Level 3 Diploma in Adult Care

This course is for Lead Adult Care workers who help adults with care and support needs to achieves their goals and live as independently as possible, enabling them to have control and choice in their lives which is at the heart of the person-centred care.

Job roles are varied and determined by and relevant to the type of services being provided and the person supported. Lead Adult care workers may work in residential or nursing homes, domiciliary, day care centres, a person’s own home or a clinical healthcare setting. They will have responsibility for providing supervision, frontline leadership, guidance and direction for others working autonomously, exercising judgement and accountability.

Students can progress to:

•  Level 4 Diploma in Adult Care or Lead Practitioner in Adult Care.

This qualification consists of mandatory units covering core knowledge and skills competencies with optional specialisms which can be are combined in flexible ways to reflect the real working context of different learners. The content of the mandatory units covers person centred approaches, communication, personal development, equality and inclusion, handling information, duty of care, responsibilities of the role, safeguarding, and health, safety and wellbeing.

The optional units are designed to meet the requirements of a range of Healthcare and Care services and to support the delivery of the Adult Care Worker apprenticeship standard.