SEG Awards
Level 4
QN: 610/6410/5
Curriculum Active
SEG Awards Level 4 Diploma in Enhanced Health and Social Care Practice (Northern Ireland)
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by SEG Awards. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 1076 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 4
Awarding Body
SEG Awards
Syllabus Units
37 Units
Guided Hours
1076 hrs
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Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Administering Medication in Health and Social Care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the legislative frame
- work and agreed ways of working for the use of medication in health and social care
- Know about common types of medication, their use and possible adverse reactions
- Understand the forms, routes and equipment associated with the use of medication
- Be able to receive, store and dispose of medication supplies safely
- Be able to prepare to administer medication
- Be able to administer medication safely
- Be able to record the administration of medication in accordance with legal requirements and agreed ways of working
- Be able to manage medicines for distressed reactions
2
Assessing and Planning to Meet the Physical Health Needs of Individuals with Mental Health Needs
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to assess the physical health needs of individuals with mental health needs
- Be able to carry out assessments of the physical health needs of individuals with mental health needs
- Be able to record the outcome of assessments
- Be able to plan actions needed following physical health assessments
- Be able to identify resources and services needed by individuals following physical health assessments
- Be able to make referrals
3
Assessing the Needs of Carers / Families
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the role of carers / families in providing care or support for individuals
- Be able to engage with carers / families who provide care or support for individuals
- Be able to assess the needs of carers / families who provide care or support for individuals
- Be able to review the outcomes of assessing the needs of carers / families who provide care or support for individuals
4
Facilitating Care / Support Planning for Individuals
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand outcome-based practice in health and social care
- Be able to develop a care / support plan in partnership with an individual and others
- Be able to facilitate the implementation of support plans in partnership with an individual and others
- Be able to facilitate a person-centred review of support plans in partnership with an individual and others
5
Implementing Effective Communication and Information Sharing in Health and Social Care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand effective communication in your setting
- Understand operational frameworks that support communication and information sharing in health and social care
- Be able to communicate effectively with individuals and others
- Be able to share information with individuals or others
- Be able to implement good practice in record keeping and information sharing
6
Implementing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Health and Social Care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand equality, diversity and inclusion
- Understand how to promote equality, diversity and inclusion
- Be able to work in a way that supports equality and diversity
7
Implementing Partnership and Person-Centred Practice in Health and Social Care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand partnership working in health and social care
- Understand co-production in health and social care
- Understand person-centred practice and positive risk taking in health and social car
- Be able to establish and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues and other professionals in health and social care
- Be able to work in a person-centred way
8
Implementing Person-Centred Assessment to Support Well-being
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the role of assessment to support the well-being of individuals
- Be able to work in partnership with an individual and others to facilitate person-centred assessment
- Be able to carry out person-centred assessment to support the well-being of an individual
9
Implementing Quality Assurance in Health and Social Care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to implement quality assurance processes in your own setting
- Be able to record quality assurance processes in your own setting
10
Leading and Managing Behavioural Support Strategies for Individuals in Health and Social Care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand behaviour as a means of expression
- Understand strategies to support the management of behaviours of concern
- Be able to lead the implementation of primary prevention strategies within your own setting
- Be able to lead the implementation of secondary prevention strategies within your own setting
- Be able to lead the implementation of non-aversive reactive strategies within your own setting
- Be able to evaluate the use of behavioural support strategies for individuals in your own setting
11
Managing a Team in Health and Social Care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to manage team performance in your own setting
- Be able to support the implementation of an agreed ‘change’ in your own setting
- Be able to manage the performance of individual team members in your own setting
- Be able to support others to work safely
- Be able to assess and manage risks in health and social care settings
12
Promoting and Implementing Health and Safety in Health and Social Care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand your own and others’ responsibilities relating to health and safety in the work setting
- Be able to undertake your responsibilities for health and safety in the work setting, in accordance with agreed ways of working
- Be able to implement security measures in the work setting
13
Promoting Disability-Inclusive Models of Practice in Health and Social Care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand models of disability
- Be able to implement disability-inclusive models of practice to support individuals
- Be able to raise awareness of disability inclusive models of practice
14
Providing Information, Advice or Guidance
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of providing accurate information, advice or guidance to individuals
- Be able to provide accurate information, advice and guidance to individuals
- Be able to contribute to on-going review of providing information, advice and guidance to individuals
15
Sharing Knowledge and Best Practice in Health and Social Care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to plan to share knowledge and best practice in health and social care
- Be able to share knowledge and best practice with others in your own work setting
16
Supporting Individuals and Carers / Families in times of Crisis
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand crisis intervention when working with individuals and carers / families in crisis
- Be able to develop risk management strategies when working with individuals and carers / families in crisis
- Be able to respond appropriately when working with individuals and carers / families in crisis
- Be able to review the outcomes of working with individuals and carers / families in crisis situations
17
Supporting Individuals During Periods of Transition
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the nature of transitions
- Be able to support individuals to plan how to manage or adapt to periods of transition
- Be able to support individuals to manage or adapt to changes associated with periods of transition
- Be able to review the outcomes of supporting individuals during a period of transition
18
Supporting Individuals in Shared Lives Arrangements
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the nature of a shared lives arrangement
- Be able to identify how an individual’s needs can be met through a shared lives arrangement
- Be able to assist an individual to participate in a shared lives arrangement
- Know how to address difficulties, dilemmas and conflicts in relation to a shared lives arrangement
- Be able to contribute to on-going review of a shared lives arrangement
19
Supporting Individuals through Detoxification Programmes
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand assessment of individuals for detoxification programmes
- Be able to introduce individuals to detoxification programmes
- Be able to facilitate and review the implementation of detoxification treatment and support plans
- Be able to facilitate closure of individuals’ detoxification programmes
20
Supporting Individuals to Access and Manage Direct Payments
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand self-directed support within social care
- Be able to support individuals to decide whether to use direct payments
- Be able to provide support to select and manage support / services using direct payments
- Know how to address difficulties, dilemmas and conflicts relating to direct payments
- Be able to facilitate the review of direct payments as part of a person-centred review of care / support plans, in partnership with an individual and others
21
Supporting Individuals to Access and Undertake Education, Training or Employment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand factors that influence access to training, education or employment for individuals
- Know the support available to individuals accessing education, training or employment
- Be able to support an individual to identify and access education, training or employment that meets their needs, preferences and aspirations
- Be able to contribute to on-going monitoring of the support provided to an individual when undertaking education, training or employment
22
Supporting Individuals to Access and Use Services and Facilities
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand factors that influence individuals’ access to services and facilities
- Be able to support individuals to select services and facilities
- Be able to support individuals to access and use services and facilities to ensure rights and preferences are met
- Be able to monitor and record the support provided to individuals when accessing and using services and facilities
23
Supporting Individuals to Access Housing and Accommodation Services.
