as a tool to reflect and improve practice
- Be able to use local and national networks
- Be able to respond to concerns of ab
43
Manage own personal wellbeing
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand own wellbeing
- Understand the importance of maintaining and improving own wellbeing
- Know how to maintain and improve own wellbeing
- Know how to manage own stress and anxiety
44
Mental capacity and restrictive practice
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the principles of mental capacity
- Understand the application of the principles of mental capacity and consent
- Understand restrictive practices
45
Person-centred practice
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the application of person-centred practices in care settings
- Understand the importance of individuals’ relationships
- Work in a person-centred way
46
Prepare environments and resources for use during healthcare activities
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to manage environments for use during healthcare activities
- Prepare environments, medical equipment, devices and resources for use during healthcare activities
- Ensure that environments and resources are ready for their next intended use
47
Prepare to support individuals within a shared lives arrangement
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how shared lives arrangements can benefit individuals
- Be able to access and share information relevant to the provision of a shared lives arrangement for individuals
- Be able to address the potential impact on key people of providing a shared lives arrangement
- Be able to carry out an analysis of own development needs before supporting an individual in a shared lives arrangement
48
Principles of supporting an individual to maintain personal hygiene
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of good personal hygiene
- Know how to support an individual to maintain personal hygiene
- Understand when poor hygiene may be an indicator of underlying personal issues
49
Principles of supporting young people with a disability to make the transition into adulthood
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the stages in moving from childhood into adulthood
- Understand how having a disability may affect the process of moving from childhood into adulthood
- Understand the options for supporting young people with disability to make the transition into adulthood
- Understand how to support young people with disability through a successful transition
- Understand the importance of supporting young people and their family to reflect on the transition
50
Promote choice and independence in adult care settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Promote individuals’ rights to make choices
- Promote individuals’ independence
- Understand the role of risk assessments in promoting person-centred approaches, choice and independence
51
Promote continuous development in adult care settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know what is required to be competent in own role
- Demonstrate commitment to own development
- Understand the value of reflective practice
- Use reflective practice to improve ways of working
- Develop leadership behaviours
52
Promote effective communication in adult care settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand why effective communication is important in the work setting
- Understand the variety in people’s communication needs and preferences
- Be able to communicate effectively with others
- Meet the communication and language needs, wishes and preferences of individuals
- Understand the role of independent advocacy services in supporting individuals to communicate their wishes, needs, and preferences
- Understand confidentiality in care settings
53
Promote nutrition and hydration in health and social care settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand what makes up a balanced diet
- Understand nutritional guidelines
- Promote nutrition in health and social care settings
- Encourage hydration in health and social care settings
- Understand how to prevent malnutrition in health and social care settings
- Carry out nutritional screening in health and social care settings
- Be able to monitor and record nutrition and hydration needs with individuals in health and social care settings
- Understand factors that affect special dietary requirements in health and social care settings
54
Promote rights and values in the use of assistive technology in social care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand rights and values for assistive technology
- Understand how assistive technology can support the rights of an individual and others
- Be able to support the rights of an individual and others in the implementation of assistive technology
55
Provide independent advocacy support
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Establish safe boundaries to maintain the advocacy relationship
- Establish the advocacy relationship
- Assist the individual receiving advocacy support to explore and make choices
- Formulate a plan of action
- Support the individual to self-advocate
- Act on the instruction of the person receiving advocacy support
- Review and disengage from the advocacy relationship
56
Provide support for individuals within a shared lives arrangement
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to establish the needs of an individual
- Address an individual’s needs through a shared lives arrangement
- Know how to address potential power imbalances in a shared lives arrangement
- Assist individuals to adjust to the home environment
- Support key people to adjust to a shared lives arrangement
- Contribute to ongoing review of the shared lives arrangement
57
Provide support for therapy sessions
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the benefits of therapy sessions
- Provide support in therapy sessions
- Contribute to the review of therapy sessions
