IAO
    Level 5
    QN: 601/4259/5
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    IAO Level 5 Diploma In Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People's Services (England)

    Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by IAO. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 2518 hours.

    Qualification Level
    Level 5
    Awarding Body
    IAO
    Syllabus Units
    73 Units
    Guided Hours
    2518 hrs
    Instant access to interactive lessons, quizzes, and spaced revision.

    Course Syllabus & Study Modules

    Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.

    1

    Active support: lead interactive training

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the theoretical background to person-centred interactive training
    • Be able to plan person-centred interactive training sessions to enhance whole team performance
    • Be able to lead person-centred interactive training sessions in situ
    • Be able to provide support to improve the performance of others
    2

    Assess the individual in a health and social care setting

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand assessment processes
    • Be able to lead and contribute to assessments
    • Be able to manage the outcomes of assessments
    • Be able to promote others’ understanding of the role of assessment
    • Review and evaluate the effectiveness of assessment
    3

    Champion equality, diversity and inclusion

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand diversity, equality and inclusion in own area of responsibility
    • Be able to champion diversity, equality and inclusion
    • Understand how to develop systems and processes that promote diversity, equality and inclusion
    • Be able to manage the risks presented when balancing individual rights and professional duty of care
    4

    Develop and evaluate operational plans for own area of responsibility

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to align objectives of own area of responsibility with those of own organisation.
    • Be able to implement operational plans in own area of responsibility.
    • Be able to monitor and evaluate operational plans in own area of responsibility..
    5

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

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the impact of current legislation that underpins the safeguarding of children and young people
    • Be able to support the review of policies and procedures for safeguarding children and young people
    • Be able to implement policies and procedures for safeguarding children and young people
    • Be able to lead practice in supporting children and young people’s wellbeing and resilience
    6

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

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the current legislative frame
    • work and organisational health, safety and risk management policies, procedures and practices that are relevant to health, and social care or children and young people’s settings
    • Be able to implement and monitor compliance with health, safety and risk management requirements in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
    • Be able to lead the implementation of policies, procedures and practices to manage risk to individuals and others in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
    • Be able to promote a culture where needs and risks are balanced with health and safety practice in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
    • Be able to improve health, safety and risk management policies, procedures and practices in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
    7

    Develop procedures and practice to respond to concerns and complaints

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the regulatory requirements, codes of practice and relevant guidance for managing concerns and complaints
    • Be able to develop procedures to address concerns and complaints
    • Be able to lead the implementation of procedures and practice for addressing concerns and complaints
    • Be able to review the procedures and practices for addressing concerns and complaints
    8

    Develop professional supervision practice in health and social care or children and young people’s work settings

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the purpose of professional supervision in health and social care or children and young people’s work settings
    • Understand how the principles of professional supervision can be used to inform performance management in health and social care or children and young people’s work settings
    • Be able to undertake the preparation for professional supervision with supervisees in health and social care or children and young people’s work settings
    • Be able to provide professional supervision in health and social care or children and young people’s work settings
    • Be able to manage conflict situations during professional supervision in health and social care or children and young people’s work settings
    • Be able to evaluate own practice when conducting professional supervision in health and social care or children and young people’s work settings
    9

    Develop provision for family support

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the key policies and legislative frameworks that govern the provision of family support in UK home nation
    • Be able to develop provision for family support
    • Be able to implement provision for family support
    • Be able to support others to establish positive relationships with families
    10

    Explore models of disability

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the complexities of models of disability
    • Be able to review how models of disability underpin organisational practice
    • Develop others’ awareness of models of disability
    11

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

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the principles of change management in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
    • Be able to facilitate a shared understanding of the need for change in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
    • Be able to develop an approved change management plan in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
    • Be able to gain support for a proposed change in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
    • Be able to implement approved change management plans in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
    • Be able to evaluate the change management process in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
    12

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

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the benefits of coaching and mentoring practitioners in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
    • Be able to promote coaching and mentoring of practitioners in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
    • Be able to identify the coaching and mentoring needs of practitioners in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
    • Be able to implement coaching and mentoring activities in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
    • Be able to review the outcomes of coaching and mentoring in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
    13

