Tutor/assessor requirements
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Internal quality assessor requirements
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What is the purpose of this qualification?
The purpose of the qualification is to confirm the competence of the learner to enable them to work as an adult care or healthcare support worker and to give employers confidence that the learner has acquired the required skills to work competently in this role.
What skills, knowledge, or understanding does this qualification develop?
To work in care is to make a positive difference to someone’s life when they are faced with physical, practical, social, emotional or intellectual challenges. Adult Care Workers need to have the right values and behaviours developing competences and skills to provide high quality compassionate care and support. They are the frontline staff who help adults with care and support needs to achieve their personal goals and live as independently and safely as possible, enabling them to have control and choice in their lives which is at the heart of person centred care. Job roles are varied and determined by and relevant to the type of the service being provided and the person supported. Adult Care Workers may work in residential or nursing homes, domiciliary care, day centres, a person’s own home or some clinical healthcare settings. This qualification covers Healthcare Support Workers, Adult Care Workers and Personal Assistants. Personal assistants do the same job as an Adult Care Worker an
How is this qualification different from other, similar qualifications?
This qualification replaces the current qualification for the Health and Social Care SASE framework and any new apprentices will require this qualification as part of the Healthcare Support Worker and Adult Care Worker standards for the new trailblazer apprenticeship
Which sector does this qualification support?
This qualification is a mandatory part of training programme for apprentices prior to completing end point assessment. The optional units can support end point assessment and contain a mixture of health and care content which allows the learner to consider the different options within the sector.
Which job roles does this qualification support?
The qualification enables the learner to achieve the core NOS identified in the Skills for Care and Development and Skills for Health specifications for an adult care worker or healthcare support worker: Communication, Person development, Values and behaviours, Health and wellbeing, Responsibilities, Safeguarding.
What are the progression options?
After a period of working and gaining experience, you may be able to work towards an Senior Healthcare Support Worker or Lead Adult Care Worker post.
What are the English and maths progression options?
If completed as part of an apprenticeship, learners must also achieve maths and English qualifications if they do not already hold them.
Progression & entry requirements
When recruiting to an apprenticeship role, employers may select apprentices with prior experience as a support worker. Apprentices without level 2 English and maths will need to achieve this level prior to taking the end-point assessment.
