NQual
Level 3
QN: 610/2966/X
Curriculum Active
NQual Level 3 Diploma in Adult Care
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by NQual. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 1157 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 3
Awarding Body
NQual
Syllabus Units
38 Units
Guided Hours
1157 hrs
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Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Administer medication
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand common medication and their uses
- Understand techniques for administrating medication
- Understand legislation, policy and procedures regarding the administration of medication
- Be able to prepare and administer medication safely
- Be able to monitor the administration of medication
2
Adult care regulation and inspection
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand current adult care regulation bodies
- Understand quality improvement processes in adult care
- Understand how to prepare for a regulatory body inspection
- Be able to plan and conduct an internal audit to support quality improvement processes
3
Awareness of Acquired Brain Injury
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand Acquired Brain Injury and its impact on individuals
- Understand the specialist needs of an individual with Acquired Brain Injury
- Understand challenging behaviours individuals with Acquired Brain Injury may display
- Be able to support individuals with Acquired Brain Injury
4
Awareness of Autism Spectrum Disorder
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand Autism Spectrum Conditions
- Understand how to support individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Be able to support individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Be able to communicate with individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder
5
Awareness of Parkinson's Disease
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the signs and symptoms of Parkinson's
- Understand the impact of Parkinson's on individuals and others
- Be able to effectively support individuals with Parkinson's
6
Awareness of the Mental Capacity Act 2005
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the Mental Capacity Act 20052.
- Understand the importance of the Mental Capacity Act 2005
7
Dementia Awareness
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand what Dementia is
- Understand factors involved with supporting individuals with Dementia
- Be able to support individuals with Dementia
8
Diabetes Awareness
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand diabetes and the initial care of diabetes
- Understand the treatment and management of diabetes
- Be able to support individuals with diabetes
9
Digital skills within care settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to use digital devices and systems
- Understand how to promote confidentiality and data protection when using digital devices
- Understand how to promote online safety when using organisation digital devices
10
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 including
- Know how to respond to concerns and complaints
- Know how to recognise and respond to adverse events, incidents, errors and near misses
11
Effective communication
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand why effective communication is important in the work setting
- Understand the variety in peoples’ communication needs and preferences
- Understand the role of independent advocacy services in supporting individuals to communicate their wishes, needs and preferences
- Understand confidentiality in care settings
- Be able to communicate effectively with others
- Be able to meet the communication and language needs, wishes and preferences of individuals
12
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
13
Handling information
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand requirements for handling information in care settings
- Be able to implement good practice in handling information
14
Health and safety and infection prevention and control
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand own responsibility, and the responsibilities of others, relating to health and safety
- Understand procedures for responding to accidents and sudden illness
- Understand how to prevent and control the spread of infection
- Carry out own responsibilities for health and safety
- Be able to prevent and control the spread of infection
- Be able to move and handle equipment and other objects safely
- Be able to handle hazardous substances and materials
- Be able to promote fire safety in the work setting
- Be able to implement security measures in the work setting
15
Introduction to Employment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the fundamentals of employment
- B prepared to apply for jobs and attend interviews
16
Leadership in care settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the role of an effective leader
- Understand how to lead teams
- Be able to apply leadership skills
17
Mental capacity and restrictive practices
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the principles of mental capacity
- Understand the application of the principles of mental capacity and consent
- Understand restrictive practices
18
Mental health awareness
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the meaning of mental health
- Understand the risk factors of mental health
- Understand how to support individuals who may have mental health conditions
- Be able to support individuals with mental health conditions
19
Partnership working with families and carers
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to work in partnership with families and carers
- Be able to communicate effectively with families and carers
- Be able to work in partnership with individuals families and carers
20
Personal well-being and continuous development
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know what is required to be competent in own role
- Understand the value of reflective practice
