TQUK
Level 3
QN: 610/6988/7
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TQUK Level 3 Diploma in Adult Care (RQF)
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by TQUK. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 2708 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 3
Awarding Body
TQUK
Syllabus Units
99 Units
Guided Hours
2708 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.
- Prepare for the administration of medication. Administer and monitor medication
2
Agreed Ways of Working in Care Settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand agreed ways of working.
- Be able to work in ways that are agreed with the employer.
- Understand working relationships in care settings.
- Be able to work in partnership with others.
3
Assess the needs of carers and families
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the contribution that families and carers make in caring for individuals.
- Be able to engage with families and carers who are providing care.
- Be able to assess the needs of families and carers.
- Be able to identify a plan to support families and carers
4
Awareness of the Mental Capacity Act 2005
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of the Mental Capacity Act 2005
- Understand the key elements of the Mental Capacity Act 2005
- Understand ‘restraint’ as defined in the s6(4) Mental Capacity Act 2005
- Understand the importance of complying with the Mental Capacity Act 2005 Code of Practice when working with individuals who lack capacity
5
Carry out assessments for substance misuse
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to prepare for testing individuals for substance use.
- Be able to test for substances in individuals.
- Be able to communicate outcomes of testing for substances.
- Be able to assess individuals’ needs and appropriate interventions.
- Be able to make referrals to substance mis
- use services.
6
Conduct routine maintenance on clinical equipment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice related to conducting routine maintenance on clinical equipment.2.
- Understand the procedures involved in conducting routine maintenance on clinical equipment.3.
- Prepare to carry out routine maintenance on clinical equipment.4.
- Carry out routine maintenance on clinical equipment.5.
- Report and record on routine maintenance carried out on clinical equipment.
7
Continuous Development
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand what is required to be competent in own role.
- Be able to commit to own development.
- Understand the value of reflective practice.
- Be able to use reflective practice to improve ways of working.
- Be able to develop leadership behaviours.
8
Contribute to effective team working in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand theories of team and team working.
- Understand the principles that underpin effective team
- Be able to work part of a team.
- Be able to support individual team members.
- Be able to review the work of the team
9
Contribute to maintaining quality in adult care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand quality standards relevant to adult care.
- Understand factors that have an impact on the quality of service delivery.
- Understand methods and systems used in quality assurance of adult care.
- Understand own role and responsibilities in ensuring compliance with quality standards.
- Be able to contribute to the ongoing implementation of quality standards.
10
Coordination of activity provision in adult care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand legislation, policies and codes of practice relevant to the coordination of person-centred activities.
- Understand principles which underpin the coordination of individual and group activities.
- Be able to deliver plan and prepare for individual and group activity provision.
- Be able to give guidance and support to individuals and groups participating in activities.
- Be able to contribute to evaluating activities
11
Diabetes Awareness
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand diabetes and the associated implications.
- Know the most common types of diabetes and their causes.
- Understand how to implement a person-centred approach when supporting individuals with diabetes.
- Understand the nutritional needs of individuals with diabetes.
- Understand factors relating to an individual's experience of diabetes.
- Understand the importance of monitoring diabetes.
- Understand the links between diabetes and other conditions.
12
Digital Skills
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the principles and concepts of digital skills.
- Understand how information is stored digitally according to organisational procedures.
- Understand the protection methods used for organisational data.
- Understand how to use digital equipment safely.
- Understand how to communicate effectively using technology.
- Understand the use of technology to enhance learning goals and career progression in care settings.
- Understand the importance of embracing digital skills in care settings.
13
Duty of Care in Care Settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how duty of care contributes to safe practice in care settings.
- Know how to address conflicts or dilemmas that may arise between an individual’s rights and the duty of care.
- Know how to respond to concerns and complaints in care settings.
- Know how to recognise and respond to adverse events, incidents, errors and near misses in care settings.
14
Effective Communication in Care Settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand why effective communication is important in the work setting.
