TQUK Level 2 Diploma Adult Social Care Certificate

The Learning College Group

Unit Assessments

Included in course price

15 Units Covered on the TQUK Level 2 Adult Social Care Certificate course:

• Unit 1: Understand own role

  - Understand own role
  - Be able to work in ways that have been agreed with the employer
  - Understand working relationships in social care
  - Be able to work in partnership with others

• Unit 2: Personal development

  - Understand how to agree a personal development plan
  - Be able to develop own knowledge, skills and understanding

• Unit 3: Duty of Care

  - Understand duty of care and duty of candour
  - Understand the support available for addressing dilemmas that may arise about duty of care
  - Be able to deal with comments and complaints
  - Understand how to respond to incidents, errors and near misses
  - Be able to deal with confrontation and difficult situations

• Unit 4: Equality, diversity, inclusion, and human rights

  - Understand the Equality Act 2010
  - Understand government and Ofsted guidance on tackling bullying
  - Understand policies and procedures for bullying

• Unit 5: Work in a person-centred way

  - Understand person centred values
  - Understand working in a person-centred way
  - Understand the meaning of mental capacity when providing person centred care
  - Be able to support the individual to be comfortable and make changes to address factors that may be causing pain, discomfort, or emotional distress
  - Be able to support the individual to maintain their identity, self-esteem, spiritual wellbeing and
  overall wellbeing
  - Be able to support the individual using person centred values

• Unit 6: Communication

  - Understand the importance of effective communication in the workplace
  - Understand how to meet the communication and language needs, wishes and preferences of individuals
  - Understand how to promote effective communication with individuals
  - Be able to use appropriate communication with individuals and support the safe use of communication aids and technologies
  - Understand the principles and practices relating to confidentiality

• Unit 7: Privacy and dignity

  - Understand the principles that underpin privacy and dignity in care
  - Be able to maintain the privacy and dignity of the individuals in their care
  - Understand how to support an individual’s right to make choices
  - Be able to support individuals in making choices about their care
  - Understand how to support active participation
  - Be able to support individuals in active participation of their own care

• Unit 8: Nutrition and hydration

  - Understand the principles of food safety
  - Understand the principles of nutrition and hydration
  - Be able to support individuals with nutrition and hydration

• Unit 9: Awareness of mental health and dementia

  - Understand the needs and experiences of people living with mental health or dementia
  - Understand the importance of early identification of mental health conditions and dementia
  - Understand aspects of personalised care which support an individual living with a mental health condition or dementia
  - Understand the reasonable adjustments which may be necessary in health and care delivery for an individual living with a mental health condition or dementia
  - Understand how legal frameworks and guidelines support individuals living with a mental health condition or dementia

• Unit 10: Adult Safeguarding

  - Be able to demonstrate the principles of Adult Safeguarding
  - Understand how to reduce the likelihood of abuse
  - Understand how to respond to suspected or disclosed abuse
  - Understand how to protect people from harm and abuse –locally and nationally
  - Understand restrictive practices

• Unit 11: Safeguarding Children

  - Understand how to safeguard children

• Unit 12: Health, safety, and principles of basic life support

  - Understand own responsibilities, and the responsibilities of others, relating to health and safety in the work setting
  - Understand Risk Assessment
  - Be able to move and assist safely
  - Understand procedures for responding to accidents, sudden illness and providing basic life support
  - Understand medication and healthcare tasks
  - Be able to handle hazardous substances
  - Understand how to promote fire safety
  - Understand how to work safely and securely
  - Understand how to manage own mental health and personal wellbeing

• Unit 13: Handling information

  - Understand how to handle information in a care setting

• Unit 14: Infection prevention and control (IPC)

  - Understand how to prevent the spread of infection
  - Be able to prevent the spread of infection

• Unit 15: An awareness of learning disability and autism

  - Understand the needs and experiences of people with a learning disability and autistic people
  - Understand how to meet the communication and information needs of people with a learning disability and autistic people
  - Understand reasonable adjustments which may be necessary in health and care delivery
  - Understand how legislation and guidance supports people with a learning disability and autistic people

The Qualification:

Qualification reference number – 610/4174/9

Assessment

Do you need to be working to take this qualification?

Learners must spend a minimum of 40 hours working, volunteering or on practical placement to be able to show competence in both knowledge and skills.

This qualification is internally assessed and externally quality assured via a portfolio of evidence.

Please note: There is no examination required for this course.

What’s included?

Upon enrolment you will be sent your login details for our learning platform where you will have access to all course materials required to complete your qualification. Within your Dashboard area you will also have all assessment forms, referencing grids, supporting tools plus much more along with FULL Tutor support throughout your study time.

Study Time

The guided study hours to complete your TQUK Level 2 Adult Social Care Certificate (RQF)Qualification are an approximate figure and are dependent upon how much time you can dedicate to your studies and how well you grasp the learning concepts in the course material. You should allow enough time to complete assignments/ question papers to ensure satisfactory outcomes are met.

The approximate amount of time required to complete the TQUK Level 2 Adult Social Care Certificate (RQF) Qualification is: 350 hours.

You will have an initial 12 months in which to complete this qualification.

• A care support worker is employed in adult social care residential or domiciliary services.
• Healthcare assistants in the community.
• Primary care and acute health environments
• Supported living or day services
• Community-based support workers

Our TQUK Level 2 Adult Social Care Certificate (RQF) Qualification is openly available to anyone wishing to gain a full recognised qualification to work in the Health and Social Care sector

• Must be aged 16 and over

• A care support worker is employed in adult social care residential or domiciliary services.
• Healthcare assistants in the community.
• Primary care and acute health environments
• Supported living or day services
• Community-based support workers