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 deepen their 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, of safeguarding and the actions 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 you manage, such as 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 and performance reviews.

Read more about the SCQF Level 10 Credit and Qualifications.

Important! Application Process

Once your application has been submitted, the college will send you a short questionnaire. This helps us ensure that you're applying for the most suitable course and allows us to progress your application to the next stage.

Please complete the questionnaire within 7 days of receiving it. If it is not returned within this timeframe, your application will be cancelled.

Funding and Fees

Fee: £1,800

Estimated Duration: 18 months

Learners are responsible for maintaining satisfactory progress towards completion of their SVQ by the agreed course end date.

Learners may be at risk of withdrawal where there is:

• insufficient progress towards the qualification;
• a significant period of absence;
• continued non-engagement with their assessor;
• failure to complete agreed actions or assessment activity; or
• insufficient time remaining to realistically complete the qualification

Funding

Various funding streams are available to cover all or some of the 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 the Funding Scotland website.
• Modern Apprenticeship funding may be available at all levels, subject to funding availability. Please note that there are additional requirements to access this funding, including completing additional units and attending regular, thorough review meetings. This funding may cover all or part of 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.

What you will learn

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 take place at your current workplace.

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 that 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.