58
Provide support services to those affected by someone else's substance use
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the legislation, policies and practice relevant to working with children, young people and families affected by substance use
- Know about the available support services and how to access them
- Understand issues that affect children, and young people within families affected by substance use
- Identify options for individuals affected by someone else’s substance use
- Support individuals affected by someone else’s substance use to review the effectiveness of selected options
59
Responding to the advocacy needs of different groups of people
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Make advocacy accessible to individuals
- Understand the impact of medical and social models of disability on the advocacy relationship
- Promote diversity within the advocacy relationship
- Use non-instructed advocacy
60
Safeguarding in adult care settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the national and local context of safeguarding and protection from ab
- use and neglect
- Know how to recognise signs of ab
- Understand ways to reduce the likelihood of ab
- use or neglect occurring
- Know how to respond to suspected or disclosed ab
- Know how to recognise and report unsafe practices
- Understand the principles of online safety
61
Stroke awareness
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand what a stroke is
- Know how to recognise stroke
- Understand the management of risk factors for stroke
- Understand the importance of emergency response and treatment for stroke
- Understand the management of stroke
62
Supply and exchange injecting equipment for individuals
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand policy and procedures for the supply and exchange of injecting equipment
- Conduct initial assessment of substance users and provide relevant advice
- Supply and exchange injecting equipment
63
Support communication with individuals with sensory loss
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of communication
- Understand how to support communication with individuals with sensory loss
- Be able to support communication with an individual with sensory loss
- Be able to evaluate methods of communication used to support an individual with sensory loss
64
Support families in maintaining relationships in their wider social structures
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of social interactions and relationships for families of people with specific needs
- Understand the issues surrounding discrimination
- Support families to access opportunities for social contact within their wider social structures
65
Support families of individuals with acquired brain injury
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of working in a family centred way
- Understand the long term effects of acquired brain injury on the family
- Be able to apply legislation that is relevant to carers of individuals with acquired brain injury
- Be able to support families and friends who hold the primary caring role
- Know the support available from other professionals and agencies
66
Support families who have had 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
67
Support individuals in the use of assistive technology
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the 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 use of assistive technology to meet identified outcomes
68
Support individuals in their relationships
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand factors affecting the capacity of individuals to develop or maintain relationships
- Understand how to support individuals in establishing positive relationships
- Support individuals in developing positive relationships
- Support individuals to maintain existing relationships
- Work with individuals to review the support provided for relationships
69
Support individuals through detoxification programmes
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how assessments should be undertaken
- Introduce individuals to detoxification programmes
- Develop and review detoxification and care plans
- Manage closure of individuals’ detoxification programmes
70
Support individuals to deal with personal relationship problems
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to support individuals to assess personal relationship problems
- Support individuals to overcome personal relationship problems
- Understand how to access specialist support about personal relationship problems
- Understand how to support individuals to end detrimental or harmful relationships
- Work with individuals to review the support provided for dealing with personal relationship problems
71
Support individuals to maintain personal hygiene
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of good personal hygiene
- Be able to support individuals to maintain personal hygiene
- Understand when poor hygiene may be an indicator of other underlying personal issues
72
Support individuals to stay safe from harm or abuse
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how legislative frameworks support the safeguarding of individuals
- Support individuals to gain understanding of behaviours and situations that may make them vulnerable to harm or ab
- Support individuals to gain understanding about how to stay safe
- Work in ways that support individuals to stay safe
73
Support individuals who are substance users
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand substances, their effects and how they might be used
- Enable individuals to adopt safe practices associated with substance use
- Support individuals when they have used substances
- Support individuals in reducing substance use
74
Support individuals with a learning disability to access healthcare
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand legislation, policies and guidance relevant to individuals with learning disabilities accessing healthcare
