Leadership and Management in Social Care -…

Key Details

Available at:
Work-Based Learning
Study Mode:
Part-time
Course Length:
21 months

Leadership and Management in Social Care - Higher Apprenticeship

Apprenticeships

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Course Description

This framework has been designed to provide the social care sector with higher level skilled workers and to support succession planning and progression for leaders and managers within the sector. It offers progression to experienced staff to obtain the professionally required qualification for management and leadership in social care.

In Wales, managers of residential care homes for children and adults are required to register with Care Council for Wales and from 2013 managers of services providing services will also have to register. This is a qualification based register and this framework provides the qualifications required to achieve this status. It offers progression from the Advanced Practitioner Frameworks.

There are a number of pathways:

Management Adult Services
Management of Residential Services for Adults
Management Child and Young People’s services
Management Residential Services for Children and Young People.

Entry Criteria

No formal qualifications are required
Apprentices must be at least 19 years old, and be working a minimum of 16 hours a week in care (preferably in the role of manager in a domiciliary/residential setting; deputy manager/assistant manager, or an advanced practitioner)
Apprentices must have an employer who can cover the NVQ criteria
Ideally, apprentices will have completed the L3 Diploma in Care

All places are subject to satisfactory interview.