Level 5 Leader in Adult Care

Course Overview

Learners who undertake the Level 5 Leader in Adult Care will guide and inspire teams to make positive differences to someone’s life when they are faced with physical, practical, social, emotional, psychological, or intellectual challenges. Learners will be a leader of the care team and will develop and implement a values-based culture at a service or unit level. They may be responsible for business development, financial control, organisational resilience, and continuity as well as for managing risk and leading on organisational change.

Learners will have the responsibility for managing community or residential based services. This role has a large element of leadership, whether with other care workers and networks or in leading the service itself. A successful apprentice will have met all the requirements. Learners have a responsibility to ensure the service is safe, effective, caring, responsive to people’s needs and well-led. They may be a registered manager of a service, unit, deputy, or assistant manager. They will be responsible for ensuring regulatory compliance of the care given and the values and training of staff with established standards and regulations.

These are personal attributes and behaviours expected from a Leader in Adult Care carrying out their roles. Individuals should be caring, compassionate, committed and demonstrate effective communication skills in the workplace.

Learners without Level 2 English and maths will need to achieve this prior to taking their End Point Assessment.

Apprenticeship standard PDF

Here is a PDF that details the full standard for this apprenticeship including the Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours that learners must demonstrate.

Apprenticeship standard – Level 5 Leader in Adult Care

End Point Assessment Process

The Level 5 Leader in Adult Care qualification consists of two discrete assessment methods:

Observation of leadership
Professional discussion

The performance in the Learners End Point Assessment will determine their overall apprenticeship standard and grade.

View and download our guide to this course here

Learners who undertake this apprenticeship have the responsibility of managing a community or residential based services. Leadership is crucial within this role, whether it’s with other care workers or in leading the service itself. A leader in adult care has the responsibility to ensure the service is safe, effective, caring, responsive to people’s needs. They will be responsible for ensuring regulatory compliance of the care given and the values and training of staff with established standards and regulations. A successful apprentice will have met all these requirements.

Personal attributes and behaviours expected:

Care – you must care enough about the individual/individuals to make a positive difference to their life
Compassion – you must deliver care and support with kindness, consideration, dignity, empathy and respect
Courage – you must speak up for an individual if you feel they are at risk
Communication – you must have good communication skills, as it is crucial to the success of caring relationships and effective teamwork
Competence – you must apply your knowledge and skills to provide high-quality care and support
Commitment – be committed to improving the experience of people who need care and support. Treat everyone equally

As a requirement of this Apprenticeship Standard learners will have to complete an End Point Assessment which includes an observation of leadership and a professional discussion with an independent assessor.

Learners will be assigned an assessor who will regularly observe you in your workplace and discuss your work and the work products you use. Besides working closely with your assessor, you will need to work independently to plan your assessments and complete assignments, reflective tasks and written work as needed to meet the learning outcomes and apprenticeship standard.

Qualifications

Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Adult Care.
Apprentices without level 2 English and Maths will need to achieve this level prior to completion of their Apprenticeship.