TQUK
    Level 3
    QN: 610/2249/4
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    TQUK Level 3 Diploma in Healthcare Support Work (RQF)

    Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by TQUK. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 4294 hours.

    Qualification Level
    Level 3
    Awarding Body
    TQUK
    Syllabus Units
    163 Units
    Guided Hours
    4294 hrs
    Instant access to interactive lessons, quizzes, and spaced revision.

    Course Syllabus & Study Modules

    Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.

    1

    Adapt and fit healthcare equipment, medical devices, assistive technology, or products to meet individuals’ needs

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand relevant legislation, policy and good practice related to adapting and fitting healthcare equipment, medical devices, assistive technology, associated systems or products to meet individuals’ needs.2.
    • Understand anatomy and physiology relevant to adapting and fitting prescribed items to meet individuals’ needs.3.
    • Understand specialist technical requirements of healthcare equipment, medical devices, assistive technology, associated systems or products.4.
    • Be able to adapt prescribed items to meet individuals’ needs.5.
    • Be able to fit prescribed items to meet the needs of individuals.
    2

    Administer medication to individuals and monitor the effects

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand legislation, guidelines, policies, procedures, and protocols relevant to the administration of medication.2.
    • Know about common types of medication and their use.3.
    • Understand procedures and techniques for the administration of medication.4.
    • Be able to prepare for the administration of medication.5.
    • Be able to administer and monitor medication.
    3

    Administer oral nutritional products to individuals

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to administer oral nutritional products to individuals in line with current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice guidelines.2.
    • Understand common nutritional products and their uses.3.
    • Understand how to manage possible reactions to the use of nutritional products.4.
    • Be able to prepare for oral administration of nutritional products.5.
    • Be able to administer oral nutritional products to individuals.6.
    • Be able to maintain stock of nutritional products.
    4

    Advise and inform individuals on managing their condition

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand good practice in identifying information requirements
    • Understand health conditions
    • Understand the effects of change on individuals’ lifestyles
    • Be able to ascertain the information and advice needs of individuals
    • Be able to agree plans with individuals to adapt their lifestyle
    5

    Anatomy and physiology for maternity support workers

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know the anatomy and physiology of the female reproductive system.2.
    • Know the anatomy and physiology of the breast.3.
    • Understand physical changes during pregnancy.
    6

    Assist in and monitor the administration of oxygen

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current organisational policies and procedures relating to the use of oxygen.2.
    • Understand respiratory conditions that may require the use of oxygen.3.
    • Understand the adverse effects of oxygen and how they can be minimised or prevented.4.
    • Understand resources and equipment used when administering care in response to respiratory conditions.5.
    • Be able to monitor and record saturation levels.6.
    • Be able to assist in the preparation and administration of oxygen for individuals.
    7

    Assist in implementing treatment programmes for individuals with severely reduced movement mobility

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols, and good practice which inform own role in assisting in treatment programmes for individuals with severely reduced movement/mobility.2.
    • Understand anatomical and physiological issues related to providing treatment programmes for individuals with severely reduced movement/mobility.3.
    • Understand treatment programmes for individuals with severely reduced movement/mobility.4.
    • Be able to implement treatment programmes for individuals with severely reduced movement/mobility.
    8

    Assist in monitoring the health of individuals affected by health conditions

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand monitoring of the health of individuals affected by health conditions.2.
    • Be able to carry out observations of the health of individuals affected by health conditions.3.
    • Be able to record and report on observations.4.
    • Be able to respond to changes in an individual’s condition.
    9

    Assist in receiving, handling, and dispatching clinical specimens

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how health and safety measures are implemented when receiving, handling, and dispatching clinical specimens.2.
    • Understand reasons for using different containers and transport media for different clinical specimens.
    • Be able to assist others to receive, handle, label, and dispatch clinical specimens.
    10

    Assist in testing individuals’ abilities prior to planning physical activities

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice related to assisting in testing individuals prior to planning physical activities
    • Understand health related topics in relation to physical activities
    • Understand motivation factors for physical activities
    • Be able to carry out preparations to assess individuals’ ability to exercise
    • Be able to assist the practitioner to administer tests to assess individuals’ ability to exercise
    11

    Assist in the delivery of perioperative care and support of individuals

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the potential effects of the perioperative environment and procedures on individuals undergoing perioperative care.2.
    • Be able to support individuals in a perioperative environment according to their care plan.3.
    • Be able to monitor individuals in a perioperative environment according to the requirements of their care plans.
    12

