Course Overview
This qualification provides the skills and knowledge needed to manage practice and lead others in residential childcare settings for children and young people. The qualification enables the learner to gain essential skills and knowledge for leading in a residential childcare setting, including leading and managing a team, leading and managing group living, leading practice to support children and young people and implementing policies and procedures. It also offers the learner the opportunity to cover optional topics which are particularly suited to specific residential childcare and respite care settings. The Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare (England) serves as the required qualification under The Children’s Homes (England) Regulations 2015.
What will I learn?
Learners must achieve 65 credits to complete this qualification. 57 of those credits must be achieved from all the mandatory units, with the remaining credits coming from a minimum of 3 optional units.
The mandatory units in this qualification are as follows:
- Understand children and young people’s development in residential childcare
- Understand support for children and young people who are vulnerable and disadvantaged
- Lead and manage a team within a residential childcare setting
- Lead practice to support the safeguarding and protection of children and young people in residential childcare
- Lead practice for communication and information management in residential childcare settings
- Manage risk in residential childcare
- Lead and manage group living in residential childcare
- Lead a service that can support children or young people who have experienced harm or abuse
- Lead practice to achieve positive outcomes for children and young people in residential childcare
- Implement a Positive Relationship Policy in residential childcare
- Lead practice to support the well-being and resilience of children and young people in residential childcare
- Lead practice in safe use of digital, internet and mobile technology with children and young people
- Undertake professional development in residential childcare settings
- Lead practice to promote the rights, diversity and equality of children and young people in residential childcare
- Lead networks and multi-agency work to benefit children and young people in residential childcare
Study, Assessment and Qualifications
All units are assessed by a designated assessor using a range of methods. This will include direct observations in the workplace, a portfolio of evidence and written assignments.
Entry Requirements
Learners will need to be working in the role of Deputy or Manager in an appropriate setting or have the opportunity to carry out responsibilities associated with these roles, to be able to study for the Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare (England).
· Before a learner can be enrolled onto this qualification, an Initial Assessment must be completed and passed.
· The minimum age to apply for this course is 19.
Additional Costs and Information
Duration of the course is a maximum of 24 months.
What Could I Do Next?
Learners could progress to a degree in a related discipline. Learners can also progress to the following job roles though further professional development/qualification may be required once in post: registered residential childcare managers, plus deputy and assistant managers, or managers, deputy and assistant managers in other adult or children and young people’s social care settings.