- Understand the variety in peoples’ communication needs and preferences in care settings.
- Be able to communicate effectively with others in care settings.
- Be able to meet the communication and language needs, wishes and preferences of individuals in care settings.
- Understand the role of independent advocacy services in supporting individuals’ to communicate their wishes, needs and preferences in care settings.
- Understand confidentiality in care settings.
15
Effective communication with individuals with sensory loss
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of effective two-way communication.
- Understand different methods that can support communication with individuals with sensory loss.
- Be able to support the individual with communication.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of methods of communication used to support an individual with sensory loss.
- Be able to provide information that promotes awareness of sensory loss.
- Be able to use information to promote awareness of sensory loss.
16
Enable individuals to negotiate environments
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the factors that may impact on an individual being able to negotiate their environments.
- Be able to prepare to support an individual to negotiate an environment.
- Be able to evaluate and revise the support provided to an individual to negotiate an environment
17
Enable individuals with behavioural difficulties to develop strategies to change their behaviour
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how legislation, policies and practice affect the support provided to individuals to manage their behaviour.
- Understand the factors that influence behaviour.
- Be able to work with individuals to recognise the impact of their behaviour on others.
- Be able to enable people to develop strategies for changing behavioural responses.
- Be able to evaluate and review strategies for changing behavioural responses
18
Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Human Rights in Care Settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand influencers 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.
- Be able to work in an inclusive way.
19
Facilitate learning and development activities to meet individual needs and preferences
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the role of learning and development activities in meeting individual needs.
- Be able to identify learning anddevelopment activities to meet individual needs and preferences.
- Be able to plan learning and development activities with individuals.
- Be able to prepare for learning anddevelopment activities.
- Be able to facilitate learning and development activities with individuals.
- Be able to evaluate and reviewlearning and development activities
20
Facilitate Person-Centred Assessment, Planning, Implementation, and Review
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the principles of person-centred assessment and care planning.
- Be able to facilitate person - centred assessment.
- Be able to contribute to the planning of care or support.
- Be able to support the implementation of care plans.
- Be able to monitor care plans.
- Be able to facilitate a review of care plans and their implementation.
21
Handling Information in Care Settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand requirements for handling information in care settings.
- Be able to implement good practice in handling information in care settings.
22
Health and Safety (topics)
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know how to move and handle equipment and other objects safely.
- Know how to handle hazardous substances and materials.
- Know how to promote fire safety in the work setting.
- Be able to implement security measures in the work setting.
23
Health and Safety in Care Settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand own responsibilities, and the responsibilities of others, relating to health and safety.
- Understand procedures for responding to accidents and sudden illness.
- Be able to carry out own responsibilities for health and safety.
24
Health and Wellbeing
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of individuals’ wellbeing.
- Know how to monitor individuals’ health and wellbeing.
- Be able to assess and respond to changes in an individual’s health and wellbeing.
- Be able to promote individuals’ health and wellbeing.
25
Importance of Choice and Independence in Care Settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to promote individuals’ rights to make choices.
- Be able to promote individuals’ independence.
- Understand the role of risk assessments in promoting a person-centred approaches, choice and independence.
26
Infection Prevention and Control in Care Settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to prevent and control the spread of infection.
- Be able to prevent and control the spread of infection.
27
Introduction to personalisation in social care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the meaning ofpersonalisation in social care.
- Understand systems that support personalisation.
- Understand how personalisation affects the way support is provided.
- Understand how to implementpersonalisation.
28
Lead a team
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand working in a team.
- Be able to lead a team.
- Be able to review the effectiveness of a team.
29
Management of pain and discomfort
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the experience and impact of pain and discomfort on an individual.
- Understand how pain and discomfort are assessed and monitored.
- Understand approaches to the management of pain and minimising of discomfort.
- Understand legislation and guidance relevant to management of pain and the minimising of discomfort.
- Be able to support individuals managing pain and discomfort.
