Level 3 Diploma in Adult Care

Introduction
This Level 3 Diploma in Adult Care is by far our most popular qualification requested to be undertaken since the learning criteria was updated in August 2023. Learners will be registered with ICQ awarding body, who are registered by OfQual and award recognised qualifications under the Regulated Qualification Framework so care settings can be absolutely confident that this qualification is genuine and will be accepted by the relevant regulatory bodies and across the Health and Social Care sector and beyond.

We deliver this qualification, predominantly using distance learning techniques. It is therefore open to all carer workers across all of England, whether you work in a residential care home or within a community setting such as domiciliary care.

For any learners based locally to our offices in Redditch who struggle with the disciplines of remote learning, we can arrange classroom sessions and face to face support with our helpful and knowledgeable tutors - this may well be the difference between success and dropping out. For learners who live further afield, we can always arrange remote training sessions via zoom to help address any learning issues.

Level 3 Diploma in Adult Care

This course is primarily aimed at those who already work in the care sector with a small amount of responsibility, sometimes working without supervision and will build on the essential skills and knowledge to lead you into leadership and team management roles.

The course covers both theoretical concepts and practical applications allowing diverse methods of assessment.

It is important to note this qualification requires an observation of the learner carrying out their care tasks, so it is essential you are in a job role, either paid, unpaid, or voluntary, that supports such an observation.

This qualifcation has a number of mandatory units and learner then selects additional optional units to fulfill the required credits to pass the qualification. This means this qualification can be tailored exactly to suit your specific job role and interests. It is this flexibility that really appeals to our learners.

The content is appropriate for roles such as

  • Carers who have already been in their role for a while, working sometimes without supervision.
  • Carers looking ahead to their future, and requires a qualification that will become the foundation building block towards leadership and management roles
  • It is applicable to a variety of job roles including below lead adult care worker and lead personal assistant.

Upon completion, you will have gained the skills necessary to lead and manage teams effectively, ensure regulatory compliance, deliver exceptional quality person-centred care, foster a healthy positive workplace, understand how to embrace diversity and offer you a thorough in-depth knowledge of adult care principles and practices.

Course structure
This qualification is assessed by building a portfolio of evidence under the guidance of a personal assessor assigned to help and support the learner.

The learner will research and undertake assignments as a distance learning qualification. Evidence will be submitted predominatly via completion of a E-portfolio using the ICQ digital platform called ILearner. There will be an observation of the learner in practice arranged by the assessor at a convenient time to suit the learner and care setting.

There are no exams required to achieve the qualification. All learners must be at least 16 and whilst there are no formal prerequisites for this qualification, we strongly advise that learners have the equivalent of Level 2 in literacy and numeracy or above. On completion of the course, hard copy certification is awarded by ICQ and always sent to whoever paid for the learning.

Duration of the course
The learner will dictate the pace of the qualification to fit around work and lifestyle commitments - however we do expect a learner to complete within 12 months of enrolment. We find most learners can complete this qualification in 9 months. We expect the learner to be fully engaged in their studies and for them to submit evidence back to their assessor usually on a weekly basis.

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