NCFE
Level 2
QN: 600/4041/5
Curriculum Active
NCFE CACHE Level 2 Award in Supporting Individuals with Learning Disabilities
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by NCFE. Classified as a Vocationally-Related Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 949 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 2
Awarding Body
NCFE
Syllabus Units
38 Units
Guided Hours
949 hrs
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Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Contribute to support of positive risk-taking for individuals
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know the importance of risk-taking in everyday life
- Understand the importance of positive, person-centred risk assessment
- Know how legislation and policies are relevant to positive risk taking
- Be able to support individuals to make informed choices about taking risks
- Be able to contribute to the support of individuals to manage identified risks
- Understand duty of care in relation to supporting positive risk-taking
2
Contribute to supporting group care activities
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the place of group care activities in the care and support of individuals
- Be able to contribute to the development of a supportive group culture
- Be able to contribute to the implementation of group care activities
- Be able to contribute to the evaluation of group care activities
3
Contribute to supporting individuals in the use of assistive technology
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the range and purpose of assistive technology available to support individuals
- Be able to contribute to the use of selected assistive technology
4
Contribute to supporting individuals with a learning disability to access healthcare
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand legislation, policies and guidance relevant to individuals with a learning disability accessing healthcare
- Understand the function of different healthcare services that an individual with a learning disability may need to access
- Understand how plans for healthcare and regular health checks underpin long term health and wellbeing for individuals with a learning disability
- Be able to contribute to plans for healthcare with individuals with a learning disability
- Be able to support individuals to overcome barriers to accessing healthcare services
- Be able to support individuals with a learning disability to use healthcare services
5
Contribute to the support of individuals with multiple conditions and/or disabilities
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the impact of multiple conditions and/or disabilities on individuals
- Know the support available for individuals with multiple conditions and/or disabilities
- Be able to contribute to the support of individuals with multiple conditions and/or disabilities
- Be able to evaluate own contribution to the support of an individual for an activity
6
Dementia Awareness
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand what dementia is
- Understand key features of the theoretical models of dementia
- Know the most common types of dementia and their causes
- Understand factors relating to an individual’s experience of dementia
7
Introduction to communication in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand why communication is important in the work setting
- Be able to meet the communication and language needs, wishes and preferences of individuals
- Be able to reduce barriers to communication
- Be able to apply principles and practices relating to confidentiality at work
8
Introductory awareness of Autistic Spectrum Conditions
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the areas in which individuals with an autistic spectrum condition characteristically have difficulties
- Understand the concept of autism as a spectrum, and the implications for variation in the capacities and needs of individuals
- Understand the behaviours exhibited by some individuals with an autistic spectrum condition
- Understand how to contribute to the person-centred support of an individual who has an autistic spectrum condition
- Understand how to communicate effectively with individuals on the autistic spectrum
9
Introductory awareness of models of disability
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know the difference between the medical and social models of disability
- Understand how the adoption of models of disability impact on the wellbeing and quality of life of individuals
10
Introductory awareness of sensory loss
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the factors that impact on an individual with sensory loss and steps that can be taken to overcome these
- Understand the importance of effective communication for individuals with sensory loss
- Know the main causes and conditions of sensory loss
- Know how to recognise when an individual may be experiencing sight and / or hearing loss
- Know how to report concerns about sensory loss
11
Principles of positive risk taking for individuals with disabilities
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know the importance of risk taking in everyday life for individuals with disabilities
- Understand the importance of positive, person-centred risk assessment
- Know how legislation and policies are relevant to positive risk taking
- Understand how to support individuals with disabilities in decisions about risk-taking
- Understand how to support individuals with disabilities to manage identified risks
12
Principles of self-directed support
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand self-directed support
- Understand how to support an individual to direct their own support and develop their support plan
- Understand the different ways that people can use their personal budget
- Understand the outcome focused review process
13
Principles of supporting an individual to maintain personal hygiene
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of good personal hygiene
- Know how to encourage an individual to maintain personal hygiene
- Know how to support an individual to maintain personal hygiene
- Understand when poor hygiene may be an indicator of other underlying personal issues
14
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
15
Principles of supporting individuals with a learning disability to access healthcare
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand legislation, policies and guidance relevant to individuals with a learning disability accessing healthcare
- Understand the function of different healthcare services that an individual with a learning disability may need to access
- Understand the role of professionals within different healthcare services that a individual with a learning disability may need to access
- Understand how plans for healthcare and regular health checks underpin long-term health and well-being for individuals with a learning disability
- Understand the issues that an individual with a learning disability may face when accessing a variety of healthcare services
16
Principles of supporting 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.
- Know the options for supporting a young person who has a disability to make the transition into adulthood.
- Understand how to support a young person with a disability through a successful transition.
- Understand the importance of supporting a young person and their family to reflect on the transition.
17
Promote positive behaviour
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how legislation, frameworks, codes of practice and policies relate to positive behaviour support.
- Understand the context and use of proactive and reactive strategies.
- Be able to promote positive behaviour.
- Be able to respond appropriately to incidents of challenging behaviour.