    Assist others to plan presentations

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand techniques and resources involved in planning presentations.2.
    • Be able to assist others to plan presentations.
    13

    Assist practitioners in carrying out health care activities

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols, and good practice when assisting the practitioner to carry out health care activities.2.
    • Be able to assist the practitioner in carrying out health care activities.
    14

    Build positive relationships with children and young people

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols, and good practice guidelines related to supporting parents/carers to care for babies during their first year.2.
    • Understand the importance of developing positive relationships with children and young people.3.
    • Be able to establish positive relationships with children and young people.4.
    • Be able to provide information and advice to children and young people.
    15

    Care for individuals with urethral catheters

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice related to caring for individuals with urethral catheters
    • Understand the procedure of urethral catheterisation
    • Understand the use and application of catheter care equipment
    • Be able to prepare individuals to carry out urethral catheters care
    • Be able to carry out care for individuals with urethral catheters
    • Be able to monitor and check individuals undergoing urethral catheter care
    16

    Care for the older person

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the ageing process.2.
    • Understand how to adapt communication when caring for the Older Person.3.
    • Understand how to care for the older person.
    17

    Carry out vision screening

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, policy and good practice related to carrying out vision screening.2.
    • Understand the factors related to vision screening.3.
    • Be able to prepare to carry out vision screening.4.
    • Be able to carry out vision screening.5.
    • Be able to support individuals during and after the procedure.
    18

    Carry out wound drainage care

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand safety measures specific to undertaking wound drainage care.2.
    • Understand the principles of wound drainage and use of related equipment.3.
    • Understand procedures and techniques involved in wound drainage.4.
    • Be able to prepare for wound drainage care.5.
    • Be able to carry out wound drainage care.6.
    • Be able to record and report outcomes from procedure.
    19

    Cleaning, Decontamination and Waste Management

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to maintain a clean environment to prevent the spread of infection
    • Understand the principles and steps of the decontamination process
    • Understand the importance of good waste management practice in the prevention of the spread of infection
    20

    Conduct intravenous cannulation

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols, and best practice which impact on performing intravenous cannulation.2.
    • Understand the purpose and functions of intravenous cannulation.3.
    • Be able to prepare to carry out intravenous cannulation.4.
    • Be able to carry out intravenous cannulation.5.
    • Be able to monitor and report on the intravenous cannulation.
    21

    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.
    22

    Conducting hearing assessments

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to conduct hearing assessments in line with current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols, and good practice guidelines.2.
    • Know the anatomy and physiology of the ear related to hearing.3.
    • Understand how to maintain equipment required to assess individuals’ hearing.4.
    • Be able to prepare to conduct hearing assessments.5.
    • Be able to conduct hearing assessments.6.
    • Be able to record and report the results of hearing assessments.
    23

    Contribute to the care of a deceased person

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know the factors that affect how individuals are cared for after death.
    • Be able to contribute to supporting those who are close to deceased individuals.
    • Be able to contribute to preparing deceased individuals prior to transfer.
    • Be able to contribute to transferring deceased individuals.
    • Be able to manage own feelings in relation to the death of individuals
    24

    Contribute to the discharge of individuals to carers

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the procedures for discharging individuals to a carer.2.
    • Be able to prepare individuals for discharge.3.
    • Be able to contribute to the discharge of individuals to carers.
    25

    Contribute to the effectiveness of teams

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the importance of own role and how it contributes to the team performance
    • Be able to reflect on own performance
    • Be able to manage time and commitments effectively
    • Be able to establish effective working relationships with all members of the team
    26

    Contribute to the safe use of medical devices in the perioperative environment

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the importance of following health and safety requirements when using medical devices in the perioperative environment.2.
    • Be able to check and handle medical devices in the perioperative environment, according to health and safety procedures.3.
    • Be able to check the integrity of instrument trays.4.
    • Be able to dispose of used items and equipment safely.
    27

    Coordinate individuals through care pathways

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols, and good practice guidelines in relation to coordinating the progress of individuals through care pathways.2.
    • Understand the coordination of individuals through care pathways.3.
    • Be able to coordinate the progress of individuals through care pathways.
    28

    Deliver training through demonstration and instruction

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to deliver training through demonstration and instruction.2.
    • Be able to deliver training by demonstration and instruction.3.
    • Be able to review learning and training.
    29

    Dementia Awareness

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand dementia.
    • Understand models of dementia.
    • Know types of dementia and their causes.
    • Understand an individual’s experience of dementia
    30