- Be able to report on the management of individuals’ pain or discomfort.
30
Mental Capacity and Restrictive Practice in Care Settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the principles of mental capacity.
- Understand the application of the principles of mental capacity and consent.
- Understand restrictive practices in care settings.
31
Obtain venous blood samples
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, procedures and protocols in relation to obtaining venous blood samples
- Understand the anatomy and physiology relating to obtaining venous blood samples
- Be able to prepare to obtain venous blood samples
- Be able to obtain venous blood samples
- Be able to prepare venous blood samples for transportation
32
Person-Centred Practice in Care Settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the application of person-centred practices in care settings.Be able work in a person-centred way.
- Understand the importance of individuals’ relationships.
33
Personal Wellbeing
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand own wellbeing.
- Understand the importance of maintaining and improving own wellbeing.
- Know how to maintain and improve own wellbeing.
- Know how to manage own stress and anxiety.
34
Prepare for and carry out extended feeding techniques
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand anatomy and physiology in relation to extended feeding.
- Understand the extended feeding techniques.
- Understand legislation and agreed ways of working when using extended feeding techniques.
- Be able to manage risks relating to extended feeding.
- Be able to prepare to extended feeding.
- Be able to carry out and complete extended feeding techniques.
- Be able to maintain records and report on extended feeding
35
Principles of Advocacy in Adult Care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand advocacy in adult care.
- Understand the roles and responsibilities of an advocate.
- Understand how to recognise the need for advocacy and support individuals to access it.
36
Principles of supporting individuals with a learning disability regarding sexuality and sexual health
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the development of human sexuality.
- Understand how the sexual development of individuals with a learning disability can differ.
- Understand the issues of sexual health and how these can be supported.
- Understand relevant legislation influencing the support of sexuality and sexual health for individuals with learning disabilities.
- Know how to support the sexual expression of an individual with a learning disability
37
Principles of supporting young people with a disability to make the transition into adulthood
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the steps and stages of moving from childhood into adulthood.
- Understand how having a disability may affect the process of moving from childhood into adulthood.
- Know the options for supporting a young person who has a disability to make the transition into adulthood.
- Understand how to support a young person with a disability through a successful transition.
- Understand the importance of supporting a young person and their family to reflect on the transition
38
Professional Supervision Practice in Adult Care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the principles and purpose of professional supervision in adult social care.
- Understand how professional supervision can develop skills of the supervisor and supervisee.
- Be able to prepare for supervision as a supervisee.
- Be able to prepare to lead a supervision.
- Be able to participate in supervision.
39
Promote 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 develop and implement person-centred daily plans to promote participation.
- Be able to use person-centred records to evaluate an individual's participation in activities.
40
Promote nutrition and hydration in health and social care settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand what makes up a balanced diet.
- Understand nutritional guidelines.
- Be able to promote nutrition in health and social care settings.
- Be able to promote hydration in health and social care settings.
- Understand how to prevent malnutrition in health and social care settings.
- Be able to carry out nutritional screening in health and social care.
- Be able to monitor nutrition and hydration needs with individuals in health and social care.
- Be able to monitor and record nutrition and hydration needs with individuals in the health and social care settings.
- Understand factors that affect special dietary requirements in health and social care settings
41
Promote positive behaviour
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how legislation, frameworks, codes of practice and policies relate to positive behaviour.
- Understand the context and use of proactive and reactive strategies.
- Be able to promote positive behaviour.
- Be able to respond appropriately to incidents of challenging behaviour.
- Be able to support individuals and others following an incident of behaviour that challenges.
42
Promote the management of continence
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand incontinence.
- Understand the consequences of incontinence.
- Understand how to support individuals to manage incontinence.
- Be able to support individuals to manage continence through the selection of strategies and aids.
- Be able to support the management of continence through the use of aids and strategies.
- Be able to evaluate the management of continence by selected strategies and aids.