    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
    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

    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.
    16

    Independent Advocacy with Children and Young People

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Provide Independent Advocacy support to children and young people
    • Use UK, European and International legislation to promote children’s rights
    • Respond to requests for Advocacy support, Assist the child or young person to explore choices and potential consequence
    • Support children and young people through a range of meetings and decision making processes, Engage with professionals
    • Use child protection systems to keep children and young people safe
    17

    Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand and use the Mental Capacity Act, Provide Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA)
    • Work with the decision maker, Challenge decisions made by the decision maker
    • Work with people who lack capacity
    • Work with accommodation and care review referrals
    • Work with serious medical treatment referrals
    • Work with adult protection referrals, Construct an IMCA written report that meets statutory requirements
    18

    Independent Mental Health Advocacy

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know how Mental Health legislation affects IMHA qualifying patients, Provide Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA)
    • Respond to requests for IMHA support, Engage with professionals
    • Respond to individuals who have diverse needs
    19

    Lead active support

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how the active support model translates values into person-centred practical action with individuals
    • Be able to use practice leadership to promote positive interaction
    • Be able to use practice leadership in supporting others to develop and implement person-centred daily plans to promote participation
    • Be able to use practice leadership in supporting others to maintain individuals’ quality of life
    20

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

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the features of effective team performance within a health and social care or children and young people’s setting
    • Be able to support a positive culture within the team for a health and social care or children and young people’s setting
    • Be able to support a shared vision within the team for a health and social care or children and young people’s setting
    • Be able to develop a plan with team members to meet agreed objectives for a health and social care or children and young people’s setting
    • Be able to support individual team members to work towards agreed objectives in a health and social care or children and young people’s setting
    • Be able to manage team performance in a health and social care or children and young people’s setting
    21

    Lead and manage group living for adults

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to develop the physical group living environment to promote positive outcomes for individuals
    • Be able to lead the planning, implementation and review of daily living activities
    • Be able to promote positive outcomes in a group living environment
    • Be able to manage a positive group living environment
    22

    Lead and manage group living for children

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the legal, policy, rights and theoretical frame
    • work for group living for children and young people
    • Be able to lead the planning, implementation and review of daily living activities for children and young people
    • Be able to promote positive outcomes in a group living environment
    • Be able to manage a positive group living environment
    • Be able to safeguard children and young people in a group living environment
    23

    Lead and manage practice in dementia care

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current policy and practice guidance for dementia care.
    • Be able to support others to develop an understanding of current research of the impact of dementia on individuals and their families.
    • Be able to lead practice that promotes the well-being of individuals with dementia.
    • Be able to lead practice that support staff to establish and maintain relationships with carers of individuals with dementia.
    • Be able to support staff to deliver dementia care.
    • Be able to develop own practice in leading the delivery of dementia care.
    24

    Lead person centred practice

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the theory and principles that underpin person centred practice
    • Be able to lead a person-centred practice
    • Be able to lead the implementation of active participation of individuals
    25

    Lead positive behavioural support

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the theoretical background and current policy context of Positive Behavioural
    • Be able to conduct a functional analysis of an individual requiring Positive Behavioural
    • Be able to design and lead person-centred, primary prevention strategies
    • Be able to design and lead secondary prevention strategies
    • Be able to assess the appropriateness of reactive strategy use
    • Be able to lead the implementation of a Positive Behavioural
    • Be able to manage and review the implementation of Positive Behavioural
    • Support Plans
    26

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

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how different approaches to promoting positive well being and resilience in children and young people impact on practice
    • Be able to lead practice in supporting children and young people’s well being and resilience
    • Be able to lead practice in work with carers who are supporting children and young people
    • Be able to lead practice in responding to the health needs of children and young people
    • Be able to lead the development of practice with children or young people to promote their well being and resilience
    27

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

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand theoretical approaches to child and young person development
    • Be able to lead and support developmental assessment of children and young people
    • Be able to develop and implement programmes with children or young people requiring developmental support
    • Be able to evaluate programmes for children or young people requiring developmental support
    • Be able to lead and promote support for children experiencing transitions
    • Be able to lead positive behaviour support
    28

