IAO
Level 4
QN: 603/2517/3
Curriculum Active
IAO Level 4 Diploma in Adult Care
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by IAO. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 847 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 4
Awarding Body
IAO
Syllabus Units
31 Units
Guided Hours
847 hrs
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Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Advanced communication skills
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand methods of communication
- Understand the use of assistive technology to enhance communication
- Be able to interact with individuals
- Understand the importance of confidentiality when interacting with individuals
- Be able to convey information to individuals and others
2
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
- Facilitate preparation for appraisals
- Support appraisee to participate in appraisal meetings
- Be able to evaluate own practice during the appraisal process.
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 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
Develop and implement reablement plans
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand reablement in adult care
- Understand the importance of activities of daily living for individuals
- Understand resources available to support reablement
- Contribute to the development of plans for reablement
- Be able to implement reablement plan
5
Develop, maintain and use records and reports
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the legal and organisational requirements for recording information and providing reports
- Prepare professional records and reports
- Use records and reports to inform judgements and decisions
6
Equality and diversity in adult care settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand equality and diversity in adult care
- Understand how inclusive practice supports equality and diversity
- Work in a way that supports equality and diversity
- Understand how to promote equality and diversity
7
Facilitate change in adult care settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the principles of change management in adult care settings
- Facilitate a shared understanding of the need for change in adult care settings
- Be able to develop a change management plan in adult care settings
- Gain support for a proposed change in adult care settings
- Be able to implement approved change management plans in adult care settings
- Be able to evaluate the change management process in adult care settings
8
Facilitate person-centred assessment to support the well being of individuals
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 person centred assessment that promotes well-being
9
Facilitate support planning to promote positive outcomes for individuals and to support well being
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the principles that underpin outcome based practice
- Be able to develop a support plan to meet the identified needs of an individual
- Understand the use of assistive living technology in developing a support plan
- Be able to facilitate the implementation of support plans
- Be able to facilitate a person-centred review of a support plan
10
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 manage risk
- Be able to work safely in health and social care settings
- Be able to support others to work safely in relation to health and safety
11
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 document 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
12
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
- Be able to support staff in assessing the needs of families and carers
- Be able to implement a care planning process to support families and carers
13
Manage finance within own area of responsibility in adult care settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand financial management in own work setting
- Be able to plan budget requirements for own area of responsibility
- Be able to manage a budget
- Be able to evaluate financial expenditure within own area of responsibility
14
Manage quality in adult care settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the context of quality assurance in an adult care setting
- Be able to implement quality standards in an adult care setting
- Be able to lead the evaluation of quality processes in an adult care setting
15
Mentoring in social care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand own role and responsibilities in relation to mentoring in adult care
- Understand the use of mentoring in adult care
- Understand methods of establishing a mentoring relationship
- Be able to agree goals and outcomes in partnership with the mentee
- Be able to mentor in adult care
16
Personal development in social care settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the competence requirements for own work role
- Reflect on practice
- Evaluate own performance
- Agree a personal development plan
- Be able to use evidence based practice
- Be able to use reflective practice to contribute to personal development
17
Professional practice in social care for adults
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand theories, values and ways of working that underpin practice within adult care
- Understand how duty of care contributes to safe practice
- Understand how to address conflicts that may arise between an individual’s rights and choices
- Utilise values and ways of working that underpin service provision in own area of work
18
Promote assistive technology in adult care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the difficulties individuals face when accessing assistive technology
- Be able to support the organisation to offer assistive technology
- Be able to champion the use of assistive technology
19
Provide information, advice and guidance
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of providing information, advice and guidance in a person-centred way
- Understand the provision of information, advice and guidance in own practice
- Provide accurate information advice and guidance using different sources
- Be able to review own practice in information, advice and guidance
20
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
- Support individuals to disclose harm or ab
- Be able to support individuals who have experienced harm or ab
21
Providing independent advocacy to adults
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to provide Independent Advocacy support to adults
- Be able to treat the individual receiving advocacy support as an individual
- Be able to assist the individual receiving advocacy support to explore choices and potential consequences
- Be able to work safely
22
Safeguard children and young people who are present in the adult sector
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the responsibility to safeguard children and young people who are present in an adult care setting2 Be able to develop the understanding of others in relation to safeguarding children and young people3 Understand how to address conflicts and dilemmas associated with safeguarding children and young people
23
Share knowledge and good practice
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- 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
24
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
25
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
26
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
27
Understand personalisation in care and support services
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand personalisation in adult care services
- Understand the systems and processes that support personalisation
- Understand roles and responsibilities within self-directed support
- Know how to promote personalisation
- Know how to develop systems and structures for personalisation
28
Understand professional management and leadership in social care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand theories of management and leadership and their application to adult care settings
- Understand the relationship between professional management and leadership
- Understand the skills of professional management and leadership in adult care settings
- Understand the impact of policy drivers on professional management and leadership in health and social care
29
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 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
30
Understand safeguarding and protection in health and social care settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the impact of current legislation for the safeguarding of vulnerable adults
- Understand how to respond to suspected or alleged ab
- Understand how to participate in inter-agency, joint or integrated working in order to protect vulnerable adults
- Understand how to support others in safeguarding
31
Work in partnership in adult care 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
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 603/2517/3
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- IAO
- Qualification Type
- Occupational Qualification
- Operational Start
- Jan 2018