SVQ Care Services Leadership and Management SCQF level 10

Course overview

This course is suitable for individuals currently employed in a management role within a care service. The course will enable students to enhance their professional practice and gain a deeper understanding of their job role. This qualification covers areas such as managing and developing yourself and your workforce within care services, leading and managing practice that promotes the safeguarding of individuals, health and safety in the workplace, and effective communication systems and practices.

This SVQ has been designed to meet the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) registration requirements for care managers.

Your roles and responsibilities should include:

• Being responsible for managing and developing yourself and your workforce
• Being responsible for the continuing professional development of yourself and others through staff development and performance development review systems
• Establish your understanding and that of others about safeguarding and what action to take in cases of actual or potential harm or abuse
• Hold overall responsibility for budgets and oversee the management and deployment of staff and resources for the service that you manage
• Have overall responsibility for completing quality assurance processes for the service that you manage, for example, Care Inspectorate Annual Returns
• Have overall responsibility for health and safety in the service you manage
• Have overall responsibility for managing and developing workers within the service, for example, through providing or managing the provision of supervision, performance reviews

Read more about the SCQF Level 10 Credit and Qualifications.

Personal Statement (When writing this, please be concise)

In your personal statement, please include the following:

1. State the name of your current employer.
2. State your current job title.
3. Briefly outline your primary roles and responsibilities.

Funding and Fees

Fee: £1,800

Estimated Duration: 18 months

* Edinburgh College makes every effort to support candidates throughout their qualifications. However, suppose candidates do not engage with the qualification and fail to complete it within the estimated completion period. In that case, Edinburgh College may implement a monthly fee of £150 (for SVQ 2 and SVQ 3) or £218 (for SVQ 4) per candidate for ongoing assessor support. This would not apply if candidates are put on hold for personal or work-related reasons.

Funding

Various funding streams are available to cover some or all costs. These include:

• Fees paid by the employer or the student
• SAAS Part-Time Fee Grants may be available for candidates enrolled in courses at SCQF Level 7 and above who meet the eligibility criteria. SAAS funding would normally part-fund a qualification. Please use this link for more information: Part-time Funding Guide - SAAS.
• Voluntary sector organisations can apply to the Voluntary Sector Development Fund. This is done independently of the College. For more information, please visit the Scottish Social Services Council's Voluntary Sector Development Fund page on Funding Scotland.
• Modern Apprenticeship funding may be available at all levels, subject to the availability of funding allocations. Please note that there are additional requirements for accessing this funding, including completing additional units and attending regular and thorough review meetings. This funding may entirely or partially cover the cost of a qualification, depending on the allocations and levels.
• You may be entitled to apply for a fee waiver for this course (this option is only for individuals who are paying for the course themselves - not businesses) – Please use the link to the application form for more information on this: Edinburgh College Fee Waiver Application Form  Fee waivers can only be offered if candidates provide documentary evidence to prove eligibility for fee waiver funding.

The course contains four mandatory units.

• Manage and Develop Yourself and Your Workforce within the Care Service
• Lead and Manage Practice that Promotes the Safeguarding of Individuals
• Lead and Manage Practice for Health and Safety in the Work Setting
• Lead and Manage Effective Communication Systems and Practices

You will also have to select four optional units; more information about these units can be found in the SQA document.

Placement information

• Your placement will be carried out at your current place of work

How the course is assessed

• This is a work-based qualification, you will be allocated an assessor who will work with you to gather evidence demonstrating you meet the required standards.

Number of days per week

• Flexible learning.
• Regular 1-1 meetings with your workplace assessor, at your workplace, at a college campus or online.

Entry requirements

• Currently employed in a management role within the health and social care sector.
• Please contact andrew.clark@edinburghcollege.ac.uk if you have any questions about entry requirements.

English Proficiency Requirements

Progression and Articulation Routes

• There is some overlap of Units between the different levels of SVQ, allowing candidates to progress to other Management SVQs as their job role develops or changes.

Career options

• Management role within the care sector
• Registration with the SSSC