Level 3 Diploma in Adult Care

Learners will promote, enhance and champion service provision to colleagues, other professionals and the wider society.

Learners will develop an in-depth awareness of the scope of Adult Care, the roles and responsibilities that extend the foundations to enhance career prospects as a Lead Adult Care Worker.

Developing sufficient depth of knowledge, skills and behaviours relating to the: roles and responsibilities, legal frameworks, codes of conduct and best practice within Health, Safety and Wellbeing, Equality, Personalisation, Care Planning, Safeguarding Principles and Practices, Risk Assessments, Capacity, Advocacy, Service Delivery, alongside an enhanced understanding and application of the 6Cs that is used to develop others.

Learners will promote effective and appropriate practices and services from colleagues, wider professionals that ensure effective and professional service delivery.

Learners develop in-depth knowledge, skills and behaviours to apply or sustain a productive career supporting and developing colleagues in a variety of settings including residential, nursing, domiciliary, day care and clinical settings. Working with colleagues and individuals with various needs, abilities and conditions. Many Lead Adult Care Workers progress their careers into senior roles and nursing.

To achieve the Level 3 Diploma in Adult Care learners must achieve 58 credits of which 28 are mandatory the remaining 30 credits to be chosen from allocated roles and responsibilities

* Competence – comprises of knowledge, skills and behaviours developed within the workplace and observed to ensure consistent application of knowledge, skills and behaviours in practice. Knowledge – assessed on apprentice’s ability to demonstrate apprehension and understanding All assignment submissions from Adult Care Workers will be graded on a Pass, Merit, Distinction or Referral

9 – 12 months.

Learners must be employed within a role, working towards, being developed or on a placement that allows for opportunities to develop knowledge, skills and behaviours in areas that include:

• Support and work within individuals care / support plan to provide personal goals and aspirations within the care / support plan
• Take the initiative when working outside normal duties and responsibilities
• Supporting individuals to remain safe from harm
• Recognise and access help when they are not confident or skilled in any aspect of the role that they are undertaking
• Implement or facilitate specialist assessment of social, physical, emotional and spiritual needs of individuals with cognitive, sensory and physical impairments
• Contribute to the development and ongoing review of care/support plans
• Ensure active participation and agreement in the way their care and support is delivered
• Lead and support colleagues to understand how to establish informed consent
• Guide, mentor and contribute to the development of colleagues in the execution of their duties
• Championing health and wellbeing of colleagues and individuals they support
• Developing risk assessments and contributing to care plans
• Demonstrate and promote to other workers excellent communication skills and understanding to individuals, their families, carers and professionals
• Working professionally, taking the initiative to develop self, colleagues and others within the organisation
• Demonstrating continuous professional development of self and others through supervision and or mentoring in the workplace
• Research and cascade specialist information to others regarding specific conditions and needs of individuals being supported
• Team and partnership working
• Contribute to robust recruitment and induction processes