    Develop and agree individualised care plans for babies and families

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice guidelines related to supporting parents/carers to care for babies during their first year.2.
    • Understand how to access and gather relevant information for care planning.3.
    • Understand the factors which impact on care planning needs.
    • Be able to develop and agree individualised care plans for babies and families
    31

    Enable children and young people to understand their health and well-being

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies and good practice guidelines related to supporting parents/carers to care for babies during their first year
    • Understand factors which impact upon enabling children and young people to understand their health and well-being
    • Be able to establish positive relationships with children, young people and relevant others to enable children and young people to understand their health and well-being
    • Be able to develop a care plan in partnership with the child or young person to help them to achieve an understanding of the nature of their needs and preferences
    32

    Give presentations to groups

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice related to group presentations.2.
    • Understand factors which contribute to effective group presentations.3.
    • Be able to plan a presentation to facilitate learning.4.
    • Be able to present information to a group.
    33

    Implement hydrotherapy programmes for individuals and groups

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice related toimplementing hydrotherapy programmes
    • Know musculo skeletal aspects of the body
    • Understand the principles of hydrotherapy practice
    • Be able to implement hydrotherapy programmes
    • Be able to report to the practitioner on the outcomes of the hydrotherapy programme
    34

    Implement therapeutic group activities

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the principles of therapeutic group activities.
    • Be able to plan and prepare for therapeutic group activities.
    • Be able to support individuals during therapeutic group activities.
    • Be able to contribute to the evaluation of therapeutic group activities
    35

    Maintain quality standards in the health sector

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to provide a quality service within legislation, policies, and procedures.2.
    • Understand the importance of working with others to provide a quality service.3.
    • Know how to monitor quality standards.4.
    • Understand the importance of prioritising own workload to reduce risks to quality.
    36

    Make recommendations for the use of physical resources in a health setting

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to make recommendations for the use of physical resources in a health setting.2.
    • Be able to interpret information to inform expenditure proposals, in line with organisational plans and objectives.3.
    • Be able to present proposals for expenditure for physical resources to stakeholders.4.
    • Be able to negotiate proposals for expenditure for physical resources with stakeholders
    37

    Manage the use of physical resources in a health setting

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to control the use of physical resources in a health setting in line with local policy and protocol.2.
    • Be able to advise team members on the control of expenditure and physical resource usage in a health setting.3.
    • Be able to monitor expenditure and physical resource usage in a health setting.
    38

    Managing symptoms in end-of-life care

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the effects of symptoms in relation to end of life care.2.
    • Understand how to manage symptoms in end-of-life care.3.
    • Be able to manage symptoms in end-of-life care.4.
    • Be able to integrate symptom management in the care management process.
    39

    Monitor individuals’ progress in relation to managing their body weight and nutrition

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to monitor individuals progress in relation to managing their weight and nutrition in line with current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols, and good practice guidelines.2.
    • Be able to monitor individuals progress in managing their body weight.3.
    • Be able to support individuals in re-establishing goals for further progress.
    40

    Move and position individuals 'safely' in accordance with their care plan

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, policies, standards, local ways of working and codes of conduct in relation to moving and positioning individuals.2.
    • Understand anatomy and physiology in relation to moving and positioning individuals.3.
    • Be able to minimise risk before moving and positioning individuals.4.
    • Be able to move and position an individual.5.
    • Know when to seek advice and/or assistance from others when moving and positioning an individual.
    41

    Notify an individual of discharge arrangements

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand discharge and post discharge information needs of individuals.2.
    • Be able to inform individuals of discharge arrangements.
    42

    Obtain a client history

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice related to obtaining a client history
    • Be able to prepare to obtain a client history
    • Be able to obtain a client history
    43

    Obtain and test capillary blood samples

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how legislation, policy and good practice guidelines relate to obtaining and testing capillary blood samples
    • Understand the anatomy and physiology in relation to obtaining and testing capillary blood samples
    • Be able to prepare to obtain capillary blood samples
    • Be able to obtain capillary blood samples.
    • Be able to test and record the results of blood samples
    • Be able to pass on the results of blood samples
    44

    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
    45

    Perform first-line calibration on clinical equipment ensuring it is fit for use

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols, and good practice which impact on own role when calibrating equipment.2.
    • Understand the procedures involved in the calibration of equipment.3.
    • Be able to run tests on equipment.4.
    • Be able to conclude and report on tests on equipment.
    46

