VTCT Skills
Level 5
QN: 610/7099/3
Curriculum Active
VTCT Skills Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Adult Care (RQF)
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by VTCT Skills. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 139 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 5
Awarding Body
VTCT Skills
Syllabus Units
8 Units
Guided Hours
139 hrs
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Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Comments and complaints in adult care services
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the management of comments and complaints
- Lead practice in listening and responding to comments and complaints
2
Continuous development in adult care services
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Demonstrate commitment to own development
- Demonstrate commitment to self-awareness
- Manage own workload effectively
3
Continuous improvement in adult care services
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand continuous quality improvement in adult social care
- Lead continuous improvement in practice
- Lead a culture that supports innovation and change to improve outcomes for individuals
- Understand how to implement effective change
4
Equality, diversity, inclusion and human rights in adult care services
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand equality, diversity, inclusion, and human rights
- Demonstrate inclusive leadership and lead a culture that promotes, values and celebrates equality, diversity, inclusion, and human rights
5
Health and safety in adult care services
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand health and safety requirements in adult social care
- Lead the implementation of health and safety requirements in adult social care
- Understand effective risk management
- Lead the implementation of policies, procedures and practices to effectively manage risk
6
Health and wellbeing in adult care services
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Lead a culture that promotes individuals’ wellbeing and independence in all aspects of day to day practice
- Understand the importance of promoting prevention and the individual’s health and wellbeing
- Lead practice in promoting prevention and protecting individuals’ health and wellbeing
7
Partnerships in adult care services
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the context of relationships and partnership working
- Lead effective relationships with individuals, carers and families
- Manage working relationships with colleagues in own setting to achieve positive outcomes for individuals
- Work in partnerships with professionals and other agencies
8
Personal wellbeing in adult care services
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand own wellbeing
- Understand the importance of maintaining and improving own wellbeing
- Know how to prevent
- maintain and improve own wellbeing
- Know how to manage their own stress and anxiety
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 610/7099/3
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- VTCT Skills
- Qualification Type
- Occupational Qualification
- Operational Start
- Apr 2026