- Understand own well-being and the importance of improving and maintaining on well-being
- Know how to manage own stress and anxiety
- Demonstrate commitment to own development
- Develop leadership behaviours
- Be able to use reflective practice to improve ways of working
21
Positive behaviour support
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to promote positive behaviours
- Understand approaches to managing challenging behaviours
- Be able to respond suitably to challenging behaviours
- Be able to support individuals following challenging behaviour
- Promote positive behaviours within a care setting
22
Principles of independent advocacy and how to provide advocacy support
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the principles of advocacy
- Understand the role and responsibilities of an Independent Advocate
- Understand the Independent Advocacy standards (local, regional and national)
- Be able to provide Independent Advocacy support
23
Promote nutrition and hydration
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the fundamentals of a balanced diet and nutritional guidance
- Understand malnutrition and how to prevent malnutrition
- Understand special dietary requirements
- Understand the impacts of hydration and dehydration
- Be able to monitor and record the nutrition and hydration needs of individuals
- Be able to promote nutrition and hydration
24
Promote person-centred practice, choice and independence in care settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the application of person-centred practices in care settings
- Understand the importance of individuals relationships
- Understand the role of risk assessments in promoting person-centred approaches, choice and independence and the right to take risks
- Work in a person-centred way
- Promote individuals’ rights to make choices
- Promote individuals’ independence
25
Promoting individual's health and well-being
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of individuals’ well-being
- Know how to monitor individuals’ health
- Be able to assess and respond to change in an individual’s health and well-being
- Be able to promote individuals’ health and well-being
26
Provide support with pressure area care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the meaning of pressure sores and pressure area care
- Understand how to follow care plans in relation to pressure area care
- Understand the use of equipment and resources when supporting pressure area care
- Be able to support with pressure area care
27
Quality assurance and quality improvement in the care setting
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand quality regulations in adult care
- Understand the cycle of quality assurance
- Understand own role in ensuring quality standards and regulations are met
28
Safeguarding principles in 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
29
Stroke Awareness
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand what a stroke is and how to recognise a stroke
- Understand the risk factors of a stroke
- Be able to support individuals who have had a stroke
30
Supervision skills
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the principles of supervision
- Understand how supervisions can support performance
- Be able to plan and conduct a supervision
31
Support individuals wit managing pain and discomfort
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to manage and minimise pain and discomfort
- Be able to manage and minimise an individual’s pain or discomfort
- Be able to monitor
- record and report on an individual’s pain or discomfort
32
Support individuals with end of life care, including coping with death and bereavement
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the features of support during the last days of life
- Understand the impact of end-of-life on the individual, families, friends and carers
- Be able to support individuals and others in end-of-life
- Understand care planning when approaching end-of-life care
- Know the responsibilities following an individual's death
- Be able to manage own feelings in relation to end-of-life care or the death of individuals
33
Supporting Individuals to Use Assistive Technology
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the principles of assistive technology
- Understand the safety risks associated with using assistive technology
- Understand the different individuals who use assistive technology and their needs
- Be able to support individuals using assistive technology
34
Supporting Individuals with Learning Disabilities
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to care for individuals with physical disabilities
- Understand how to care for individuals with sensory loss
- Understand how to care for individuals with cognitive impairments, including dementia awareness
35
Supporting individuals with sensory loss
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand sensory loss
- Understand communication support for individuals with sensory loss
- Be able to support individuals with sensory loss
36
Supporting individuals with social interaction and relationships
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of social interactions and relationships
- Be able to support individuals with social interactions and relationship, both old and new
37
Supporting Positive Risk Taking for Individuals
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the meaning of positive risk taking for individuals and its benefits
- Understand how to support positive risk taking
- Be able to use risk assessment to support individuals
38
Ways of working and responsibilities of a care worker
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand agreed ways of working
- Understand working relationships in care settings
- Be able to work in ways that are agreed with the employer
- Be able to work in partnership with others
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 610/2966/X
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- NQual
- Qualification Type
- Occupational Qualification
- Operational Start
- Jul 2023
- Operational End
- Mar 2026