    Perform routine electrocardiograph (ECG) procedures

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice which impact on own role.2.
    • Understand the purpose and functions of electrocardiographs.3.
    • Be able to prepare to carry out routine electrocardiograph procedures.4.
    • Be able to carry out routine electrocardiograph procedures.
    47

    Person-centred practice, choice, and independence

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the application of person-centred practices in care settings.2.
    • Understand the importance of individuals’ relationships.3.
    • Be able to apply person-centred approaches.4.
    • Be able to promote individuals’ rights to make choices.5.
    • Be able to promote individuals’ independence.6.
    • Understand the role of risk assessments in promoting person-centred approaches, choice, and independence.
    48

    Prepare and apply dressings and drains to individuals in the perioperative environment

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the health and safety measures related to preventing wound contamination and cross infection when preparing and applying dressings and drains.2.
    • Understand how medical devices are used in the application of dressings, wound supports and drains in the learner environment.3.
    • Be able to select and prepare dressings and drains according to individual requirements.4.
    • Be able to apply dressings and attach drains according to individual requirements.
    49

    Prepare and dress for scrubbed clinical roles

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to follow safe procedures when preparing and dressing for scrubbed clinical roles.2.
    • Know how to work within own sphere of competence.3.
    • Understand how to dress for scrubbed clinical roles.
    • Be able to work within scrubbed clinical roles
    50

    Prepare and support individuals for healthcare activities

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, policy and good practice related to the preparation of individuals for healthcare activities.2.
    • Be able to prepare individuals for healthcare activities.3.
    • Be able to record and report healthcare activities.
    51

    Prepare the anaesthetic environment and provide support for pre and post operative anaesthesia and recovery

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand health and safety measures specific to carrying out activities in the anaesthetic/recovery environment.2.
    • Understand the parameters for clinical readings taken in the anaesthetic/recovery environment.3.
    • Be able to prepare and maintain anaesthetic/recovery equipment for the reception of individuals.4.
    • Be able to assist the registered practitioner in caring for an individual in the anaesthetic/recovery environment.
    52

    Prepare, insert and secure nasogastric tubes

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, procedures, and protocols in relation to inserting and securing nasogastric tubes.2.
    • Understand purpose and functions of nasogastric tubes and associated procedures.3.
    • Be able to prepare for the insertion of a nasogastric tube.4.
    • Be able to insert a nasogastric tube.5.
    • Be able to measure
    • record and dispose of nasogastric aspirate following policies, procedures, and protocols.
    53

    Principles of health promotion

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Describe factors that influence health.
    • Explore behaviour change. State the role of effective communication in health promotion
    54

    Promote health, safety, and wellbeing in care settings

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand own responsibilities, and the responsibilities of others, relating to health and safety.2.
    • Be able to carry out own responsibilities for health and safety.3.
    • Understand procedures for responding to accidents and sudden illness.4.
    • Know how to reduce the spread of infection.
    • Know how to move and handle equipment and other objects safely.6.
    • Know how to handle hazardous substances and materials.7.
    • Be able to promote fire safety in the work setting.8.
    • Be able to implement security measures in the work setting.9.
    • Know how to manage stress.
    55

    Promote personal development in 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 agree a personal development plan
    • Be able to use learning opportunities and reflect practice to contribute to personal development
    56

    Promoting equality and inclusion in care settings

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the importance of diversity, equality, and inclusion.2.
    • Be able to work in an inclusive way.3.
    • Be able to promote diversity, equality, and inclusion.
    57

    Protection and Safeguarding in care settings

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand principles of safeguarding adults.2.
    • Know how to recognise signs and symptoms of ab
    • Understand how to respond to suspected or alleged ab
    • Understand the national and local context of safeguarding and protection from ab
    • Understand ways to reduce the likelihood of ab
    • Understand how to recognise and report unsafe practices.7.
    • Understand principles for online safety.
    58

    Provide advice and information to enable parents to promote the health and well-being of their newborn babies

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice guidelines related to providing advice and information to parents/carers on the health and wellbeing of newborn babies.2.
    • Understand the requirements for the health and well-being of newborn babies and their parents/carers.3.
    • Be able to provide advice and information that enables parents/carers to meet the health and well-being needs of their newborn babies.
    59

    Provide agreed support for foot care

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the signs and causes of foot and toe-nail abnormalities.
    • Be able to provide support for assessed foot care needs.
    • Be able to promote the individual’s engagement in their own foot care.
    • Be able to provide foot care safely.
    • Be able to record and report on foot care.
    60