43
Promotion of mental well-being and mental health
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to support the promotion of mental well-being and mental health
- Be able to support individuals’ mental wellbeing and mental health by promoting social inclusion
44
Provide support to maintain and develop skills for everyday life
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- understand the context of supporting skills of everyday life
- be able to support individuals to plan for maintaining and developing skills for everyday life
- Be able to support individuals to retain, regain or develop skills for everyday life
- Be able to evaluate support for developing or maintaining skills for everyday life
45
Reablement in Adult Care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of daily living activities to independence.
- Understand the range of resources available to support reablement.
- Be able to contribute to reablement plans.
- Be able to implement reablement plans.
46
Recognise indications of substance misuse and refer individuals to specialists
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Recognise indications of substance mis
- Assess and monitor risk , Handle information and maintain records, Refer individuals to appropriate services
47
Recruitment and Selection within Adult Care Settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the recruitment and selection processes in adult care settings.
- Be able to contribute to the recruitment process in adult care settings.
- Be able to participate in the selection process in adult care settings.
48
Resource Management in Adult Care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the principles of effective resource management.
- Understand how to contribute to planning of resources in own area of responsibility.
- Understand how to monitor the quality and use of resources in own area of responsibility.
- Understand how to review the quality of resources in own area of responsibility.
49
Safeguarding in Care Settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the national and local context of safeguarding and protection from ab
- use and neglect.
- Know how signs of ab
- use and neglect in care settings.
- Understand ways to reduce the likelihood of ab
- use or neglect occurring care settings.
- Know how to respond to suspected or disclosed ab
- use and neglect care settings.
- Know how to recognise and report unsafe practices care settings.
- Understand the principles of online safety in care settings.
50
Stroke care management
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to support individuals to manage strokeaccording to legislation, policyand guidance.2.
- Understand stroke recognition.3.
- Understand specific communication factors affecting individuals following stroke.4.
- Understand changing needs of individuals affected by stroke.
- Understand how to promote an individual’s recovery and independence after stroke.
- Be able to support an individual who has experienced stroke.
51
Support Autistic People
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to support an autistic person.
- Be able to support an autistic person with verbal and non-verbal communication.
- Be able to support individuals with transitions and change.
52
Support carers to meet the care needs of individuals
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, procedures and protocols in relation to supporting individuals in the community.
- Understand why individuals might require support.
- Understand how to ensure individuals receive the support they need from carers.
- Be able to support carers to meet the care needs of individuals.
53
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
54
Support individuals during a period of change
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand reasons for and responses to change
- Be able to support individuals to plan how to manage or adapt to change
- Be able to support individuals to manage or adapt to change
- Be able to evaluate the support provided during a period of change
55
Support 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
- Be able to support individuals' to review their access to and use of services and facilities
56
Support individuals to access housing and accommodation services
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand support available to access housing and accommodation services.
- Be able to work with individuals to identify housing and accommodation services that meet their needs.
- Be able to work with individuals to plan to access housing and accommodation services.
- Be able to work with individuals to access housing and accommodation services.
- Be able to work with housing and accommodation services to meet the needs of individuals.
- Be able to contribute to the review of housing and accommodation services for individuals.
57
Support individuals to be part of a community
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how communities can support social inclusion.
- Be able to support the social inclusion of individuals in communities.
- Be able to evaluate the participation of individuals in communities
58
Support individuals to continue with recommended therapy
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of supporting individuals to continue recommended therapies.
- Be able to plan and prepare for therapeutic group activities.
- Be able to encourage individuals to continue recommended therapies.
- Be able to support individuals to continue recommended therapy.
- Be able to monitor
- record and report on observations during recommended therapy.
- Be able to contribute to evaluation and review of recommended therapies.
