NCFE
Level 2
QN: 603/4401/5
Curriculum Active
NCFE CACHE Level 2 Diploma in Health and Social Care (Adults) (Northern Ireland)
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by NCFE. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 1135 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 2
Awarding Body
NCFE
Syllabus Units
39 Units
Guided Hours
1135 hrs
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Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Administer medication to individuals and monitor the effects
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand legislation, policy and procedures relevant to administration of medication
- Know about common types of medication and their use
- Understand procedures and techniques for the administration of medication
- Be able to prepare for the administration of medication
- Be able to administer and monitor medication
2
Assist in the administration of medication
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know the current legislation, guidelines and policies relevant to the administration of medication
- Understand own role in assisting in the administration of medication
- Understand the requirements and procedures for assisting in the administration of medication
- Understand the requirements and procedures for ensuring an individual’s safety
- Be able to prepare for the administration of medication
- Be able to assist in the administration of medication
- Be able to contribute to the management of medications and administration records.
3
Communication and Information Sharing - Theme 1
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of communication
- 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 handling information
- Know how to respond to complaints
4
Continuing Professional Development in the context of Health and Social Care -Theme 4
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the role of regulation
- Be able to work in ways that are agreed with the employer
- Be able to work in partnership with others
- Understand what is required for competence in own work role
- Understand personal development
- Be able to participate in personal development
- Know how to manage own stress
5
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
6
Contribute to supporting individuals with learning disabilities to access healthcare
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand legislation, policies and guidance relevant to individuals with learning disabilities accessing healthcare.2.
- Understand the function of healthcare services that an individual with learning disabilities may need to access.3.
- Understand how plans for healthcare and regular health checks underpin long-term health and well-being for individuals with learning disabilities.4.
- Be able to contribute to plans for healthcare with individuals with learning disabilities.5.
- Be able to support individuals with learning disabilities to overcome barriers to accessing healthcare services.6.
- Be able to support individuals with learning disabilities to use healthcare services.
7
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.2.
- Understand the support available for individuals with multiple conditions and/or disabilities.3.
- Be able to contribute to the support of individuals with multiple conditions and/or disabilities.4.
- Be able to evaluate own contribution to the support of an individual with multiple conditions and/or disabilities for an activity.
8
Dementia Awareness
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand dementia
- Understand models of dementia
- Know types of dementia and their causes
- Understand an individual’s experience of dementia
9
Health and Wellbeing -Theme 2
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand own and others' responsibilities relating to health and safety in the work setting
- Understand the use of risk assessments in relation to health and safety
- Be able to reduce the spread of infection
- Be able to move and handle equipment and other objects safely
- Know how to store
- use and dispose of hazardous substances and material
- Know the principles of a balanced diet
- Understand how to plan and promote a balanced diet
- Know how to prevent malnutrition
- Know the importance of special dietary requirements
- Understand the principles of hydration
- Understand own role in screening and monitoring nutrition and hydration
10
Infection prevention and control
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the causes of infection
- Understand the transmission of infection
- Understand the legal frame
- work in relation to infection prevention and control
- Understand the use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in relation to infection prevention and control
- Understand the importance of good personal hygiene in relation to infection prevention and control
11
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
12
Meet food safety requirements when providing food and drink for individuals
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of food safety measures when providing food and drink for individuals
- Be able to maintain hygiene when handling food and drink
- Be able to meet safety requirements when preparing and serving food and drink for individuals
- Be able to meet safety requirements when clearing away food and drink
- Be able to store food and drink safely
- Know how to access additional advice or support about food safety
13
Mental health and wellbeing
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand mental health and mental ill-health
- Understand the impact of mental ill-health on individuals and others
- Understand how to support mental health
- Understand strategies to promote mental health and wellbeing
14
Move and position individuals in accordance with their care plan
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, procedures and protocols in relation to moving and positioning individuals
- Understand anatomy and physiology in relation to moving and positioning individuals
- Be able to minimise risk before moving and positioning individuals
- Be able to move and position an individual
- Know when to seek advice and/or assistance from others when moving and positioning an individual
15
Prepare for and carry out extended feeding techniques
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand legislation and agreed ways of working when using extended feeding techniques
- Understand anatomy and physiology in relation to extended feeding
- Understand extended feeding techniques
- Be able to manage risks relating to extended feeding
- Be able to prepare for extended feeding
- Be able to carry out and complete extended feeding techniques
- Be able to maintain records and report on extended feeding
16
Principles and Values - Theme 3
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to establish informed consent when providing care or support
- Be able to work in a person-centred way
- Understand the implications of duty of care
- Be able to contribute to the support of positive risk taking for individuals
- Be able to encourage active participation, collaboration and wellbeing
- Be able to support the individual’s right to make choices
- Know how to recognise signs of ab
- Know how to respond to suspected or alleged ab
- Understand the national and local context of safeguarding and protection from ab
- Understand ways to reduce the likelihood of ab
- Understand the importance of equality and inclusion
- Be able to work in an inclusive way
- Know how to access information, advice and support about diversity, equality and inclusion
17
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
18
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
19
Provide support for mobility
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of mobility
- Be able to prepare for mobility activities
- Be able to support individuals to keep mobile
- Be able to observe
- record and report on activities to support mobility
20
Provide support to manage pain and discomfort
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand approaches to managing pain and discomfort
- Be able to assist in minimising individuals’ pain or discomfort
- Be able to monitor
- record and report on the management of individuals’ pain or discomfort
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 at the end of life
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the aims and principles of end of life care
- 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 the role of organisations and support services available to individuals and key people in relation to end of life care
- 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
23
Support individuals in the use of assistive living technology
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the purpose of assistive living technology.2.
