Level 5 Advanced Diploma in Health and Social Care Management

Level 5 Advanced Diploma in Health and Social Care Management prepares potential learners, professional staff and managers of the future in the health and social care sector. This course provides a specialist work-related programme of study that provides breadth and depth of knowledge and understanding, along with practical skills required in the health or social care sector. Diploma holders will demonstrate their skills by producing evidence from their work activities, to meet national occupational standards and then apply self-reflective, analytical, evaluative, intellectual, and transferable skills in private and public sectors.

At the end of the course, a graduate is expected to be able to:

• Evaluate health care system trade-offs and role of marketing in health care organisations.
• Evaluate marketing environment and determinants of the utilisation of health care service that influence heath care industry.
• Identify the importance of strategy and marketing planning including segmentation, targeting, positioning and competition in healthcare industry.
• Investigate process of brand development, designing and managing health care channels and marketing implementation process in health and social care sector.
• Develop, maintain and evaluate systems and structures to promote the rights, responsibilities and diversity of people.
• Manage a service which achieves the best possible outcomes for the individuals in healthcare sector.
• Understand the management of financial resources controlling expenditures against budgets in healthcare sector.
• Monitor and evaluate the process of the work undertaken by a team including feedback in healthcare sector.
• Apply decision modelling techniques used to model the clinical situation in the healthcare organisation.
• Understand the role of health policy and economics in health care decision making.
• Assess patients’ preferences, and able to understand the opportunities for applying psychological theory to improve medical decision making.
• Understand philosophical foundations, and major steps involved in the process of conducting evidence-based practice and disorders in social work.
• Understand the problem, evidence-based approaches to assessment and intervention of alcohol abuse, cannabis and opioid-related disorders.
• Analyse problems and evidence-based assessment and intervention of antisocial and borderline disorder and understand the role of social workers in the managed health care system.

Intake - Learners can apply anytime to start the course

The course's overall structure is based on four modules that cover several topics relating to learning outcomes. Each module is equivalent to 30 credits, and at the end of the course, learners will be able to achieve 120 credits.

Unit 1 - Strategic Marketing for Health Care Organisations

Unit 2 - Partnership working in Health and Social Care

Unit 3 - Quality Management in Health and Social Care

Unit 4 - Safeguarding and Protection of Vulnerable Individuals

Qualification Credits and Duration

Level 5 Advanced Diploma in Health and Social Care Management be completed in minimum 4 months and maximum 12 months.

How will you study

Our learning portal will be available to you study 24/7. You can use your Desktop Computer, Laptop, Mobile or Tablet anytime in a flexible way to study entirely online.

Assessment Methods

Assessment methods include only assignments. You will be required to submit four assignments in total to pass four units.

Results and Certificate

Learners must complete four units to achieve 120 credits Level 5 Advanced Diploma in Health and Social Care Management. You will get a qualification certificate and a transcript.

Additional Note – Assessment Fee

The assessment cost of the qualification is £400, payable at the beginning of the course or £100/month for four months. The assessment cost includes the mandatory quality assurance and certification.

This qualification is suitable to gain managerial and leadership skills and competence to work for the care or social work sector.

Learners completing the Level 5 Advanced Diploma in Health and Social Care Management will progress to Level 6 or Level 7 qualification in health and social care with us. It provides you a job progression as well supervisory, managerial or leadership related career in the health care or social care sector.

Certificate of completion

Hard copy certificate - Included