59
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 tosecure additional services and facilitiesto 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
60
Support individuals who are bereaved
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the effects of bereavement on individuals
- Understand principles for supporting individuals who are bereaved
- Be able to support individuals to express their response to loss
- Be able to support individuals who are bereaved
- Understand the role of specialist agencies in supporting individuals who are bereaved
- Be able to manage own feelings when providing support for individuals who are bereaved
61
Support individuals with dementia
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to communicate with an individual with dementia.
- Be able to support an individual’s rights and choices.
- Be able to maximise the rights and choices of individuals with dementia.
- Be able to involve carers and others in the support of individuals with dementia.
- Be able to support an individual with dementia to enjoy good nutrition.
- Be able to maintain the privacy, dignity and respect of individuals with dementia whilst promoting rights and choices.
62
Support individuals with multiple conditions and/or disabilities
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the impact of multiple conditions and/or disabilities on individuals.
- Understand own role in supporting individuals with multiple conditions and/or disabilities.
- Understand the support available for individuals with multiple conditions and/or disabilities.
- Be able to assist individuals with multiple conditions and/or disabilities.
- Be able to evaluate the support provided to an individual to engage in activities.
63
Support individuals with specific communication needs
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand an individual’s specific communication needs.
- Understand how to support the use of communication technology and aids.
- Be able to contribute to identifying and addressing specific communication needs of individuals.
- Be able to interact with individuals using their preferred communication method.
- Be able to promote communication between individuals and others.
- Be able to review an individual’s communication needs and the support provided.
64
Support Others with Assistive Living Technology
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the use of assistive technology in adult care.
- Be able to support individuals to use assistive living technology.
- Be able to review the use of assistive living technology.
65
Support person-centred thinking and planning
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the principles and practice of person-centred thinking, planning and review.
- Understand the context which person-centred thinking and planning takes place.
- Understand own role in person-centred planning.
- Be able to apply person-centred planning in relation to own life.
- Be able to implement person-centred thinking, planning and reviews
66
Support the assessment of sensory loss in individuals
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to support the assessment of individuals with sensory loss.
- Be able to support primary carers.
- Be able to promote evidence- based practice relevant to sensory loss.
67
Support the spiritual wellbeing of individuals
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of spiritual wellbeing for individuals.
- Be able to assess the spiritual needs of an individual and others.
- Understand the impact of values and beliefs on own and an individual's spiritual wellbeing.4.
- Be able to support individuals' spiritual wellbeing
68
Support those that are at the end of life
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to work according to national guidelines, local policies, and procedures, considering preferences and wishes after the death of the individual.
- Be able to provide support to individuals and key people during end-of-life care.
- Be able to respond to changing needs of an individual during the last days of life.
- 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.
69
Support use of medication in social care settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the legislative frame
- work for the use of medication in social care settings.
- Know about common types of medication and their use.
- Understand roles and responsibilities in the use of medication .
- Understand techniques foradministering medication
- Be able to receive, store and dispose of medication supplies safely.
- Know how to promote the rights of the individual when managing medication .
- Be able to support use of medication.
- Be able to record and report on use of medication
70
Supporting Individuals with Stoma Care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand legislation, national and local policies, procedures and good practice for stoma care.
- Understand anatomy and physiology in relation to nutrition and fluids in relation to stoma care.
- Understand the role of the care worker in supporting stoma care.
- Be able to carry out stoma care.
- Be able to observe
- record and report on an individual’s condition during and post stoma care.
71
Supporting Innovation and Transformation in Adult Care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to support quality improvement in adult social care.
- Understand principles of effective change management.
- Understand how to implement effective change.
72
Trauma-Informed Care in Adult Care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the principles of trauma-informed care in adult social care settings.
- Understand how trauma can affect individuals receiving care and support.
- Be able to apply trauma-informed approaches in adult care practice.
73
Understand advance care planning
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the principles of advance care planning
- Understand the process of advance care planning
- Understand the person centred approach to advance care planning
74
Understand end of life care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the protection of the rights of individuals and others through the legislative frame
- work relating to end of life care.
- Understand factors that have an impact on end of life care.