    Lead support for disabled children and young people and their carers

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how legislation and policy influences provision for disabled children and young people and their carers
    • Understand the potential impact of disability on children and young people and their carers
    • Be able to lead child and young person centred provision
    • Be able to work in partnership with others to promote services for children and young people and their carers
    29

    Lead the management of transitions

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the impact of change and transitions on the well being of individuals
    • Be able to lead and manage provision that supports workers to manage transitions and significant life events
    30

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

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the principles of inter-professional working within health and social care or children and young people’s settings
    • Be able to manage service objectives through the inter-professional team in health and social care or children and young people’s setting
    • Be able to promote inter-professional team working in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
    • Be able to manage processes for inter-professional work with individuals in health and social care or children and young people's setting
    • Be able to evaluate the effectiveness of inter-professional team work in health and social care or children and young people’s setting
    31

    Manage domiciliary services

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand factors that influence the management of domiciliary services
    • Be able to manage domiciliary services
    • Be able to implement systems for working safely in domiciliary services
    • Be able to supervise and support practitioners in order to promote individual’s needs and preferences in domiciliary services
    • Be able to respond to day to day changes and emergencies in domiciliary services
    • Be able to manage human resources required for domiciliary services
    32

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

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand financial management in own work setting
    • Be able to plan budget requirement for own area of responsibility
    • Be able to manage a budget
    • Be able to evaluate financial expenditure within own area of responsibility
    33

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

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the theory and principles that underpin outcome based practice
    • Be able to lead practice that promotes social, emotional, cultural, spiritual and intellectual well being
    • Be able to lead practice that promotes individuals’ health
    • Be able to lead inclusive provision that gives individuals’ choice and control over the outcomes they want to achieve
    • Be able to manage effective working partnerships with carers, families and significant others to achieve positive outcomes
    34

    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
    35

    Manage physical resources

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the importance of sustainability when using physical resources.
    • Be able to identify resource requirements for own area of responsibility.
    • Be able to obtain required resources for own area of responsibility.
    • Be able to monitor and review the quality and usage of resources in own area of responsibility.
    36

    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
    37

    Principles of supporting individuals with a learning disability regarding sexuality and sexual health

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the development of human sexuality
    • Understand how the sexual development of individuals’ with a learning disability can differ
    • Understand the issues of sexual health and how these can be supported
    • Understand relevant legislation influencing the support of sexuality and sexual health for individuals with learning disabilities
    • Know how to support the sexual expression of an individual with a learning disability
    38

    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
    39

    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
    40

    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
    41

    Promote professional development

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand principles of professional development
    • Be able to prioritise goals and targets for own professional development
    • Be able to prepare a professional development plan
    • Be able to improve performance through reflective practice
    42

    Providing Independent Advocacy Management

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Manage Advocacy services
    • Implement record keeping systems, Recruit and induct Independent Advocates, Facilitate service user involvement in the running of the Independent Advocacy Service, Construct a business plan
    • Measure Advocacy outcomes, Negotiate a Service Level Agreement
    • Establish relationships with commissioners of Advocacy services, Promote Independent Advocacy and the service
    43

    Providing Independent Advocacy to Adults

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Provide Independent Advocacy support to adults in a range of settings, Treat the individual receiving Advocacy support as an individual, Assist the individual receiving Advocacy support to explore choices and potential consequences
    • Support adults through a range of meetings
    44

    Providing Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy-Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand legislation which affects people who may be subject to Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards or the formal provisions of the Mental Health Act, Provide the statutory IMCA DOLS service, Construct an IMCA DOLS written report that meets statutory requirements, Challenge decisions
    45

    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.
    46

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

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the recruitment and selection processes in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
    • Be able to contribute to the recruitment process in health and social care or children’s and young people’s settings
    • Be able to participate in the selection process in health and social care or children’s and young people’s settings
    • Be able to evaluate the recruitment and selection processes in health and social care or children’s and young people’s settings
    47

    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
    48

    Support children’s speech, language and communication.

