Lead Practitioner in Adult Care

Enhance your skills

apprenticeships

Health and Care

Level 4 Lead Practitioner in Adult Care

Role Overview and Expectation

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. They will be a coach and mentor to others and will have a role in assessing performance and quality of care delivery. As well as covering Lead Practitioners in Adult Care this standard also covers Lead Personal Assistants.

Examples of job roles may include: Dementia Lead, Re-ablement Worker, Physiotherapy Assistant, Occupational Therapy Assistant, Public Health Associate Worker, Contact Worker, Community Care/Support Officer, Social Care Assessor…

Course Information Sample Workbook

Banding

£7000

Course Duration

18 Months(15 months qualification and 3 x months EPA)

Course Delivery

Blended Learning

Apply Now
Course Content

You will learn to demonstrate a variety of knowledge, skills, and behaviours. Some of the course material will consist of evidencing:

Knowledge

  • Statutory frameworks, standards, guidance and Codes of Practice which underpin practice in relation to the safe delivery of services
  • How to contribute to, promote and maintain a culture which ensures dignity is at the centre of practice
  • Legal and ethical frameworks in relation to confidentiality and sharing information
  • Legislation, national and local solutions for the safeguarding of adults and children including reporting requirements.

Skills

  • Lead the specialist assessment of social, physical, emotional and spiritual needs of individuals with cognitive, sensory and physical impairments
  • Mentor colleagues to encourage individuals to actively participate in the way their care and support is delivered
  • Apply organisational processes to record, maintain, store and share information
  • Work in partnership with external agencies to respond to safeguarding concerns
  • Lead and support others in professional development through personal development plans, supervision, reflective practice.

Behaviours

  • Care – is caring consistently and enough about individuals to make a positive difference totheir lives
  • Compassion – is delivering care and support with kindness, consideration, dignity, empathy and respect
  • Courage – is doing the right thing for people and speaking up if the individual they support is at risk
  • Communication – good communication is central to successful caring relationships and effective team working
  • Competence – is applying knowledge and skills to provide high quality care and support
  • Commitment – to improving the experience of people who need care and support ensuring it is person centred.

Eligibility

  • You need to have lived in the UK for the last 3 years
  • Be employed with a contract of employment
  • Not have a prior qualification in the same subject, at the equivalent level.

Register your interest

and we will be in touch

Still have questions?