- Understand the use of advance care planning in end of life care.
- Understand the management of symptoms and pain in end of life care.
- Understand how individuals and others can be supported during end of life care.
- Understand the role of organisations, community and support services relevant to end of life care.
- Understand actions which follow the death of an individual.
- Understand how to manage own feelings relating to the dying or death of individuals.
75
Understand How to Support Autistic People
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the main characteristics of autism.
- Understand how autism can impact on the lives of individuals and those around them.
- Understand different theories and concepts about autism.
- Understand the legal and policy frame
- work that underpins good practice in the support of autistic people.
- Understand how to achieve effective communication with autistic people.
- Understand how to support autistic people.
76
Understand how to Support Individuals Affected by Parkinson’s
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the signs, symptoms, and progression of Parkinson’s.
- Understand the impact of Parkinson’s on the individual and others.
- Understand the diagnosis, interventions and treatments to manage Parkinson’s.
- Understand the use of medication for Parkinson’s.
- Know how to promote the health and wellbeing of individuals with Parkinson’s.
77
Understand how to support positive decisions and risk taking for individuals
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to support individuals to make decisions about risks.
- Be able to support individuals to take risks.
- Understand duty of care in relation to supporting positive risk-taking.
78
Understand how to support those that are at the end of life
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand current approaches to end-of-life care.
- Understand common features of support during end of life.
- Understand how symptoms might be identified in end-of-life care.
- Understand the impact of the last days of life on the individual and others.
- Understand advance care planning in relation to end of life care.
- Know how to support individuals and others during the last days of life.
- Understand the actions to be taken following an individual’s death.
- Know how to manage own feelings in relation to an individual’s dying or death.
79
Understand Management and Leadership in Adult Social Care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand theories of management and leadership adult social care.
- Understand the skills of management and leadership in adult social care.
80
Understand Mental Health
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the types of mental ill health.
- Understand the impact of mental ill health on individuals and others in their social net
- Understand the difficulties individuals with mental health problems may face.
81
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 the impact of living with a physical disability within society
- Understand the importance of promoting inclusion and independence
82
Understand positive risk taking for individuals with disabilities
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand that individuals withdisabilities have the same right aseveryone else to take risks
- Understand the importance of a positive, person-centred approach to risk assessment, .
- Understand the legal and policy frame
- work underpinning an individual with disabilities right to make decisions and take risks
- Understand the importance of considering with an individual with disabilities the risks associated with thechoices they
- Understand the importance of apartnership approach to risk taking
83
Understand Sensory Loss in Health and Social Care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the factors that impact on an individual with sensory loss.
- Understand the importance of effective communication for individuals with sensory loss.
- Understand the main causes and conditions of sensory loss.
- Know how to recognise when an individual may be experiencing sight and / or hearing loss and actions that may be taken.
- Understand own role and the role of others in promoting the interests of individuals with sensory loss.
84
Understand the administration of medication to individuals with dementia using a person centred approach
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand common medications available to, and appropriate for, individuals with dementia.
- Understand how to provide person centred care to individuals with dementia through the appropriate and effective use of medication
85
Understand the context of supporting individuals with learning disabilities
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how legislation and policies support the human rights and inclusion of individuals with learning disabilities.
- Understand the nature, causes and characteristics of learning disability.
- Understand the historical context of learning disability.
- Understand the principles and practice of advocacy, empowerment and active participation in relation to supporting individuals with learning disabilities and their families.
- Understand how views and attitudes impact on the lives of individuals with learning disabilities and their family carers.
- Understand how to promote communication with individuals with learning disabilities.
86
Understand the diversity of individuals with dementia and the importance of inclusion
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the concept of diversityand its relevance to working withindividuals who have dementia
- Understand that each individual’sexperience of dementia is unique
- Understand the importance ofworking in a person centred way andhow this links to inclusion
87
Understand the effects of ageing in activity provision
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the effects of human ageing
- Understand the impact of age-relatedchanges and activity
88
Understand the factors affecting older people
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the impact of the ageing process on older people.