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the importance of speech, language and communication for children’s overall development.
    • Understand the importance and the benefits of adults supporting the speech, language and communication development of the children in own setting.
    • Be able to provide support for the speech, language and communication development of the children in own setting.
    • Be able to contribute to maintaining a positive environment that supports speech, language and communication.
    49

    Support families who are affected by Acquired Brain Injury

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the impact on families who care for an individual who is in a minimally responsive or vegetative state
    • Understand the long term effects of acquired brain injury on family
    • Understand legislation that is relevant to carers of an individual effected by acquired brain injury
    • Be able to assess the support required by families who hold the primary caring role
    • Be able to work in partnership with other professionals and agencies
    50

    Support families who have a child with a disability

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the impact on a family of having a child with a disability
    • Be able to support families who have a child with a disability
    • Be able to support families with a child with a disability to use informal networks and community resources, 4.
    • Be able to work in partnership with other professionals and agencies to support families with a child with a disability
    51

    Support individuals at the end of life

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the requirements of legislation and agreed ways of working to protect the rights of individuals at the end of life
    • Understand factors affecting end of life care
    • Understand advance care planning in relation to end of life care
    • Be able to provide support to individuals and key people during end of life care
    • Understand how to address sensitive issues in relation to end of life care
    • Understand the role of organisations and support services available to individuals and key people in relation to end of life care
    • Be able to access support for the individual or key people from the wider team
    • Be able to support individuals through the process of dying
    • Be able to take action following the death of individuals
    • Be able to manage own feelings in relation to the dying or death of individuals
    52

    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
    53

    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
    54

    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
    55

    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
    56

    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
    57

    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
    58

    Understand Advance Care Planning

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the principles of advance care planning
    • Understand the process of advance care planning
    • Understand the person centred approach to advance care planning
    59

    Understand children and young person’s development

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the pattern of development that would normally be expected for children and young people from birth-19 yrs
    • Understand the factors that impact on children and young people’s development
    • Understand the benefits of early intervention to support the development of children and young people
    • Understand the potential effects of transitions on children and young people’s development.
    • Understand how assessing, monitoring and recording the development of children and young people informs the use of interventions
    60

    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
    61

    Understand partnership working

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand partnershipworking
    62

    Understand Physical Disability

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the importance of differentiating between the individual and the disability
    • Understand the concept of physical disability
    • Understand the impact of living with a physical disability within society
    • Understand the importance of promoting inclusion and independence
    63

    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.
    64

    Understand safeguarding of children and young people _for those working in the adult sector_

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the policies, procedures and practices for safe working with children and young people
    • Understand how to respond to evidence or concerns that a child or young person has been abused or harmed
    65

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

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the factors that may impact on the outcomes and life chances of children and young people.
    • Understand how poverty and disadvantage affect children and young people’s development.
    • Understand the importance of early intervention for children and young people who are disadvantaged and vulnerable.
    • Understand the importance of support and partnership in improving outcomes for children and young people who are experiencing poverty and disadvantage.
    • Understand the role of the practitioner in supporting children and young people who are vulnerable and experiencing poverty and disadvantage.
    68

    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.
    69

    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
    70

    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
    71

    Use and develop systems that promote communication

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to address the range of communication requirements in own role
    • Be able to improve communication systems and practices that support positive outcomes for individuals
    • Be able to improve communication systems to support partnership working
    • Be able to use systems for effective information management
    72

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

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand partnershipworking
    • 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
    73

    Work with families, carers and individuals during times of crisis

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand relevant legislation, policy and practice when working with individuals, carers and families in times of crisis
    • Be able to develop risk management strategies when working with individuals, carers and families in times of crisis
    • Be able to respond during times of crisis
    • Be able to review the outcomes of requests for action during times of crisis

    Regulatory & Verification Details

    Qualification Number (QN)
    601/4259/5
    Regulated Status
    Available to learners
    Awarding Body
    IAO
    Qualification Type
    Occupational Qualification
    Operational Start
    Sept 2014