Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare (England) (4340-51)
Issued by
City & Guilds
This qualification is aimed at learners who want to work in Residential Childcare in a management role and has been designed specifically to support learners who need a qualification to prove competence in a Leadership and Management role in children’s residential services. The learner will work with minimum supervision and have a good record of safety ensuring that work meets the required standard. Suitable for learners aged 18 and over. Ofqual Qualification No: 601/5267/9
Earning Criteria
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The learner will have covered the following mandatory skills:
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Understand children and young people’s development; Understand support for children and young people who are vulnerable and disadvantaged ; Lead and manage a team within a residential childcare setting ; Lead practice to support the safeguarding and protection of children and young people ; Lead practice for communication and information management in residential childcare settings ; Manage risk in residential childcare ; Lead and manage group living in residential childcare
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Lead a service that can support children or young people who have experienced harm or abuse ; Lead practice to achieve positive outcomes for children and young people in residential childcare; Implement a Positive Relationship Policy in residential childcare ; Lead practice to support the well-being and resilience of children and young people in residential childcare ; Lead practice in safe use of digital, internet and mobile technology with children and young people
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Undertake professional development in residential childcare settings ; Lead practice to promote the rights, diversity and equality of children and young people ; Lead networks and multi-agency work to benefit children and young people ;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.
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For further detail on the content of the units, please see Residential Childcare (England) qualifications and training courses | City & Guilds (cityandguilds.com)