- Understand attitudes of society to older people.
- Understand the importance of using person centred approaches with older people.
- Understand the importance of independence for older people
89
Understand the impact of Acquired Brain Injury on individuals
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand Acquired Brain Injury.2.
- Understand the impact on individuals of Acquired Brain Injury.3.
- Understand the specialist communication needs of an individual with Acquired Brain Injury.4.
- Understand the impact that personality changes can have on individuals with Acquired Brain Injury and others.5.
- Understand the impact of challenging behaviour.
90
Understand the process and experience of dementia
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the neurology of dementia
- Understand the impact of recognition and diagnosis of dementia
- Understand how dementia care must be underpinned by a person centered approach
91
Understand the role of communication and interactions with individuals who have dementia
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the individuals with dementia may communicate in different ways.
- Understand the importance of positive interactions with individuals with dementia.
- Understand the factors which can affect interactions and communication of individuals with dementia
92
Understanding Drug Use: Facts, Effects, Symptoms and Attitudes
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the facts and paraphernalia associated with a range of substances
- Understand the signs and effects of a range of substances
- Understand a range of attitudes and values relating to drug use
- Understand sources of information on drug use
93
Undertake examinations of the feet of individuals with diabetes
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand best practice in diabetic foot care.2.
- Understand the factors affecting foot health in individuals with diabetes.3.
- Be able to prepare to conduct an examination on the feet of individuals who have diabetes.4.
- Be able to conduct an examination on the feet of an individual with diabetes.5.
- Be able to advise individuals with diabetes about foot health.6.
- Be able to report the outcome of foot examinations.
94
Undertake physiological measurements
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand relevant legislation, policy and good practice for undertaking physiological measurements
- Understand the physiological states that can be measured
- Be able to prepare to take physiological measurements
- Be able to undertakephysiological measurements
- Be able to record and report results of physiological measurements
95
Undertake tissue viability risk assessments
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the need for tissue viability risk assessment
- Be able to undertake tissue viability risk assessment
- Be able to record and report on tissue viability risk assessment
- Understand when the risk assessment should be reviewed
96
Undertake treatments and dressings of wounds and lesions
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols, best practice, and safety measures related to undertaking treatments and dressings of lesions and wounds.2.
- Understand wound infection and healing.3.
- Understand the rationale for carrying out procedures when treating wounds/lesions.4.
- Be able to prepare to treat and dress lesions and wounds.5.
- Be able to carry out treatments and dressings to lesions/wounds.6.
- Be able to record and report outcomes of the activities.
97
Undertake urethral catheterisation
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand relevant legislation, policy, and good practice in relation to carrying out urethral catheterisation.2.
- Understand the relevant anatomy and physiology.3.
- Be able to prepare to insert urethral catheters.4.
- Be able to insert urethral catheters.5.
- Be able to monitor and care for the urethral catheter after insertion.6.
- Be able to care for and support the individual during and after the procedure.
98
Using Person-Centred Counselling Skills in Adult Care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the Person-Centred model of counselling and its use in adult care settings.
- Understand the helping relationship and the use of counselling skills in adult care.
- Understand limits of role and when to signpost or refer individuals.
- Be able to use Person-Centred counselling skills in a helping relationship.
- Understand how to support own wellbeing when providing helping sessions.
99
Work in partnership with families to support individuals
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand partnership working with families and family members in care and/or support
- Be able to establish and maintain positive relationships with families and family members in care and/or support
- Be able to plan shared approaches to the care and support of individuals with families and family members in care and/or support
- Be able to work with families to access support in their role as carers
- Be able to exchange and record information about partnership work with families
- Be able to contribute to reviewing partnership work with families
- Be able to provide feedback about support for families
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 610/6988/7
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- TQUK
- Qualification Type
- Occupational Qualification
- Operational Start
- Apr 2026