    Provide support to individuals to continue recommended therapies

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the importance of supporting individuals to continue recommended therapies.
    • 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.
    61

    Providing support for managing pain and discomfort

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand approaches to managing pain and discomfort.2.
    • Be able to assist in minimising individuals’ pain or discomfort.3.
    • Be able to monitor
    • record and report on the management of individuals’ pain or discomfort.
    62

    Receive and handle clinical specimens within the sterile field

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to receive and handle clinical specimens within the sterile field in line with health and safety guidance.2.
    • Be able to receive and handle clinical specimens within the sterile field.
    63

    Recognise indications of substance misuse and refer individuals to specialists

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know the regulations and legislation that applies to the mis
    • use use of substances in line with organisational procedures.2.
    • Understand the indications of substance mis
    • Be able to assess and monitor risk in accordance with organisational procedures.4.
    • Understand how to handle information and maintain records in line with organisational procedures.5.
    • Be able to refer individuals to appropriate services in line with organisational requirements.
    64

    Remove wound closure materials

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know the anatomy and physiology of the skin and underlying tissues.2.
    • Understand wound healing and contamination.3.
    • Understand the rationale for following approved procedures and techniques to remove wound closures.4.
    • Be able to prepare to remove wound closure materials.5.
    • Be able to remove wound closure materials.6.
    • Be able to record and report outcomes of procedures.
    65

    Remove wound drains

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, procedures and protocols in relation to removing wound drains.2.
    • Understand factors related to the removal of wound drains.3.
    • Be able to prepare to remove wound drains.4.
    • Be able to remove wound drains.5.
    • Be able to care for and support the individual during and after the procedure.
    66

    Reprocess endoscopy equipment

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice related to the reprocessing of endoscopy equipment.2.
    • Understand the procedures involved in reprocessing endoscopy equipment
    • Carry out the reprocessing procedure.4.
    • Report on and record the reprocessing of endoscopy equipment.
    67

    Responsibilities of a senior healthcare worker

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand agreed ways of working.2.
    • Understand working relationships in healthcare settings.3.
    • Be able to follow agreed ways of working.4.
    • Be able to work in partnership with others.
    68

    Safeguarding the wellbeing of children and young people

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the legislation, policies and procedures, standards, local ways of working and codes of conduct for safeguarding children and young people.2.
    • Understand the importance of working in partnership with other organisations to safeguard children and young people.3.
    • Understand the importance of ensuring children and young people’s safety and protection in the work setting.4.
    • Understand how to respond to evidence or concerns that a child or young person has been abused or harmed.5.
    • Understand how to respond to evidence or concerns that a child or young person has been bullied.6.
    • Understand how to work with children and young people to support their safety and wellbeing.7.
    • Understand the importance of e-safety for children and young people.
    69

    Select and wear appropriate personal protective equipment for work in healthcare settings

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand legislation, local policy, and protocols in relation to dressing for work in a healthcare setting.2.
    • Understand how to select and use personal protective equipment (PPE) in a healthcare setting.3.
    • Be able to select and use personal protective equipment (PPE) in a healthcare setting.
    70

    Service improvement within the health sector

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to evaluate own work and that of others to identify improvements.2.
    • Understand how to make constructive suggestions about how services can be improved.3.
    • Understand how to discuss and agree improvements with others.4.
    • Understand how to make agreed improvements to own work and how to support others to make changes.
    71

    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
    72

    Support individuals at the end of life

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the aims and principles of end of life care.
    • Understand factors affecting end of life care.
    • Understand advance care planning in relation to end of life care.
    • Be able to provide support to individuals and key people during end of life care.
    • Understand the role of organisations and support services available to individuals and key people in relation to end of life care.
    • 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
    73

    Support individuals during a period of change

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand reasons for and responses to change.2.
    • Be able to support individuals to plan how to manage or adapt to change.3.
    • Be able to support individuals to manage or adapt to change.4.
    • Be able to evaluate the support provided during a period of change.
    74

    Support individuals in managing dysphagia

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to support individuals to manage dysphagia in line with current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols, and good practice guidelines.2.
    • Understand how dysphagia affects individuals.3.
    • Know the importance of nutritional intake and environment for individuals with dysphagia.4.
    • Be able to support individuals in managing dysphagia by developing skills through participating in therapy programmes.5.
    • Be able to provide information to colleagues regarding individuals’ treatment.
    75

