The 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. They 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.
A Leader in Adult Care has 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. They 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.
Leaders in Adult Care may work in residential or nursing homes, domiciliary care, community day centres, a person’s own home or some clinical healthcare settings. The role of Leader in Adult Care in this standard also covers Personal Assistants who operate in a management role but they may only work directly for one individual who needs support and/or care services.
Entry requirements
It is expected that learners will have qualifications and/or experience in management roles in the health and social care sector in order to register for this qualification.
A learner completing this qualification as part of the apprenticeship standard for Leader in Adult Care, achievement of level 2 English and mathematics is required, as well as the Care Certificate.
If you do not have grade 4 and above in GCSE maths and English or Functional skills at level 2, you will be required to undertake maths and English training as completion needed to enter the EPA gateway. If you do not have the care certificate you will be required to complete this prior to EPA gateway.
Future career and study opportunities
This qualification could lead to degree apprenticeships such as Chartered Manager Level 6.
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