NVQ Level 5 Diploma in Health and Social Care (QCF)
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This QCF approved course is delivered in a classroom as well as in the work place. In this, the highest level NVQ for the health and social care industry, students will learn five mandatory units common to all pathways, and then further mandatory and optional units specific to their specialisation. Students will learn the latest techniques and best practices in safeguarding children and vulnerable adults that they will come in contact with while developing upper management and leadership skills. Students will study, the management strategies for running a care centre, dealing with and promoting staff CPD, developing company policies and procedure, and the promotion of communication in their area of responsibility. Students are taught to implement a person-centred approach.
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