ProQual
Level 5
QN: 601/6240/5
Curriculum Active
ProQual Level 5 Diploma in Advanced Healthcare and Social Care Support Skills
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by ProQual. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 2418 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 5
Awarding Body
ProQual
Syllabus Units
58 Units
Guided Hours
2418 hrs
Instant access to interactive lessons, quizzes, and spaced revision.
Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Appraise staff performance
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand policies, theories and models which underpin appraisal of performance.
- Be able to support others to understand the purpose of appraisal.
- Be able to facilitate preparation for appraisals.
- Be able to support appraise to participate in appraisal meetings.
- Be able to evaluate own practice during the appraisal process.
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
Communicating in Health and Social Care Organisations
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to explore how communication skills are used in health and social care
- Understand how various factors influence the communication process in health and social care
- Be able to explore the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in health and social care
5
Communication Skills for Health and Social Care Management
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how internal communication takes place within health and social care organisations
- Understand the factors that impact on the effectiveness of communications
- Understand features of communications between health and social care professionals and service users
- Be able to present oral information effectively in a health and social care context
- Be able to communicate formally in writing in a health and social care context
6
Conduct and support others in the assessment of individuals health and wellbeing
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the process for carrying out assessments of individuals health and wellbeing
- Be able to demonstrate a person centered approach to assessment
- Be able to manage the assessment process
- Be able to respond to the outcomes of the assessment
- Be able to support and demonstrate to others how to undertake assessments within own scope of practice
7
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..
8
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
9
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
10
Empowering Users of Health and Social Care Services
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how the design and review of services promotes and maximises the rights of users of health and social care services
- Understand how to promote the participation and independence of users of health and social care services
- Understand the responsibility of managing and monitoring risks in health and social care settings
- Understand how good practice in the administration of medication is essential for users of health and social care services
11
Equality and Diversity in Health and Social Care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the key legislative frameworks for equality and diversity in Health and Social Care
- Understand equality and diversity legislation in relation to Health and Social Care
- Understand how equality and diversity is promoted and managed in Health and Social Care
- Be able to identify and challenge discriminatory behaviour and/or practices
12
Evaluate and develop own contribution to the service
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the process of evaluating practice
- Be able to carry out evaluation of practice
- Be able to identify development objectives
13
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
14
Facilitate learning in groups
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to manage group dynamics
- Be able to establish and maintain effective communication with group members
- Be able to facilitate collaborative learning
- Be able to enable individuals to reflect on the way in which they have been learning and participating in the group
15
Health and Safety in the Health and Social Care Workplace
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how health and safety legislation is implemented in the health and social care workplace
- Understand the ways in which health and safety requirements impact on customers and the work of practitioners in the health and social care workplace
- Understand the monitoring and review of health and safety in the health and social care workplace
16
Health and Social Care in Context
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the structural organisation of a chosen health and/or social care area
- Understand the implications of legislative frameworks in the chosen health and social care area
- Understand external influences on a chosen health and/or social care area
- Understand the individual rights underpinning delivery of health and social care to service users
17
Influences on Health and Social Care Organisations
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the relationship between the external environment and health and social care organisations
- Understand the impact of organisational structure and culture on health and social care service delivery
- Understand the role of leadership in health and social care organisations
18
Lead and manage infection prevention and control within the work setting
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand current infection prevention and control policies, procedures and practices.
- Be able to lead the implementation of policies and procedures for infection prevention and control.
- Be able to manage the exchange of information about infections.
- Be able to lead the practice of infection prevention and control.
- Be able to manage risk management in infection prevention and control.
- Be able to review the effectiveness of policies, procedures and practices for infection prevention and control.
19
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
20
Lifespan development and healthcare needs
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand individuals health and wellbeing through lifespan
- Understand the stages and processes of human development
- Understand principles of care provision for individuals at different stages throughout lifespan
21
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
22
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
23
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.
24
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
25
Personal and Professional Development in Health and Social Care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how personal values and principles influence individual contributions to work in health and social care settings
- Be able to produce
- monitor, revise and evaluate plans for personal progress in developing the skills and abilities required of a health and social care practitioner
- Understand the application of principles of professional engagement with users of health and social care services
- Be able to demonstrate development of own skills and understanding in relation to working with others in health and social care practice.
26
Physiological Principles for Health and Social Care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know the structure and functioning of the human body
- Understand the relationship between body functioning and relevant detailed anatomy and physiology
- Understand how routine data collected in health and social care informs the planning of care for individuals
- Be able to relate routine variations in body structure and functioning to care received by individuals
27
Prepare clients through advice and guidance for the implementation of a course of action
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to assist clients to prepare an action plan
- Be able to assist clients to develop the action plan
- Be able to assist clients to identify how the plan might be implemented
28
Principles of Health and Social Care Practice
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how principles of support are implemented in health and social care practice
- Understand the impact of policy, legislation, regulation, codes of practice and standards on organisation policy and practice
- Understand the theories that underpin health and social care practice
- Be able to contribute to the development and implementation of health and social care organisational policy.