- Understand the principles of assistive living technology.3.
- Be able to support individuals to make informed choices in relation to the use of assistive living technology.4.
- Be able to support individuals and others in the use of assistive living technology.
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 live at home
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the principles of supporting individuals to live at home
- Be able to contribute to planning support for living at home
- Be able to work with individuals to secure additional services and facilities to enable them to live at home
- Be able to work in partnership to introduce additional services for individuals living at home
- Be able to contribute to reviewing support for living at home
26
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
27
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
28
Support individuals with acquired brain injury and their families and carers
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand acquired brain injury.2.
- Understand the impact of acquired brain injury on individuals.3.
- Understand the needs of families and carers of an individual with acquired brain injury.4.
- Be able to respond to behaviour that challenges
- Be able to support families and carers of individuals with acquired brain injury.
29
Support individuals with autism spectrum condition (ASC)
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand legislative frameworks that relate to individuals with autism spectrum conditions (ASC).2.
- Understand the main characteristics of autism spectrum conditions.3.
- Be able to support individuals with autism spectrum conditions.4.
- Be able to support individuals with autism spectrum condition with social interaction and communication.5.
- Be able to support an individual with autism through transitions and change.6.
- Be able to support individuals with autism to promote their safety, well-being and fulfilment.
30
Support mental well-being and mental health
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the legal context of mental health.
- Know what is meant by mental health and mental ill-health.3.
- Understand the social context of mental ill-health.4.
- Be able to support individuals’ mental wellbeing and mental health.
31
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
32
Understand autism spectrum condition (ASC)
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the characteristics associated with autism spectrum condition (ASC).2.
- Understand how autism is a spectrum condition.3.
- Understand behaviour within the context of an individual with autism spectrum condition.4.
- Understand how to contribute to the person-centred support of an individual who has an autism spectrum condition.5.
- Understand ways to promote communication and social interaction with individuals on the autism spectrum.
33
Understand personalisation in adult care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand personalisation in social care
- Understand systems which promote personalisation.3.
- Understand how to implement personalisation in practice.
34
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
35
Understand the impact of acquired brain injury on individuals
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand acquired brain injury.2.
- Understand the impact of acquired brain injury on individuals.3.
- Understand the specialist communication needs of an individual with acquired brain injury.4.
- Understand the impact that personality changes may have on an individual with acquired brain injury and others.5.
- Understand the impact of behaviours that challenges.
36
Understanding learning disability
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand legislation and policies in relation to learning disability.2.
- Understand learning disability.
- Understand how the health and social care practitioner supports individuals with learning disabilities.
37
Understanding Mental Health
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know what is meant by mental health and mental ill-health
- Understand how mental health care has changed over time
- Understand the social context of mental illness
- Understand the legal context of mental illness
38
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 that are available when undertaking pressure area care
- Be able to prepare to undertake pressure area care
- Be able to undertake pressure area care
39
Undertake personal hygiene activities with individuals
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, procedures and protocols in relation to undertaking personal hygiene activities with individuals
- Know the anatomy and physiology of the skin, nose, mouth, eyes and ears in relation to cleansing
- Be able to prepare for undertaking personal hygiene activities with individuals
- Be able to undertake personal hygiene activities with individuals
- Be able to record and report the outcome of the personal hygiene activity.
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 603/4401/5
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- NCFE
- Qualification Type
- Occupational Qualification
- Operational Start
- Sept 2019
- Operational End
- Apr 2026