VTCT Skills
Level 4
QN: 603/2809/5
Curriculum Active
VTCT Skills Level 4 Diploma in Adult Care (RQF)
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by VTCT Skills. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 1250 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 4
Awarding Body
VTCT Skills
Syllabus Units
45 Units
Guided Hours
1250 hrs
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Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
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.
2
Conduct quality audits
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the principles underpinning the management of quality
- Be able to prepare to carry out quality audits
- Be able to conduct quality audits
3
Develop and implement reablement plans
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand reablement.
- Understand the importance of activities of daily living for individuals.
- Understand resources available to support reablement.
- Be able to contribute to the development of plans for reablement.
- Be able to implement reablement plan.
4
Develop, maintain and use records and reports
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the legal and organisational requirements for recording information and providing reports
- Be able to prepare professional records and reports that meet legal requirements, and agreed ways of working
- Be able to use records and reports to inform judgements and decisions
5
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
6
Encourage learning and development
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the principles of learning and development
- Be able to support individuals' learning and development
- Be able to evaluate individuals’ learning and development
7
Facilitate person-centred assessment to support well-being
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand theories and principles of assessment
- Be able to work in partnership with an individual and others to facilitate person-centred assessment
- Be able to carry out person-centred assessment that promotes well-being
8
Facilitate support planning to promote positive outcomes for individuals and to support well-being
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the theories and principles that underpin outcome-based practice
- Be able to develop a support plan to meet the identified needs of an individual3Understand the value of assistive living technology in developing a support plan
- Be able to facilitate the implementation of support plans in partnership with the individual and others
- Be able to facilitate a person-centred review of support plans in partnership with the individual and others
9
Identify and act upon immediate risk of danger to substance misusers
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Identify immediate risk of danger to substance misusers, Act upon immediate risk of danger to substance misusers
10
Identify the physical health needs of individuals with mental health needs and plan appropriate actions
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to assess the physical health needs of individuals with mental health needs
- Be able to carry out assessments of the physical health needs of individuals with mental health needs
- Be able to record the outcome of assessments
- Be able to plan actions needed following physical health assessments
- Be able to identify resources and services needed by individuals following physical health assessments
- Be able to make referrals
11
Implement the positive behavioural support model
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the context of the Positive Behavioural
- Support model.
- Understand the term ‘challenging behaviour’.
- Understand the context in which challenging behaviour occurs.
- Be able to contribute to the functional analysis in relation to an individual's challenging behaviour.
- Understand the key characteristics of Positive Behavioural
- Be able to implement primary prevention strategies.
- Be able to use a person centred approach to develop plans that promote participation.
- Be able to implement secondary prevention strategies.
- Be able to implement non aversive reactive strategies.
- Be able to understand and implement Positive Behavioural
- Support Plans.
12
Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand and use the Mental Capacity Act, Provide Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA)
- Work with the decision maker, Challenge decisions made by the decision maker
- Work with people who lack capacity
- Work with accommodation and care review referrals
- Work with serious medical treatment referrals
- Work with adult protection referrals, Construct an IMCA written report that meets statutory requirements
13
Introduction to personalisation in social care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the meaning of personalisation in social care
- Understand systems that support personalisation
- Understand how personalisation affects the way support is provided
- Understand how to implement personalisation
14
Lead and manage practice in dementia care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand current policy and practice guidance for dementia care.
- Be able to support others to develop an understanding of current research of the impact of dementia on individuals and their families.
- Be able to lead practice that promotes the well-being of individuals with dementia.
- Be able to lead practice that support staff to establish and maintain relationships with carers of individuals with dementia.
- Be able to support staff to deliver dementia care.
- Be able to develop own practice in leading the delivery of dementia care.