- Be able to support individuals and others following an incident of challenging behaviour.
- Be able to review and revise approaches to promoting positive behaviour.
18
Provide active support
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how active support translates values into person-centred practical action with an individual
- Be able to interact positively with individuals to promote participation
- Be able to implement person-centred daily plans to promote participation
- Be able to maintain person- centred records of participation
19
Provide support for journeys
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand factors to consider when planning support for journeys
- Be able to support individuals to plan journeys
- Be able to support individuals when making journeys
- Be able to review the support provided for individuals when making journeys
20
Purpose and principles of Independent Advocacy
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand Independent Advocacy
- Explain principles and values underpinning Independent Advocacy
- Describe the development of Advocacy
- Be able to explain different types of Advocacy support and their purpose
- Understand the roles and responsibilities of an Independent Advocate
- Understand Advocacy standards
21
Support independence in the tasks of daily living
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand principles for supporting independence in the tasks of daily living
- Be able to establish what support is required for daily living tasks
- Be able to provide support for planning and preparing meals
- Be able to provide support for buying and using household and personal items
- Be able to provide support for keeping the home clean and secure
- Be able to identify and respond to changes needed in support for daily living tasks
22
Support individuals during a period of change
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand reasons for and responses to change
- Be able to support individuals to plan how to manage or adapt to change
- Be able to support individuals to manage or adapt to change
- Be able to evaluate the support provided during a period of change
23
Support individuals in their relationships
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand factors affecting the capacity of individuals to develop and/or maintain relationships.
- Be able to support individuals to identify beneficial relationships.
- Be able to support individuals to develop new relationships.
- Be able to support individuals to maintain existing relationships.
- Be able to work with individuals to review the support provided for relationships.
24
Support individuals to access and use information about services and facilities
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know ways to support individuals to access information on services and facilities
- Be able to work with individuals to select and obtain information about services and facilities
- Be able to work with individuals to access and use information about services and facilities
- Be able to support individuals to evaluate the information accessed on services and facilities
25
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
26
Support individuals to negotiate environments
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the factors that impact on an individual being able to negotiate their environment
- Be able to prepare to support an individual to negotiate an environment
- Be able to support an individual to negotiate an environment
- Be able to review support provided to an individual to negotiate an environment
27
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
28
Support Individuals With Specific Communication Needs
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand specific communication needs and factors affecting them
- Be able to contribute to establishing the nature of specific communication needs of individuals and ways to address them
- Be able to interact with individuals using their preferred communication
- Be able to promote communication between individuals and others
- Know how to support the use of communication technology and aids
- Be able to review an individual’s communication needs and the support provided to address them
29
Support parents with disabilities
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the legislative and policy frameworks that underpins good practice in the support of parents with disabilities
- Understand the support parents with disabilities may need
- 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
- Be able to work in partnership with other workers, different services and informal support networks
- Understand how to maintain the primary focus on safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the child
30
Support participation in learning and development activities
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the factors to take into account when supporting individuals to take part in activities for learning and development
- Be able to support individuals to prepare for taking part in learning and development activities
- Be able to contribute to preparing the environment and resources for learning and development activities
- Be able to support individuals to take part in learning and development activities
- Be able to contribute to the evaluation of learning or development activities
31
Support person-centred thinking and planning
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the principles and practice of person-centred thinking, planning and reviews.
- Understand the context within which person-centred thinking and planning takes place.
- Understand own role in person-centred planning, thinking and reviews.
- Be able to apply person-centred thinking in relation to own life.
- Be able to implement person-centred thinking and person-centred reviews.
32
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
- Know 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
33
Understand equality, diversity and inclusion in dementia care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand and appreciate the importance of diversity of individuals with dementia
- Understand the importance of person centred approaches in the care and support of individuals with dementia
- Understand ways of working with a range of individuals who have dementia to ensure diverse needs are met
34
Understand mental health problems
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know the main forms of mental ill health
- Know the impact of mental ill health on individuals and others in their social net
35
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
36
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 how the challenges of living with a physical disability can be addressed
- Understand the importance of independence and inclusion for the individual with physical disability
37
Understand the context of supporting individuals with learning disabilities
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the legislation and policies that support the human rights and inclusion of individuals with learning disabilities
- Understand the nature and characteristics of learning disability
- Understand the historical context of learning disability
- Understand the basic principles and practice of advocacy, empowerment and active participation in relation to supporting individuals with learning disabilities and their families
- Understand how views and attitudes impact on the lives of individuals with learning disabilities and their family carers
- Know how to promote communication with individuals with learning disabilities
38
Work in partnership with families to support individuals
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand partnership working with families
- Be able to establish and maintain positive relationships with families
- Be able to plan shared approaches to the care and support of individuals with families
- Be able to work with families to access support in their role as carers
- Be able to exchange and record information about partnership work with families
- Be able to contribute to reviewing partnership work with families
- Be able to provide feedback about support for families
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 600/4041/5
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- NCFE
- Qualification Type
- Vocationally-Related Qualification
- Operational Start
- Feb 2012