Earning Criteria

• This person has achieved the knowledge and skills from the following units:
• Unit 301- Understand safeguarding of children and young people (for those working in the adult sector): Understand the policies, procedures and practices for safe working with children and young people, understand how to respond to evidence or concerns that a child or young person has been abused or harmed
• Unit 401- Promote professional development: Understand principles of professional development, be able to prioritise goals and targets for own professional development, be able to prepare a professional development plan, be able to improve performance through reflective practice
• Unit 402 - Work in partnership in health and social care or children and young people’s settings: Understand partnership working, be able to establish and maintain working relationships with colleagues and other professionals
• Unit 403 - The structure, organisation and function of the human body:  Understand the organisation of the human living cell, from its simplest level to the most complex level found in the human body, understand the principles of the human body systems
• Unit 501- Use and develop systems that promote communication: Be able to address the range of communication requirements in own role, improve communication systems and practices that support positive outcomes for individuals, improve communication systems to support partnership working and be able to use systems for effective information management
• 503 Champion equality, diversity and inclusion: Understand diversity, equality and inclusion in own area of responsibility, be able to champion diversity, equality and inclusion, understand how to develop systems and processes that promote diversity, equality and inclusion, be able to manage the risks presented when balancing individual rights and professional duty of care
• 504 Lead and manage infection prevention and control within the work setting: Understand current infection prevention and control policies, procedures and practices, be able to lead the implementation of policies and procedures for infection prevention and control, be able to manage the exchange of information about infections, be able to lead the practice of infection prevention and control, be able to manage risk management in infection prevention and control
• 505 Develop health and safety and risk management policies, procedures and practices in health and social care or children and young people’s settings: Understand the current legislative framework and organisational health, safety and risk management policies, procedures and practices, be able to implement and monitor compliance with health, safety and risk management requirements Be able to lead the implementation of policies, procedures and practices to manage risk to individuals and others
• 505 Develop health and safety and risk management policies, procedures and practices in health and social care or children and young people’s settings: Be able to promote a culture where needs and risks are balanced with health and safety practice, be able to improve health, safety and risk management policies, procedures and practices
• 506 Manage quality in health and social care or children and young people's setting: Understand the context of quality assurance, be able to implement quality standards, be able to lead the evaluation of quality processes
• 507 Undertake a research project within services for health and social care or children and young people: Be able to justify a topic for research, understand how the components of research are used, be able to conduct a research project, be able to analyse research findings
• 508 Conduct and support others in the assessment of individuals health and wellbeing: Understand the process for carrying out assessments of individuals health and wellbeing, be able to demonstrate a person-centered approach to assessment, be able to manage the assessment process, be able to respond to the outcomes of the assessment, be able to support and demonstrate to others how to undertake assessments within own scope of practice
• 509 Promote effective nutrition and fluid balance: Be able to evaluate the social impact on nutrition in an individual’s own locality in comparisons to national statistics, understand current legislation, local policy and guidelines around nutrition, supplements and assistive nutrition, understand clinical conditions and their nutritional needs, understand the relationship between nutrition and clinical conditions within the renal and digestive system
• 509 Promote effective nutrition and fluid balance: Be able to identify when, and how, to adapt food and fluid preparations to meet individual needs, understand how to recognise extended methods for individuals’ specific nutritional needs, be able to provide support for individuals to eat and drink, be able to support others to monitor nutrition and fluid balance
• 509 Promote effective nutrition and fluid balance: Understand the availability and use of nutritional supplements, be able to measure Body Mass Index (BMI) Understand how to recognise nutritional complications
• 510 The principles and philosophy of healthcare: Understand the relationship between health and wellbeing, understand the principles of the biomedical model, the sociological model, the psychological model, understand the holistic approach and impact of the biopsychosocial model
• 511 Lifespan developments and healthcare needs: Understand individual’s health and wellbeing through lifespan, understand the stages and processes of human development, understand principles of care provision for individuals at different stages throughout lifespan
• 514 Understand the principles and application of physiological measurements: Understand relevant legislation, policy and best practice for undertaking physiological measurements, understand the anatomy and physiology associated with physiological measurements, be able to assess the impact of lifestyle, culture and family background on individuals’ physiological measurements
• 514 Understand the principles and application of physiological measurements: Understand the physiological state associated with blood pressure, a pulse, temperature, respiration and oxygen saturation levels Be able to recognise the deteriorating patient, be able to support others to undertake physiological measurements
• This qualification contains a range of optional units which the learner will have achieved depending on their work role and work setting. They will be able to provide additional separate evidence of those optional units.  To see the full range of optional units in this qualification please see the qualification handbook on the City & Guilds qualification webpage. 
• This qualification is regulated by OFQUAL