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand supports available to access housing and accommodation in your own region
- Be able to support individuals, and others as appropriate, to plan how to access appropriate housing and accommodation services
- Be able to support individuals to access housing and accommodation services, to meet their needs
- Be able to review the support provided to individuals to access housing and accommodation services
24
Supporting 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 individuals to live 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 collaboratively to introduce additional services for individuals living at home
- Be able to contribute to reviewing the support provided for individuals living at home
25
Supporting Individuals to Maintain and Develop Everyday Living Skills
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the context of supporting skills for everyday life
- Be able to support individuals to plan for retaining, regaining or developing skills for everyday life
- Be able to support individuals with activities to retain, regain or develop skills for everyday life
- Be able to monitor and record the support provided to individuals when engaging in activities to retain, regain or develop skills for everyday life
26
Supporting Individuals to Manage their Finances
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know how to access information and advice about supporting individuals to manage their finances
- Be able to provide support for individuals to manage their finances
- Be able to contribute to reviewing the support provided for individuals to manage their finances
27
Supporting Individuals to Participate in Activities Provision in Health and Social Care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the provision of activities in health and social care
- Understand your own role in supporting individuals to participate in activities provision in health and social care
- Be able to plan activities in health and social care
- Be able to carry out a planned activity in health and social care
- Be able to contribute to on-going monitoring and review of activities provision in health and social care
28
Supporting Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand ASD and the legislative and policy frameworks underpinning support for individuals with ASD
- Understand your own role in supporting individuals with ASD
- Be able to assist others to support an individual with ASD
- Be able to review the support provided to an individual with ASD
29
Supporting Individuals with Multiple Conditions and/or Disabilities
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the experience of multiple conditions and/or disabilities for individuals
- Understand your own role in supporting individuals with multiple conditions and/or disabilities
- Be able to assist others to support an individual with multiple conditions and/or disabilities
- Be able to review the support provided to an individual with multiple conditions and/or disabilities
30
Supporting Infection Prevention and Control in Health and Social Care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand current infection prevention and control policies, procedures and regulatory requirements in health and social care
- Be able to implement infection prevention and control practices in your own work setting
- Be able to support individuals and others to implement infection prevention and control practices in your own work setting
- Know how to respond to an infection outbreak in your own work setting
- Be able to record infection prevention and control processes in your own setting
31
Supporting the Use of Assistive Technology in Health and Social Care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to research and evaluate assistive technologies
- Be able to facilitate the use of assistive technologies by the individual
- Be able to support others to facilitate the use of assistive technology
- Be able to review the provision of assistive technology
32
Understand Leadership, Governance and Improvement in Health and Social Care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand leadership and management in health and social care
- Understand the context of governance and regulation in health and social care
- Understand systems and processes for improvement in health and social care
33
Understand Mental Capacity and Restrictive Practices in Health and Social Care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand capacity and consent when providing care / support
- Understand restrictive practice
34
Understand Safeguarding, Protection and Duty of Care in Health and Social Care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand ASD
- Understand the legal and policy frameworks that relate to individuals diagnosed with an ASD
- Understand effective communication with individuals with an ASD
- Understand the support available for individuals with an ASD
35
Understand Teamwork and Performance Management in Health and Social Care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand effective team
- work in health and social care
- Understand how to promote a shared team purpose
- Understand effective performance management in health and social care
36
Undertaking an Inquiry Project in Health and Social Care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to plan an inquiry project in health and social care
- Be able to research an identified area of inquiry in health and social care
- Know how to apply the outcomes of an inquiry project in health and social care
37
Utilising Continuing Professional Development in Health and Social Care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the requirements of your own role
- Understand the importance of reflective practice and evidence-based practice in health and social care
- Be able to use reflective practice in order to improve health and social care practice
- Be able to agree and implement a learning and development plan
- Know how to manage your own wellbeing
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 610/6410/5
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- SEG Awards
- Qualification Type
- Occupational Qualification
- Operational Start
- Apr 2026