29
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
30
Promote effective nutrition and fluid balance
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to evaluate the social impact on nutrition in an individuals own locality in comparison to national statistics
- Understand current legislation, local policy and guidelines around nutrition, supplements and assistive nutrition
- Understand clinical conditions and their nutritional needs
- Understand the relationship between nutrition and clinical conditions within the renal and digestive systems
- Be able to identify when, and how, to adapt food and fluid preparations to meet individual needs
- Understand how to recognise extended methods for individuals specific nutritional needs
- Be able to provide support for individuals to eat and drink
- Be able to support others to monitor nutrition and fluid balance
- Understand the availability and use of nutritional supplements
- Be able to measure Body Mass Index (BMI)
- Understand how to recognise nutritional complications
31
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
32
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
33
Provide support for other practitioners
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to agree the support required by other practitioners
- Be able to promote the effective practice of others
- Be able to deliver support sessions to practitioners
34
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
35
Reflective Practice
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to review own performance and exchange good practice, Be able evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of own practice
- Be able to evaluate the relevance of the wider social, economic and environmental context to working with vulnerable young people
36
Safeguarding and protection of children and young people
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the legislation, regulations and policies that underpin the protection of children and young people
- Be able to lead service provision that protects children and young people
- Be able to manage inter-agency, joint or integrated working in order to protect children and young people
- Be able to monitor and evaluate the systems, processes and practice that safeguards children and young people
37
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
38
Share knowledge and good practice
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Plan to share knowledge and good practice
- Be able to share knowledge and good practice
- Be able to incorporate new knowledge into own practice
- Be able to evaluate the sharing of knowledge and good practice
39
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
40
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
41
The principles and philosophy of healthcare
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the relationship between health and wellbeing
- Understand the principles of the biomedical model
- Understand the principles of the sociological model
- Understand the principles of the psychological model
- Understand the holistic approach and impact of the biopsychosocial model
42
The Sociological Context of Health and Social Care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the contemporary nature of society
- Understand how social inequalities influence the life chances and health status of individuals
- Understand sociological concepts and theory in relation to contemporary social and health issues
43
The structure, organisation and function of the human body
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the organisation of the human living cell, from its simplest level to the most complex level found in the human body
- Understand the principles of the human body systems
44
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
45
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
46
Understand partnership working
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand partnershipworking
47
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.
48
Understand the principles and application of physiological measurements
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand relevant legislation, policy and best practice for undertaking physiological measurements
- Understand the anatomy and physiology associated with physiological measurements
- Be able to assess the impact of lifestyle, culture and family background on individuals physiological measurements
- Understand the physiological state associated with blood pressure
- Understand the physiological state associated with a pulse
- Understand the physiological state associated with temperature
- Understand the physiological state associated with respiration
- Understand the physiological state associated with oxygen saturation levels
- Be able to recognise the deteriorating patient
- Be able to support others to undertake physiological measurements
49
Understand the principles, theories and concepts related to leading and developing a work team in a healthcare environment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how leadership and management impact on effective team performance
- Understand the processes for team formation and development
- Understand the impact of leadership styles on team performance
- Understand the principles of monitoring and reviewing individual and team performance
50
Understanding Deaf Culture
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand Deaf culture
- Understand the cultural context of d/Deafness
51
Understanding Dementia Care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the common forms of dementia
- Understand the impact of dementia on the individual and their family
- Understand the support needs of the individual with dementia.
- Understand how to provide a person-centred approach to care planning for an individual with dementia
- Understand the challenges of supporting an individual with dementia
52
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
53
Understanding Specific Needs in Health and Social Care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand perceptions of health, disability, illness and behaviour
- Understand how health and social care services and systems support individuals with specific needs
- Understand approaches and intervention strategies that support individuals with specific needs
- Understand strategies for coping with challenging behaviours associated with specific needs.
54
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
55
Undertake research for the service and its clients
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to identify sources and availability of information
- Be able to collect data to meet research objectives
- Be able to analyse and report on the data collected
56
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
57
Use person-centred practices to deliver personalisation in health and social care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to put person-centred values into practice
- Be able to implement person-centred thinking to deliver personalised services
- Be able to use person-centred thinking tools for on-going implementation of support plans
- Be able to provide practical assistance with updating and reviewing
- Support Plans
- Be able to take a person-centred approach to risk
- Be able to promote well-being and community membership
58
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
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 601/6240/5
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- ProQual
- Qualification Type
- Occupational Qualification
- Operational Start
- Jun 2015