Develop the knowledge and skills to manage teams of frontline carers to look after vulnerable adults with care needs.
The Lead Practitioner in Adult Care will guide and inspire team members to make positive differences to someone’s life when they are faced with physical, practical, social, emotional, psychological or intellectual challenges. They will have achieved a level of self-development to be recognised as a lead practitioner within the care team, contributing to, promoting and sustaining a values-based culture at an operational level.
A Lead Practitioner has a greater depth of knowledge and expertise of particular conditions being experienced by the user of services. They will have specialist skills and knowledge in their area of responsibilities which will allow them to lead in areas such as care needs assessment, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, rehabilitation and enablement, telecare and assistive technology.
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They will be a coach and mentor to others and will have a role in assessing performance and quality of care delivery. Lead Practitioners in Adult Care may work in residential or nursing homes, domiciliary care, day centres, a person’s own home or some clinical healthcare settings. As well as covering Lead Practitioners in Adult Care this standard also covers Lead Personal Assistants who can work at this senior level but they may only work directly for one individual who needs support and/or care services, usually within their own home.
Levy businesses can use their contributions to pay for this training. The costs will be £7,000.
Non-levy paying business may not incur a cost for this training. If the employee on this programme is under 19 years of age and your business has less than 50 employees, there will be no cost for the training.
If the learner is over 19 years of age and/or your business has over 50 employees then you will contribute 5% towards the cost of the training, which would be £350 for this programme.
Gain a professionally recognised qualification to support personal development, supporting your organisation in developed a high-skilled workforce.
This qualification is recognised through the Northern Council for Further Education, commonly known as NCFE and the Council for Awards in Care, Health and Education or CACHE.
A dedicated tutor will support learners and employers throughout the programme from the very first step through to their “End Point Assessment” or EPA.
Workshops and assignments are used to give learners the opportunity to get to hands-on experience grips with new skills and approaches outlined in the programme syllabus.
Our tutors will conscientiously arrange training around the requirements of both learners and employers.
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Apprenticeships are for existing staff and for new recruits – not just for younger school leavers.
Through a combination of on-the-job and off-the-job training, learners will continue to work and earn a living while applying higher level techniques to their roles, increasing productivity and competence.
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