(QCF) Diploma in Adult Care - Level 4

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The level 4 Diploma in Adult Care is a competence based qualification for learners who work in Adult Care and designed to be assessed in your place of work, as part of your normal work role. This qualification is the natural next step for those who have completed a Level 3 Diploma and is applicable to a variety of roles, where workers have key responsibilities for delivery of care and support and/or a level of supervisory responsibility for others, such as; Lead Adult Care Worker, Lead Personal Assistant, Senior Care Assistant and Support Worker, Team Leaders. 

 

This qualification enables learners to demonstrate and develop the skills and knowledge required within a role which has some autonomy, delegated responsibility or where there may be a need for supervision of others. These qualifications consist of mandatory units, covering core knowledge and skills competencies plus a number of optional specialism units, which can be combined in flexible ways to reflect the real working context of each learner and their work setting.

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You will need to complete twelve mandatory units, (36 credits), these are:

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• Work in partnership in health and social care or children and young people’s settings

• Advanced communication skills

• Personal development in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings

• Equality and diversity in health and social care or children’s and young people’s settings

• Facilitate person centred assessment to support wellbeing of individuals

• Facilitate support planning to ensure positive outcomes for individuals and to support well being

• Understand personalisation in care and support services

• Health and safety in health and social care settings

• Professional practice in health and social care for adults or children and young people

• Safeguard children and young people who are present in the adult social care sector

• Develop, maintain and use records and reports

• Understand safeguarding and protection in health and social care settings

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Plus 6 credits from Optional Group A and 28 credits from Optional Group B.

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Our candidates have full access to assessor support via telephone, email, Zoom video conferencing and web links.

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How long will it take?

 

All learners vary on the timescale to complete their qualification. When you register, you will be given a specified target date in which to achieve your qualification, you can complete your qualification sooner than the target date if you are able to submit work regularly and at a good pace. Specific target dates can be discussed and agreed with your Assessor. Total Qualification Time (TQT) is set at 700 hrs, this is based on the average amount of time taken to achieve this qualification, over an average completion period of 18 – 24 months.