Level 5 · Children's Services & Fostering · Ofqual-regulated qualification

NCFE CACHE Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People's Services (England) – Children and Young People's Management (RQF)

The leadership diploma for registered managers and senior leaders in fostering agencies, children's homes and children's services (qualification number 601/4312/5). Built around your own service and studied in the Orvanta online learner portal.

12–18 monthsOnline distance learning£1,250.00 pay in full

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Key facts

Awarding organisation: NCFE CACHE
Qualification number: 601/4312/5
Level: Level 5
Typical duration: 12–18 months
Study mode: Online distance learning
Fee: £1,250.00 in full, or £500.00 deposit plus 6 monthly payments of £125.00 (0% interest)
Delivered by Orvanta Open College, NCFE approved centre 11000895

Course Overview: Level 5 Children and Young People's Management

The NCFE CACHE Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People's Services (England), Children and Young People's Management pathway, is the leadership qualification for people who manage, or are preparing to manage, a service for children and young people.

Standard 17.2 of the Fostering Services National Minimum Standards (Department for Education, 2011) sets the qualifications expected of a fostering service's registered manager. Its footnote names this diploma for qualifications started after January 2011. The same footnote says managers who already hold the Level 4 Leadership and Management for Care Services or Health and Social Care qualification do not need to take the Level 5 diploma, so please ask us if you are unsure which applies to you.

The course is organised into six modules and 18 units (12 mandatory and 6 optional, 91 credits), covering 78 learning outcomes. Examples throughout come from fostering and independent fostering agency practice, and every task is built around your own role and setting.

Who this course is for

Registered or deputy managers of independent or local authority fostering services.
Children's home managers and deputy managers.
Senior leaders in children's services, or those moving into a leadership role in a service for children and young people.

What you will learn

Lead communication, information management, professional development and equality, diversity and inclusion across your service.
Develop health, safety, risk management and safeguarding policy, and a concerns and complaints system that people actually use.
Lead and supervise a team, and manage safer recruitment and induction.
Lead practice that supports children and young people's development, wellbeing, resilience and transitions.
Work in partnership with professionals and families, and support the carers who provide homes to children.
Manage quality assurance and carry out a research project that improves practice.

Course units and syllabus

Module 1 · SHC 51: Use and develop systems that promote communication
Module 1 · SHC 52: Promote professional development
Module 1 · SHC 53: Champion equality, diversity and inclusion
Module 2 · M1: Develop health and safety and risk management policies, procedures and practices
Module 2 · MU 5.4: Develop and implement policies and procedures to support the safeguarding of children and young people
Module 2 · O1: Develop procedures and practice to respond to concerns and complaints (optional)
Module 3 · LM1c: Lead and manage a team within a health and social care or children and young people's setting
Module 3 · LM2c: Develop professional supervision practice
Module 3 · O16: Recruitment and selection (optional)
Module 3 · O35: Manage induction (optional)
Module 4 · MU 5.2: Understand children and young person's development
Module 4 · MU 5.3: Lead practice that supports positive outcomes for child and young person development
Module 5 · O36: Lead practice in promoting the well-being and resilience of children and young people
Module 5 · M2c: Work in partnership in health and social care or children and young people's settings
Module 5 · M2a: Understand partnership working (optional)
Module 5 · CCLD OP 5.12: Develop provision for family support (optional)
Module 6 · O43: Manage quality in health and social care or children and young people's setting (optional)
Module 6 · OP 5.25: Undertake a research project within services for health and social care or children and young people

Entry requirements

You need to be working in, or moving into, a leadership role in a service for children and young people.
Many tasks use evidence from your own work, such as policies you develop, supervision you carry out and improvements you lead.
If you already hold a Level 4 leadership and management qualification in care, talk to us before you enrol.

Assessment

A portfolio of tasks for each unit that together cover every assessment criterion. There is no written exam.
Written assignments, workplace evidence, professional discussions, direct observation and reflective accounts, all anonymised.
A qualified, occupationally competent assessor reviews your evidence, gives feedback and confirms achievement of each unit.

Progression

Registered manager roles in fostering services, children's homes and children's services.
Senior and strategic leadership roles in children's services.
Further study in social work, leadership or children's services management.

Career roles

Fostering Service Registered Manager
Deputy Manager (Fostering or Children's Home)
Children's Home Registered Manager
Children's Services Senior Leader

Frequently asked questions

Is this the right qualification for a fostering registered manager?

Footnote 3 to standard 17.2 of the Fostering Services National Minimum Standards names the Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People's Services. This course is that diploma, on the Children and Young People's Management pathway. If you already hold a Level 4 leadership and management qualification in care, talk to us first.

Do I need to be working as a manager?

You need to be working in, or moving into, a leadership role in a service for children and young people. Many tasks use evidence from your own work, such as policies you develop, supervision you carry out and improvements you lead.

How is the course assessed?

Through a portfolio of tasks for each unit: written assignments, workplace evidence, professional discussions, direct observation and reflective accounts. There is no written exam. A qualified assessor reviews your evidence and decides achievement.

Can I choose different optional units?

The route shown is the one we have set up for children's services managers. Your assessor will confirm your optional units with you at the start.

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