    Support individuals in undertaking their chosen activities

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice when supporting individuals to undertake chosen activities
    • Understand concepts for supporting individuals to undertake chosen activities, services or facilities
    • Be able to make plans with individuals to undertake chosen activities
    • Be able to support individuals to undertake chosen activities
    76

    Support individuals to access and use information about services and facilities

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know ways to support individuals to access information on services and facilities.
    • Be able to work with individuals to select and obtain information about services and facilities.
    • Be able to work with individuals to access and use information about services and facilities.
    • Be able to support individuals to evaluate the information accessed on services and facilities
    77

    Support individuals to carry out their own health care procedures

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand health care procedures likely to be undertaken by individuals.
    • Be able to support individuals to prepare to carry out their own health care procedures.
    • Be able to support individuals to carry out health care procedures.
    • Be able to monitor health care procedures undertaken by individuals
    78

    Support individuals to eat and drink

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to support individuals to make choices about food and drink.
    • Be able to prepare to provide support for eating and drinking.
    • Be able to provide support for eating and drinking.
    • Be able to clear away after eating and drinking.
    • Be able to monitor eating and drinking and the support provided
    79

    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
    80

    Support individuals to manage their own recovery from mental health conditions

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the principles that promote and support recovery from mental health conditions.
    • Know the range of aspects that may be addressed in a recovery plan.3.
    • Be able to support an individual to use approaches for managing their own recovery from mental health conditions.
    81

    Support individuals to meet personal care needs

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to work with individuals to identify their needs and preferences in relation to personal care.
    • Be able to provide support for personal care.
    • Be able to support individuals to use the toilet.
    • Be able to support individuals to maintain personal hygiene.
    • Be able to support individuals to manage their personal appearance.
    • Be able to monitor and report on support for personal care
    82

    Support individuals who are distressed

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand causes and effects of distress on individuals.
    • Understand potential impacts on own well-being when supporting an individual who is distressed.
    • Be able to prepare to support individuals who are experiencing distress.
    • Be able to support individuals who are experiencing distress.
    • Be able to support individuals to manage distress.
    • Be able to record and report on an individual’s distress.
    83

    Support individuals with cognition or learning difficulties

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice related to supporting individuals with cognition or learning difficulties
    • Understand cognitive or learning difficulties
    • Be able to assist the therapist to prepare learning activities
    • Be able to support individuals with learning tasks
    • Be able to assist in reviewing learning
    84

    Support individuals with feeding babies

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, procedures and good practice guidelines related to feeding babies.2.
    • Know how to feed babies in line with evidence based practice.3.
    • Be able to communicate with individuals when assisting with feeding babies.4.
    • Be able to support the individual with feeding babies.
    85

    Support individuals with mental health conditions to change patterns of behaviour using coping strategies

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the legal, service, and social context of work with individuals in relation to their behaviour.2.
    • Be able to gather and use relevant information to explore behavioural responses from an individual with mental health conditions.3.
    • Be able to support an individual with mental health conditions to plan a strategy for changing patterns of behaviour that have a negative impact.4.
    • Be able to support an individual with mental health conditions and significant other to review a strategy for changing patterns of behaviour that have a negative impact.
    86

    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.
    87

    Support parents or carers to interact with and care for their newborn baby

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice guidelines related to supporting parents or carers to interact with and care for their newborn baby.2.
    • Understand how to support parents or carers to interact and care for their newborn babies.3.
    • Be able to support parents or carers in caring for, interacting with and forming bonds with their newborn babies.4.
    • Be able to support parents or carers in feeding and keeping their babies clean and safe.
    88

    Support parents, carers and those in a parental role to care for babies during their first year

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols, and good practice guidelines related to supporting parents/carers to care for babies.2.
    • Understand how to support the physical, social, emotional, and cognitive development of babies during their first year.3.
    • Be able to provide active support to parents/carers in relation to keeping their babies safe.4.
    • Be able to provide active support to parents/carers to look after the health needs of their babies.5.
    • Be able to provide active support to parents/carers in meeting the developmental needs of their babies.
    89

    Support positive risk taking for individuals

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the importance of risk-taking in everyday life
    • Understand the importance of a positive, person-centred approach to risk-assessment
    • Understand the frame
    • work which underpins an individual’s right to make decisions and take risks
    • 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
    90

    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
    91

    Support the surgical team when preparing individuals for operative and invasive procedures