15
Lead communication in adult care settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand communication needs and factors affecting them
- Understand how to support the use of assistive technology to enhance communication
- Be able to interact with individuals
- Be able to convey information to individuals and others
- Understand the importance of confidentiality in interactions with individuals
16
Lead health and safety in adult care settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand own responsibilities, and the responsibilities of others, relating to health and safety
- Understand how to carry out own responsibilities for health and safety
- Be able to work safely in health and social care settings
- Be able to manage risk
- Be able to support others to work safely in relation to health and safety
17
Lead inclusive practice in adult care settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand equality, diversity and inclusion
- Understand how inclusive practice supports equality and diversity
- Understand how to promote equality, diversity and inclusion
- Be able to work in a way that supports equality and diversity
18
Manage product and/or service development
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the development of new or improved products and/or services
- Be able to establish the need for new or improved products and/or services
- Be able to manage the development of new or improved products and/or services
19
Manage strategic change
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the management and evaluation of change
- Be able to plan for strategic change
- Be able to manage strategic change
- Be able to evaluate strategic change
20
Manage the availability of physical resources to meet service delivery needs in a health setting
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to manage the availability and use of physical resources in a health setting
- Know factors which may have an effect on use of resources in a health setting
- Be able to manage the availability and use of physical resources to meet service delivery needs
21
Mentoring in social care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand own role and responsibilities in relation to mentoring in social care.
- Understand the use of mentoring in a social care setting.
- Be able to agree goals and outcomes in partnership with the mentee.
- Understand techniques for establishing a mentoring relationship.
- Be able to mentor in social care.
- Be able to review the progress and achievements of a mentee in partnership with them.
22
Personal development in adult care settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand what is required for competence in own work role
- Be able to reflect on practice
- Be able to evaluate own performance
- Be able to use reflective practice to contribute to personal development
- Be able to agree a personal development plan
- Be able to use evidence based practice
23
Professional practice in adult care settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand theories, values, principles and statutory frameworks that underpin practice within care
- Understand how duty of care contributes to safe practice
- Understand how to address conflicts or dilemmas that may arise between an individual’s rights to choice and control and the duty of care
- Be able to apply values, principles and statutory frameworks that underpin service provision in own area of work
24
Promote access to healthcare for individuals with learning disabilities
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand issues related to access to healthcare services for individuals with learning disabilities
- Understand the healthcare needs that may affect individuals with learning disabilities
- Understand good practice in supporting people with a learning disability to access healthcare services
- Understand how to support others to develop
- monitor and review plans for healthcare
- Be able to develop processes to support others to meet the healthcare needs of individuals with a learning disability
- Be able to promote good practice to others in their support of individuals with learning disabilities accessing healthcare
25
Provide information, advice and guidance
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of providing accurate information, advice and guidance in a person centred way.
- Understand provision of information, advice and guidance in own practice.
- Be able to provide accurate information advice and guidance using a range of sources.
- Be able to review own practice in information, advice and guidance.
26
Provide leadership and management
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the principles supporting leadership and management
- Be able to engage and inspire stakeholders and colleagues
- Be able to deliver results
27
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.
