NQual
Level 4
QN: 610/2969/5
Curriculum Active
NQual Level 4 Diploma in Adult Care
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by NQual. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 920 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 4
Awarding Body
NQual
Syllabus Units
33 Units
Guided Hours
920 hrs
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Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
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
2
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
3
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
4
Coaching and mentoring in social care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand coaching and mentoring in social care
- Be able to conduct coaching and mentoring in social care
5
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
6
Develop, maintain and use records and reports
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the legal and organisational requirements for recording information and providing reports
- Be able to prepare professional records and reports that meet legal requirements, and agreed ways of working
- Be able to use records and reports to inform judgements and decisions
7
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
8
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
9
Facilitate person-centred assessment to support well-being
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 a person-centred assessment that promotes social, emotional, cultural, spiritual and intellectual wellbeing
10
Facilitate support planning to ensure positive outcomes for individuals and to support well-being
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the theories and principles that underpin outcome-based practice
- Be able to develop a support plan to meet the identified needs of an individual
- Understand the value of assistive living technology in developing a support plan
- Be able to facilitate the implementation of support plans in partnership with the individual and others
- Be able to facilitate a person-centred review of support plans in partnership with the individual and others
11
Independent Advocacy
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the principles of advocacy
- Understand the role and responsibilities of an Independent Advocate
- Understand the local, regional and national standards associated with being an Independent Advocacy
- Be able to provide Independent Advocacy support
- Be able to support individuals explore choices
12
Lead communication in adult care settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand communication needs and factors affecting them
- Understand how to support the use of assistive technology to enhance communication
- Be able to interact with individuals
- Be able to convey information to individuals and others
- Understand the importance of confidentially in interactions with individuals
13
Lead end of life services
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the current guidance and legislation relating to end of life care
- Understand person-centred assessment and planning in end of life care
- Understand care during the end of life and the final hours of life after death and bereavement care
- Understand care and support required after death has occurred and bereavement support
- Be able to lead end of life care effectively
14
Lead 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 work safely in health and social care settings
- Be able to manage risk
- Be able to support others to work safely in relation to health and safety
15
Lead inclusive practice in adult care settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand equality, diversity and inclusion
- Understand how inclusive practice supports equality and diversity
- Understand how to promote equality, diversity and inclusion
- Be able to work in a way that supports equality and diversity
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
Manage inductions in adult care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand induction requirements and how to meet them
- Understand how to prepare information and guidance materials
- Be able to organise induction activities
18
Managing change and innovation
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to lead change and increase innovation
- Understand how to promote innovation
- Be able to lead change and promote innovation
19
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
20
Personal development in adult social care settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand what is required for competence in own work role
- Be able to reflect on practice
- Be able to evaluate own performance
- Be able to use reflective practice to contribute to personal development
- Be able to agree a personal development plan
- Understand how to use evidence-based practice
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
Professional practice in adult care settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand theories, values, principles and statutory frameworks that underpin practice within health and social care
- Understand how duty of care contributes to safe practice
- Understand how to address conflicts that may arise between an individual's rights to choice and control and the duty of care
- Be able to apply values, principles and statutory frameworks that underpin service provision in own area of work
23
Provide information, advice and guidance
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the meaning of information, advice and guidance
- Be able to provide information, advice and guidance
24
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
25
Safeguard children and young people who are present in the adult care sector
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the responsibility to safeguard children and young people who are present in an adult social care work setting
- Be able to develop the understanding of others about safeguarding children and young people
- Understand how to address conflicts and dilemmas associated with safeguarding children and young people
26
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
27
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
28
Support individuals to manage their finances
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to access information about finances
- Be able to support individuals to manage their finances
- Be able to contribute to reviews of an individual's finances
29
Support individuals with communication and interaction difficulties
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to support individuals with communication and interaction difficulties
- Understand the impact of having communication and interaction difficulties
30
Support with accessing housing and accommodation services
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the support available to access housing and accommodation services
- Be able to support individuals to access housing and accommodation services
- Be able to support housing and accommodation services to meet the needs of individuals
31
Understand personalisation in care and support service
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the meaning of personalisation in social care and support services
- Understand the systems and processes that support personalisation
- Understand where responsibilities lie within self-directed support
- Know how to promote personalisation
- Know how to develop systems and structures for personalisation
32
Understand safeguarding and protection in adult care settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the impact of current legislation for the safeguarding of adults at risk of ab
- use and neglect
- 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
33
Working in partnership with others
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)
- 610/2969/5
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- NQual
- Qualification Type
- Occupational Qualification
- Operational Start
- Jul 2023