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to prepare individuals for operative and invasive procedures in line with national guidelines, policies, protocols, and good practice.2.
    • Understand the factors to be considered in the choice of surgical instruments and supplementary items during operative procedures.3.
    • Be able to assist in the preparation of an individual for operative and invasive procedures.4.
    • Be able to select, handle and dispose of surgical instruments and supplementary items for operative and invasive procedures.
    92

    Supporting children and young people experiencing transitions

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the impact of transitions on children and young people.2.
    • Understand how to support children and young people experiencing transitions.3.
    • Understand influences on children and young people experiencing transitions.
    93

    Supporting children and young people with additional needs

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the principles of working with children and young people with additional needs.2.
    • Be able to work in partnership with families with children or young people with additional needs.3.
    • Be able to support age and developmentally appropriate learning, play or leisure opportunities for children or young people with additional needs.4.
    • Understand how to evaluate
    • support, and develop existing practice with children and young people with additional needs.5.
    • Understand how to work in partnership with other agencies and professionals to support provision for children and young people with additional needs.
    94

    Supporting individuals with speech and language disorders to develop their communication skills

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols, and good practice related to supporting individuals with speech and language disorders to develop their communication skills.2.
    • Understand range of developmental, progressive, and acquired disorders that can impact on developing or developed communication across the lifespan.3.
    • Understand factors affecting individuals’ ability to communicate.4.
    • Understand how therapeutic programmes and activities are used to support and enhance communication.5.
    • Be able to prepare to support individuals with speech and language disorders during agreed therapeutic activities.6.
    • Be able to support the implementation of agreed therapeutic programmes and activities to help individuals with speech and language disorders to develop their communication skills.
    95

    Supporting positive behaviour

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the legislative frame
    • work in relation to positive behaviour support.2.
    • Understand behaviour as a means of expression.3.
    • Understand approaches to positive behavioural support.4.
    • Be able to monitor the behaviour of individuals.5.
    • Be able to agree strategies for positive behaviour support with individuals and others.6.
    • Be able to implement positive behaviour support plans.7.
    • Be able to support individuals through incidents of behaviour.8.
    • Be able to develop practice in relation to positive behaviour support.
    96

    Supporting the care of individuals with nasogastric tubes

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to care for individuals with nasogastric tubes in line with current legislation, national guidelines, policies, protocols, and good practice guidelines.2.
    • Know the anatomy and physiology of the upper gastrointestinal system and its relevance to nasogastric procedures.3.
    • Be able to prepare to carry out nasogastric procedures.4.
    • Be able to support individuals undergoing nasogastric procedures.
    97

    Transport, transfer and position individuals and equipment within the perioperative environment

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the importance of health and safety measures when transporting, transferring and positioning individuals and equipment in the perioperative care environment.2.
    • Understand the requirements for pressure area care in the perioperative environment.3.
    • Be able to prepare to transport individuals within the perioperative care environment.4.
    • Be able to assist in the transfer and positioning of individuals within the perioperative environment.
    98

    Understand advance care planning

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the principles of advance care planning.2.
    • Understand the process of advance care planning.3.
    • Understand person centred approaches to advance care planning.
    99

    Understand care and support planning and risk management in mental health

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to work within the care and support planning process.2.
    • Understand how to work within a risk management process.
    100

    Understand effective communication in care settings

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand why effective communication is important in the work setting.2.
    • Understand the variety in people’s communication needs and preferences.3.
    • Be able to communicate effectively with others.4.
    • Be able to meet the communication and language needs, wishes and preferences of individuals.5.
    • Understand the role of independent advocacy services in supporting individuals to communicate their wishes, needs and preferences.6.
    • Understand confidentiality in care settings.
    101

    Understand end-of-life care for individuals with specific health needs

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand considerations for individuals at end of life.2.
    • Understand how to support individuals affected by symptoms at end of life.3.
    • Understand how to support significant others at the end of life of an individual with specific health needs.
    102

    Understand human structure and functionality

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the structure and function of the human body.2.
    • Understand factors that affect the function of the human body.
    103

    Understand long-term conditions and frailty

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand frailty and the impact of this on individuals.2.
    • Understand long term conditions.3.
    • Know how to support individuals with frailty or long term conditions.
    104

    Understand mental health, wellbeing and behaviour management of children and young people

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand mental health and mental wellbeing.2.
    • Understand mental health conditions that affect children and young people.3.
    • Understand legal and organisational requirements in relation to supporting children and young people with mental health conditions.4.
    • Understand the use of behaviour management strategies for children and young people with mental health conditions.5.
    • Understand supervision of children and young people with mental health conditions.
    105