- Understand the function of different healthcare services that an individual with learning disabilities may need to access
- Understand the role of professionals within different healthcare services that a person with learning disabilities may need to access
- Understand how plans for healthcare and regular health checks underpin long-term health and well-being for individuals with learning disabilities
- Be able to complete and review plans for healthcare
- Understand the issues that an individual with learning disabilities may face when accessing a variety of healthcare services
- Be able to support an individual with learning disabilities when accessing healthcare services
75
Support individuals with living dementia to eat and drink
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how dementia can affect the nutritional needs of individuals
- Understand the effect that mealtime environments can have on an individual living with dementia
- Support an individual living with dementia to eat and drink
76
Support individuals with multiple conditions and disabilities
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the impact of multiple conditions and disabilities on individuals
- Understand support available for individuals with multiple conditions and disabilities
- Understand the different roles involved in supporting individuals with multiple conditions and disabilities
- Be able to assist individuals with multiple conditions and disabilities to engage in activities
- Be able to evaluate the support provided to an individual with multiple conditions and disabilities in order to engage in activities
77
Support individuals with self-directed support
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand self-directed support
- Understand how to support individuals to direct their own support and develop their support plan
- Understand the different ways that individuals can use their personal budget
- Be able to support individuals to direct their support
- Be able to support individuals to use their personal budget in different ways
- Be able to support individuals with an outcome-focused review
78
Support parents with disabilities
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the legislative and policy frame
- work that underpins good practice in the support of parents with disabilities
- Understand the support available to parents with disabilities
- Be able to support parents with disabilities
- Be able to support individuals with disabilities to overcome the barriers they may face in becoming parents and bringing up children
- Be able to develop positive working relationships with parents with disabilities
- Work in partnership with other workers, different services and informal support networks
- Understand safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the child
79
Support the assessment of individuals with sensory loss
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand types of assessments available to individuals with sensory loss
- Understand roles involved in assessment of individuals with sensory loss
- Be able to support assessment of individuals with sensory loss
- Be able to review the effects of assessment on service delivery for an individual with sensory loss
80
Support the promotion of awareness of sensory loss
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the value of promoting awareness of sensory loss
- Understand the role of self and others in promoting awareness of sensory loss
- Be able to provide information that promotes awareness of sensory loss
81
Support use of medication in social care settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the legislative frame
- work for the use of medication in adult care settings
- Know about common types of medication and their use
- Understand roles and responsibilities in the use of medication in social care settings
- Understand techniques for administering medication
- Be able to receive, store and dispose of medication supplies in line with agreed ways of working
- Know how to promote the rights of the individual when managing medication
- Be able to support the use of medication
- Be able to record and report on use of medication
82
Support young people with a disability to make the transition into adulthood
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the steps and stages of moving from childhood into adulthood
- Understand how having a disability may affect the process of moving from childhood into adulthood
- Understand the options for supporting a young person who has a disability to make the transition into adulthood
- Be able to support a young person with a disability through transition into adulthood
- Be able to support a young person to reflect on the transition
83
Supporting infection prevention and control in social care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand infection prevention and control policies and guidelines
- 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
84
Supporting neurodiverse individuals
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the characteristics and diversity of neurodivergent conditions
- Understand the legal, ethical, and policy frameworks that underpin neurodiversity-inclusive practice
- Understand theories and concepts relating to neurodiversity
- Support effective communication and interaction with neurodivergent individuals
- Support personal development and inclusion
- Support wellbeing, safety, and lifelong learning
85
Supporting trauma-informed practice
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Define trauma and its effects on adults.2.
- Recognise signs of trauma and risks of re-traumatisation.3.
- Apply trauma-informed communication and care approaches.4.
- Follow legal, ethical and organisational requirements in trauma-related situations.5.
- Reflect on personal practice and maintain your resilience when supporting individuals affected by trauma.
