Diploma in Health and Social Care Management – Level 4 + Level 5

The course qualification consists of 12 mandatory units for a combined total of 240 credits:

Mandatory units:

• Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Health and Social Care (20 credits)
• Professional Development in Health and Social Care (20 credits)
• Effective Communication in Health and Social Care (20 credits)
• Health and Safety in Health and Social Care (20 credits)
• Assessment Processes for Effective Health and Social Care Delivery (20 credits)
• Managing Resources in Health and Social Care (20 credits)
• Partnership Working in Health and Social Care (20 credits)
• Safeguarding and Protecting Vulnerable Individuals (20 credits)
• Health Improvement and Promotion of Well-being (20 credits)
• Leading Teams in Health and Social Care (20 credits)
• Providing Professional Supervision for Staff (20 credits)
• Research in Health and Social Care (20 credits)

The aim of this course is:

1. To enable learners to develop strategies for implementing and leading excellence in practice in respect of equality, diversity and rights in a health and social care setting.
2. To deepen learners understanding of professional development and to help them explore their own development as a manager in health and social care.
3. To build skills and knowledge in effective communication practices, recognising this as an important role of the manager.
4. To understand the health and safety responsibilities within their role for safeguarding staff and service users.
5. To develop learners’ knowledge of forms of assessment, and to develop their reviewing and planning skills when carrying out assessments, to meet the needs of individuals accessing services.
6. To understand the fundamentals of self and team management, as well as how organisational resources are managed in respect to regulation, inspection and finances.
7. To provide learners with the underpinning skills and knowledge required to develop productive partnership working within own and other organisations.
8. To provide learners with a thorough understanding of the legal framework for safeguarding and protecting vulnerable individuals, developing the knowledge and skills required to manage staff and develop staff understanding of this critical area.
9. To develop learners’ understanding of approaches to health education and design, enabling learners to be able to plan and implement their own health promotion initiative.
10. To show that they can lead and supervise a team and develop their performance in the health and social care setting.
11. To develop learners’ ability to provide professional supervision to staff and support them to enhance skills and performance.
12. To introduce learners to the research process, the methods and types of research whilst they are conducting a small scale study.

This qualifications at RQF Level 5 represent practical knowledge, skills, capabilities and competences that are assessed in academic terms as being equivalent to

• Foundation Degrees,
• Higher National Diploma (HND) and
• Year 2 of a three-year UK Bachelor’s degree.

• Assessment is done via submission of Assignments
• There are no written exams

The qualification is awarded by Othm, UK – an Awarding body by the UK Government’s regulator – OfQual (Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulation). All of the qualifications are listed on the OfQual register.

There would be Live Webinars which would be spread across the duration of the course. 

If for any reason you are not able to attend those, you have the option to go through the Recordings at a later date as per your convenience.

There is no visa requirements for to attend this programme