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OTHM Level 5 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management

Qualification Number: 610/1537/4

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English requirement, equivalences, qualification structure, duration and delivery, assessment and verification, progressions.

The objective of the OTHM Level 5 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management qualification is to equip learners with the underpinning knowledge, understanding and skills required for a career or further study in the health and social care sector at a managerial level. The programme enables learners to demonstrate their skills by producing evidence from their work or training activities.

The Level 5 units give learners the opportunity to progress in specific subject occupational areas. Learners will develop and enhance knowledge and skills in the areas of effective partnership working, managing the care of vulnerable individuals, team management, professional supervision practices, health education, promoting wellbeing and how to complete a research project on a relevant Health and Social Care topic.

Successful completion of this qualification will equip learners with industry-specific and practical skills, enabling them to apply their knowledge in the workplace, enhance their career prospects and allow progression to further study.

These qualifications are designed for learners who are typically aged 18 and above.

The entry profile for learners who wish to study this qualification is likely to include at least one of the following:

• Relevant Level 4 Diploma qualification or equivalent qualification
• GCE Advanced level in 3 subjects or equivalent qualification
• Mature learners (over 21) with relevant management experience (learners must check with the delivery centre regarding this experience prior to registering for the programme)

If a learner is not from a majority English-speaking country, they must provide evidence of English language competency. For more information visit the English Language Expectations page on the OTHM website .

OTHM qualifications at RQF Level 5 represent practical knowledge, skills, capabilities and competences that are assessed in academic terms as being equivalent to Foundation Degrees, Higher National Diploma (HND) and Year 2 of a three-year UK Bachelor's degree.

The OTHM Level 5 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management consists of 6 mandatory units for a combined total of 120 credits, 1200 hours Total Qualification Time (TQT) and 600 Guided Learning Hours (GLH) for the completed qualification.

Mandatory units

• Working in Partnership in Health and Social Care (20 credits)
• Managing the Safeguarding and Protection of Vulnerable Individuals (20 credits)
• Health Education and Promoting Wellbeing (20 credits)
• Team Management in Health and Social Care (20 credits)
• Professional Supervision Practice in Health and Social Care (20 credits)
• Research Methods in Health and Social Care (20 credits)

The qualification is designed to be delivered over one academic year for full-time study but it is also flexible in its delivery in order to accommodate part-time and distance learning.

The qualification is delivered face-to-face, through lectures, tutorials, seminars, distance, online by approved centres only.

All units within this qualification are internally assessed by the centre and externally verified by OTHM. The qualifications are criterion referenced, based on the achievement of all the specified learning outcomes.

To achieve a ‘pass’ for a unit, learners must provide evidence to demonstrate that they have fulfilled all the learning outcomes and meet the standards specified by all assessment criteria. Judgement that the learners have successfully fulfilled the assessment criteria is made by the Assessor.

The Assessor should provide an audit trail showing how the judgement of the learners’ overall achievement has been arrived at.

Successful completion of the OTHM Level 5 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management qualification provides learners the opportunity for a wide range of academic progressions including progression to relevant OTHM Level 6 Diplomas.

The Level 5 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management has been developed with career progression and professional recognition in mind

As this qualification is approved and regulated by Ofqual (Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulation), learners are eligible to gain direct entry into Final year of a three-year UK Bachelor’s degree.

For more information visit University Progressions page.

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LEVEL 5 DIPLOMA IN LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT FOR ADULT CARE ANSWERS

The Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Adult Care is a nationally recognised qualification for individuals working in a leadership/management role within the health and social care sector. It is a mandatory qualification for Registered Managers.

There are several registered awarding bodies (such as City & Guilds) that have designed the courses along with the learning outcomes and assessment criteria. The criteria (and unit numbers) can vary between awarding bodies. The courses are usually delivered and assessed by other training providers such as colleges in line with the rules and regulations of the awarding body.

The study guides provided here are based on the City & Guilds specification.

You may also find my tutorial on ESSAY WRITING FOR LEVEL 5 DIPLOMA to be useful.

New Level 5 (from 2020 onwards)

In 2020, the Level 5 qualification was replaced with a newer version that was created using a standard developed with Skills for Care and employers in the care sector. This qualification consists of 11 mandatory units and 7 optional units.

The 11 mandatory units are shown below:

• Leadership and management in adult care
• Governance and regulatory processes
• Communication and information management in adult care
• Relationships and partnership working
• Person-centred practice for positive outcomes
• Professional development, supervision and performance management
• Resource management in adult care
• Safeguarding, protection and risk
• Managing self
• Decision making in adult care
• Service improvement, entrepreneurship and innovation
• Optional units

An archive of study guides for the deprecated level 5 qualification can be found here.

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Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Adult Care (3080)

Click here to sign up for our virtual drop-in sessions, taking place on  2 July 2021 between 1.00pm - 4.45pm ,  for centres to come together to discuss and contribute to the design of the new qualification that will potentially replace the current 3080-50.

This qualification is endorsed by Skills for Care and has been approved as meeting the Skills for Care qualification specification for England.

The Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Adult Care (England) is a competence based qualification which has been developed with employers who provide adult care. The mandatory content is based on the Skills for Care qualification specifications which were produced following consultation with the sector.

Automatic approval will be given to centres already approved for qualification pathways below, which the new qualification replaces:

• 4978-54 Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People’s Services (Adults’ Residential Management)
• 4978-55 Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People’s Services (Adults’ Management)

Designed to support the on-programme element of the Leader in Adult Care apprenticeship standard in England, the new qualification will become a mandatory component of the Leader in Adult Care standard. The timing of the availability of this standard is not yet known.

The new 3080-50 Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Adult Care qualification is available to use now as a stand alone qualification and is approved for adult learner loans funding.

The qualification covers the knowledge and skills required to work in a leadership and management role in a range of settings where services support individuals with different needs. The qualification contains units which are competence based and some knowledge based units.

The qualification is aimed at leaders and managers in adult care in a range of adult care settings, such as:

• Residential services for older people and people with disabilities
• Domiciliary care services
• Day services
• Respite services
• Community based services

The qualification can be used both within and outside of an apprenticeship standard for those learners who work in Adult Care in England, in the following roles:

• Registered Managers

The qualification may also be used to support Assistant Managers and Deputy Managers providing they are able to demonstrate knowledge and skills at level 5 and that their job role allows them to be able to demonstrate the required skills in real work activities.

• Wales – please check QiW website for available funding

Interested in delivering this qualification?

Find out more about how to become an approved City & Guilds centre or fill out our online customer application form . 

General Information

What is involved in studying this course.

The new qualification has been designed to support the on-programme element of the Leader in Adult Care apprenticeship standard in England and covers the knowledge and skills required to work in adult care in a leadership role in a range of settings. 

The Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Adult Care qualification contains units which are competence based and some knowledge based units.

An optional assignment is available to support the assessment support the assessment of Unit 502 Governance and regulatory processes.

What Careers Can This Lead To?

The qualification provides a structured programme of learning and assessment to support learners to demonstrate competence in a leadership and management role in adult care in England at level 5.

Learners can progress to an apprenticeship or qualification such as higher level apprenticeships or to a Higher Education qualifications such as a foundation degree or degree programme, providing any specific entry requirements are met. A Level 6 Leadership qualification or apprenticeship, providing their job role supports the requirements of the standard, would also provide progression opportunities.

What Is Involved With Delivering This Course?

The qualification is structured in a way which means that all learners will have to complete a group of 11 mandatory units, the content of which is appropriate across many leadership roles in adult care .

In addition there is a range of optional units to support areas of specialism, including:

• Learning disability services
• End of life Care
• Clinical Skills
• Residential Care
• Domiciliary Care
• End of life care support
• Management skills
• Study Skills

Learners must achieve 7 out of the 16 optional units to complete the qualification.

Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management (England) (3080-50)

Level 5 diploma in leadership and management for adult care.

• Accreditation No: 603/3462/9 This is a reference number related to UK accreditation framework
• Type: Credit based qualification This is categorisation to help define qualification attributes e.g. type of assessment
• Credits: Data unavailable Credits are a measure of the size of the qualification
• Guided Learning Hours: 325 - 325 This is the average contact time a centre would typically commit
• Total Qualification Time: Data unavailable The total time for the qualification
• Key Stage: Data unavailable This shows the equivalent Key Stage level.
• Last Certification: 31/08/2026 This is the last date that a certificate can be issued
• Qualification fees in the UK: £205.00 Our typical price is the one that is most often paid by a centre for a completed learner. Some prices are made up of multiple charging points so action like taking difference units or specialisms to complete and resitting assessments may mean the cost for some learners differs.

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Here you can find all documents related to this suite of qualifications.

By clicking on the section headings below, you can access a variety of documents such as the qualification handbooks and assessment materials, Statements of Purpose, and recognition letters from industry and employers.

Some documents may be password protected. Passwords can be retrieved by logging in to  Walled Garden and visiting the Administration section of the relevant qualification catalogue page.

Assessment materials

• 502 Assignmentv1 pdf 196 KB 11 Sep 2018

Centre documents

• Guide to Assessing Qualifications in Health and Social Care pdf 412 KB 05 Jun 2019
• Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Adult Care QHB v3-1 pdf 1 MB 17 Feb 2022
• Mapping L5 Lead Adult Care Worker to the L5 Diploma Adult Care Nov 2020 pdf 211 KB 26 Nov 2020

Purpose and Recognition

• 60334629 Level 5 Diploma for Adult Care England Purpose statement pdf 115 KB 11 Sep 2018

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BTEC Level 3 Health and Social Care Unit 5 Meeting Individual Care and Support Needs Introduction

Subject: Personal, social and health education

Age range: 16+

Resource type: Unit of work

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26 February 2024

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An 8 Page BTEC L3 Unit 5 Meeting Individual Care and Support Needs Introduction Booklet which introduces the Learning Aims and content. This has been updated to reflect the assignment case study changes from November 2018.

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