86
Test for substance misuse
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Prepare to test individuals for substance use
- Test for substances
- Communicate outcomes of testing for substances
87
The purpose and principles of independent advocacy
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand independent advocacy
- Understand principles and values underpinning independent advocacy
- Describe the development of advocacy
- Explain types of advocacy support and their purpose
- Understand the roles and responsibilities of an independent advocate
- Understand advocacy standards
88
Theories of relationships and social networks
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand relationship theories underpinning adult care practice
- Understand factors that can affect the process of a relationship
- Understand the influence of relationships on well-being and self esteem
89
Understand how to provide support in end of life care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand current approaches to end of life care
- Understand an individual's response to their anticipated death
- Understand factors regarding communication for those involved in end of life care
- Understand how to support those involved in end of life care situations
- Understand how symptoms might be identified in end of life care
- Understand advance care planning
90
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
91
Understand mental health problems
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the types of mental ill health
- Understand the impact of mental ill health on individuals and others in their social net
92
Understand mental well-being and mental health promotion
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the different views on the nature of mental well-being and mental health and the factors that may influence both across the life span
- Know how to implement an effective strategy for promoting mental well-being and mental health with individuals and groups
93
Understand models of disability
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand models of disability
- Understand how models of disability can shape an individual’s identity and experience
- Understand how models of disability affect service delivery
94
Understand Parkinson’s for adult care staff
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the signs, symptoms and progression of Parkinson’s
- Understand the impact of Parkinson’s on the individual and others
- Understand the support available to manage Parkinson’s
- Understand the issues associated with Parkinson’s medication
- Understand communication and cognitive challenges associate with Parkinson’s at different stages
95
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
96
Understand sensory loss
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the causes of sensory loss
- Know how to support individuals experiencing sensory loss
- Understand factors that impact on an individual with sensory loss
- Understand the importance of communication for individuals with sensory loss
97
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
98
Understand the administration of medication to individuals living with dementia using a person-centred approach
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the common medications available to, and appropriate for, individuals living with dementia
- Understand how to provide person centred care to individuals living with dementia through the appropriate and effective use of medication
99
Understand the effects of ageing in activity provision
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the effects of human ageing
- Understand the impact of age-related changes and activity
100
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
101
Understand the impact of Acquired Brain Injury on individuals
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand Acquired Brain Injury
- Understand the effects of Acquired Brain Injury on individuals
- Understand the communication needs of an individual with Acquired Brain Injury
- Understand the effects that Acquired Brain Injury may have on an individual’s personality
- Understand the impact of challenging behaviour on an individual with Acquired Brain Injury and those providing support
102
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
103
Understand the role of communication and interactions with individuals living with dementia
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand that individuals living with dementia may communicate in different ways
- Understand the importance of positive interactions with individuals living with dementia
- Understand the factors which can affect interactions and communication of individuals living with dementia
104
Understanding self-directed support
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand self-directed support
- Understand how to enable an individual to direct their own support
- Understand the different ways that people can use their personal budget
- Understand the outcome focused review process
105
Undertake agreed pressure area care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the anatomy and physiology of the skin in relation to pressure area care
- Understand good practice in relation to own role when undertaking pressure area care
- Be able to follow the agreed care plan
- Understand the use of materials, equipment and resources are available when undertaking pressure area care
- Be able to prepare to undertake pressure area care
- Be able to undertake pressure area care
106
Undertake physiological measurements
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand relevant legislation, policy and good practice for undertaking physiological measurements
- Understand the physiological states that can be measured
- Be able to prepare to take physiological measurements
- Be able to undertake physiological measurements
- Be able to record and report results of physiological measurements
107
Using mobile and assistive digital devices in health and social care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Set up and configure mobile and assistive devices to meet user needs
- Use applications and data on mobile or assistive devices effectively
- Transfer and synchronise data between devices securely
108
Ways of working in adult care settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand agreed ways of working
- Work in ways that are agreed with the employer
- Understand working relationships in care settings
- Work in partnership with others
109
Work with professionals and agencies to support individuals with physical disabilities
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the contribution that other professionals and agencies can make to support individuals with physical disabilities
- Be able to assess the needs of individuals with physical disabilities for inclusive social care provision
- Be able to demonstrate partnership working
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 610/6982/6
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- IAO
- Qualification Type
- Occupational Qualification
- Operational Start
- Apr 2026