    Understand planning and the practical application of health promotion

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand methods of health promotion planning.2.
    • Understand practical application opportunities for health promotion.3.
    • Understand the scientific basis of health promotion.
    106

    Understand suicide interventions

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the causes and prevalence of suicidal behaviour.2.
    • Understand the process of suicide intervention.3.
    • Understand the role of the main caregiver and other professionals in managing suicide interventions.
    107

    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.
    108

    Understand the current legal, policy and service framework in mental health

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the legal and current policy frame
    • work for mental health.2.
    • Understand the service frame
    • work for mental health and the roles and responsibilities of agencies.3.
    • Understand the rights and responsibilities of individuals using mental health services and of others within mental health care settings.
    109

    Understand the impact and experience of dementia

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the neurology of dementia.2.
    • Understand the impact of recognition and diagnosis of dementia.3.
    • Understand how dementia care must be underpinned by a person-centred approach.
    110

    Understand the importance of personal wellbeing & personal wellbeing when working in mental health services

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand own wellbeing.2.
    • Understand the importance of maintaining and improving own wellbeing when working in mental health services.3.
    • Know how to manage own stress and anxiety when working in mental health services.4.
    • Know how to maintain and improve own wellbeing when working in mental health services.5.
    • Be able to review and promote own mental health and wellbeing when working in mental health services.
    111

    Understand, prepare for and, carry out extended feeding techniques

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, protocols and agreed ways of working when using extended feeding techniques.2.
    • Understand anatomy and physiology in relation to extended feeding
    • Understand extended feeding techniques.4.
    • Be able to prepare for extended feeding.5.
    • Be able to carry out and complete extended feeding techniques.6.
    • Be able to maintain records and report on extended feeding.
    112

    Understanding Mental Ill Health

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the types of mental ill health.2.
    • Understand the impact of mental ill health on individuals and others in their social net
    • Understand the difficulties individuals with mental ill health may face.4.
    • Know signs and symptoms that indicate an individual’s overall wellbeing is deteriorating and respond to the deterioration.5.
    • Know how to recognise and respond to limitations in an individual’s mental capacity.
    • Be able to identify situations of risk to individuals with mental ill-health to self and others.
    113

    Understanding the development of children and young people

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the expected pattern of development for children and young people from birth - 19 years.2.
    • Understand the factors that influence children and young people’s development and how these affect practice.3.
    • Understand how to monitor children and young people’s development.4.
    • Understand the importance of early intervention to support the speech, language and communication needs of children and young people.5.
    • Understand the potential effects of transitions on children and young people’s development.
    114

    Undertake agreed pressure area care

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the anatomy and physiology of the skin in relation to pressure area care
    • Understand good practice in relation to own role when undertaking pressure area care
    • Be able to follow the agreed care plan
    • Understand the use of materials, equipment and resources that are available when undertaking pressure area care
    • Be able to prepare to undertake pressure area care
    • Be able to undertake pressure area care
    115

    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.
    116

    Undertake personal hygiene activities with individuals

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation, national guidelines, policies, procedures and protocols in relation to undertaking personal hygiene activities with individuals
    • Know the anatomy and physiology of the skin, nose, mouth, eyes and ears in relation to cleansing
    • Be able to prepare for undertaking personal hygiene activities with individuals
    • Be able to undertake personal hygiene activities with individuals
    • Be able to record and report the outcome of the personal hygiene activity
    117

    Undertake stoma care

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand current legislation national guidelines, policies, protocols and good practice related to assessment for stoma care
    • Understand the anatomy and physiology in relation to conditions requiring stoma care
    • Be able to prepare individuals for stoma care
    • Be able to carry out stoma care for individuals
    • Be able to monitor and check individuals following stoma care
    118

    Undertake the non-scrubbed role for perioperative procedures

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to perform the non-scrubbed circulating role for perioperative procedures in line with policies, protocols, and good practice.2.
    • Be able to perform the non-scrubbed circulating role for perioperative procedures in line with policies, protocols, and good practice.3.
    • Know how medical devices are used for surgical interventions.4.
    • Be able to work with medical devices and equipment for clinical procedures in accordance with requirements.
    119

    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.

    Regulatory & Verification Details

    Qualification Number (QN)
    610/2249/4
    Regulated Status
    Available to learners
    Awarding Body
    TQUK
    Qualification Type
    Occupational Qualification
    Operational Start
    Mar 2023

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