28
Safeguard children and young people who are present in the adult care sector
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the responsibility to safeguard children and young people who are present in an adult care work setting
- Be able to develop the understanding of others about safeguarding children and young people
- Understand how to address conflicts and dilemmas associated with safeguarding children and young people
29
Safeguarding and protection of vulnerable adults
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the legislation, regulations and policies that underpin the protection of vulnerable adults
- Be able to lead service provision that protects vulnerable adults
- Be able to manage inter-agency, joint or integrated working in order to protect vulnerable adults
- Be able to monitor and evaluate the systems, processes and practice that safeguards vulnerable adults
30
Support individuals at the end of life
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the requirements of legislation and agreed ways of working to protect the rights of individuals at the end of life
- 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 how to address sensitive issues in relation to 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 access support for the individual or key people from the wider team
- 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
31
Support individuals to access and manage direct payments
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the role of direct payments
- Be able to support individuals to decide whether to use direct payments
- Be able to provide support to select services to be purchased with direct payments
- Be able to provide support for completing paper
- work associated with direct payments
- Understand how to address difficulties, dilemmas and conflicts relating to direct payments
- Be able to contribute to reviewing the support provided through direct payments
- Be able to contribute to reviewing the management of direct payments
32
Support individuals to access education, training or employment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the value of engagement in training, education or employment for individuals
- Understand how legislation, guidance and codes of practice support an individual to access training, education or employment
- Understand the support available to individuals accessing education, training or employment
- Be able to support an individual to identify and access education, training or employment that meet needs and preferences
- Be able to support individuals to undertake education, training or employmen
- Be able to evaluate engagement in education, training or employment
33
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
34
Support individuals with multiple conditions and/or disabilities
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the implications of multiple conditions and/or disabilities for the individual
- Be able to support an individual with multiple conditions and/or disabilities
- Be able to develop others to support the individual with multiple conditions and/or disabilities
- Be able to review service provision in respect of individuals with multiple conditions and/or disabilities
35
Support the development of community partnerships
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the role of community partnerships
- Be able to identify where community partnerships could inform and support practice
- Be able to bring people together to set up community partnerships
- Be able to support the setting up of community partnerships
- Be able to contribute to the running of community partnerships
- Be able to contribute to the review of community partnerships
36
Understand and enable interaction and communication with individuals who have dementia
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the factors that can affect interactions and communication of individuals with dementia
- Be able to communicate with an individual with dementia using a range of verbal and non-verbal techniques
- Be able to communicate positively with an individual who has dementia by valuing their individuality
- Be able to use positive interaction approaches with individuals with dementia
37
Understand how to support individuals with autistic spectrum conditions
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the main characteristics of autistic spectrum conditions
- Understand how autistic spectrum conditions 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 individuals with autistic spectrum conditions
- Understand how to achieve effective communication with individuals with an autistic spectrum condition
- Understand how to support individuals with an autistic spectrum condition
38
Understand Parkinson’s for health and social care staff
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the signs, symptoms and progression of Parkinson’s.
- Understand the impacts of Parkinson’s on the individual and others.
- Understand the processes, procedures, methods, techniques and services used to manage Parkinson’s.
- Understand the issues associated with Parkinson’s medication.
- Understand communication and cognitive challenges associated with Parkinson’s at different stages.
39
Understand partnership working
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand partnershipworking
40
Understand personalisation in care and support services
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the meaning of personalisation in social care and support services
- Understand the systems and processes that support personalisation
- Understand where responsibilities lie within self-directed support
- Understand how to promote personalisation
- Understand how to develop systems and structures for personalisation
41
Understand safeguarding and protection in adult care settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the impact of current legislation for the safeguarding of adults at risk of ab
- use and neglect
- Understand how to respond to suspected or alleged abuse
- Understand how to participate in inter-agency, joint or integrated working in order to protect vulnerable adults
- Understand how to support others in safeguarding
42
Understand Sensory Loss
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
43
Understand stroke care management
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to support individuals to manage stroke according to legislation, policy and guidance.
- Understand specific communication factors affecting individuals following a stroke.
- Understand changing physical needs of individuals affected by stroke.
- Understand the impact of the effects of stroke on daily living.
- Understand the associated complications for an individual with stroke.
- Understand the importance of adopting a person centred approach in stroke care management .
44
Understand the impact of Acquired Brain Injury on individuals
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand Acquired Brain Injury
- Understand the impact on individuals of Acquired Brain Injury
- Understand the specialist communication needs of an individual with Acquired Brain Injury
- Understand the impact that personality changes can have on an individual and those providing support
- Understand the impact of challenging behaviour
45
Working in partnership with others
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand partnership working
- Be able to establish and maintain working relationships with colleagues
- Be able to establish and maintain working relationships with other professionals
- Be able to work in partnership with others
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 603/2809/5
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- VTCT Skills
- Qualification Type
- Occupational Qualification
- Operational Start
- Jan 2018