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.
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
The Level 5 Leader in Adult Care qualification consists of two discrete assessment methods:
The performance in the Learners End Point Assessment will determine their overall apprenticeship standard and grade.
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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:
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.
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