The Leader in Adult Care will guide and inspire teams to make positive differences to someone’s life when they are faced with physical, practical, social, emotional,psychological or intellectual challenges. They will be a leader of the care team and will develop and implement a values-based culture at a service or unit level. They may be responsible for business development, financial control, organisational resilience and continuity as well as for managing risk and leading on organisational change. Leaders in Adult Care may work in residential or nursing homes, domiciliary care, community day centres, a person’s own home or some clinical healthcare settings. The role of Leader in Adult Care in this standard also covers Personal Assistants who operate in a management role over other PA’s, but they may only work directly for one individual who needs support and/or care services. This role has a large element of leadership, whether with other care workers and networks or in leading the service itself. They have a responsibility to ensure the service is safe, effective, caring, responsive to people’s needs and well-led. They may be a registered manager of a service, unit, deputy or assistant manager. They will be responsible for ensuring regulatory compliance of the care given and the values and training of staff with established standards and regulations. Entry Employers will set their own entry requirements in order to start on this apprenticeship.

Duration -Typically this apprenticeship will take 18 months.

Level -This apprenticeship standard is set at level 5.

Qualifications – Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management in Adult Care (RQF) following the appropriate adult care pathways. This is the qualification that is promoted and valued by employers. Apprentices without level 2 English and maths will need to achieve this level prior to completion of their Apprenticeship. Functional Skills If the employee does not have maths and English GCSE passes at grade C or above, they will need to pass maths and EnglishFunctional Skills level 2 during their Apprenticeship.

Industry Specific Requirements Undertake the Disclosure and Barring Service process and provide the result.End Assessment To achieve this apprenticeship standard, the employer, training provider and apprentice will agree when the apprentice is ready and competent to undertake the independent end assessment. C2C Professional Trainers Alongside the apprentice they will agree on a personal learning and development plan, setting a timetable of learning activities in preparation for the End PointAssessment (EPA). The C2C Training Consultant will meet with the apprentice regularly either online or face to face to complete and review assessments, provide further coaching where required and agree the next steps

of learning.