NCFE CACHE Level 3 Diploma in Adult Care

The NCFE CACHE Level 3 Diploma in Adult Care has been developed to give learners the opportunity to:

• Learn how to engage with patients who need physical care
• Meeting and supporting patients with emotional needs
• Learn how to follow health and social care procedures
• Supporting individuals with dementia
• Progress to related general qualifications

• Qualification type: NCFE CACHE Professional qualification
• Qualification title: NCFE CACHE Level 3 Diploma in Adult Care
• Level: Level 3
• Minimum entry age: 16
• Accreditation status: Accredited
• Guided Learning Hours (GLH): 399
• Credits: 58
• Total Qualification Time (TQT): 580
• Qualification number (QN): 603/2618/9
• Availability: UK and Wales

The course is suitable for individuals working in the healthcare sector, and adult care worker roles in both health and social settings.

• Learners must be over the age of 16, but there are no formal pre-requisite entry requirements.
• It is recommended that learners are working or volunteering in order to display competence in skills and knowledge.

• Unit 1: Promote communicate in care settings
• Unit 2: Promote effective handling of information in care settings
• Unit 3: Promote personal development in care settings
• Unit 4: Promote person-centered approaches in care settings
• Unit 5: Promote equality and inclusion in care settings
• Unit 6: Promote, health, safety and well-being in care settings
• Unit 7: Responsibilities of a care worker
• Unit 8: Duty of care in care settings
• Unit 9: Safeguarding and protection in care settings

The NCFE CACHE Level 3 Diploma in Adult Care is a 580 TQT, 58-credit and 399-guided-learning-hour (GLH) qualification that consists of 9 mandatory units (28 credits) and from optional units (30 credits) to achieve a total of 58 credits.

To pass this course, the learner must regularly submit assignments. The purpose of assessment is to ensure that effective learning has taken place to give learners the opportunity to:

• Meet the standard determined by the assessment criteria
• Achieve the learning outcomes

All units within these qualifications are internally assessed. The qualifications are criterion-referenced based on the achievement of all the specified learning outcomes. Learners can take 12-18months to complete this course.

On successful completion of this course, you will be awarded with a NCFE CACHE Level 3 Diploma in Adult Care.

The primary objective of the NCFE CACHE Level 3 Diploma in Adult Care is to help learners acquire the skills and competence and apply this knowledge in an array of roles in the health and social care setting. Upon completion, learners can progress to Level 4 Diploma in Adult Care or Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management in Adult Care if they wish to further their education in this field. Learners will have the opportunity to find employment in residential and nursing homes and in clinical health care. It is a specialist course reflecting the context of your work. The qualification will put you in line to work in the following positions,

• Lead Personal Assistant
• Senior Care Support Worker
• Senior Care Assistant
• Support Workers
• Residential Care Workers
• Domiciliary Care Worker
• Clinical Care Support Worker
• Day Centre Care Worker

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