Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Adult Care (3080)

This qualification is endorsed by Skills for Care and has been approved as meeting the Skills for Care qualification specification for England.

The Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Adult Care (England) is a competence based qualification which has been developed with employers who provide adult care. The mandatory content is based on the Skills for Care qualification specifications which were produced following consultation with the sector.

Automatic approval will be given to centres already approved for qualification pathways below, which the new qualification replaces:

• 4978-54 Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People’s Services (Adults’ Residential Management)
• 4978-55 Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People’s Services (Adults’ Management)

NB. The new qualification 3080-50 Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Adult Care (England) will replace the above 4978 qualifications in time. The 3080 and 4978 (adult pathways) will run concurrently for the foreseeable future. This is due to the Level 5 Higher Apprenticeship in Care Leadership and Management - Level 5 (England) SASE Framework remaining open.

The 3080 -50 was not developed to meet SASE requirements – therefore any learner wishing to complete the SASE apprenticeship framework MUST be registered on the relevant adult pathway of the 4978.

Designed to support the on programme element of the Leader in Adult Care apprenticeship standard in England, the new qualification will become a mandatory component of the Leader in Adult Care standard. The timing of the availability of this standard is not yet known.

The new 3080-50 Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Adult Care qualification is available to use now as a stand alone qualification and is approved for adult learner loans funding.

The qualification covers the knowledge and skills required to work in a leadership and management role in a range of settings where services support individuals with different needs. The qualification contains units which are competence based and some knowledge based units.

The Total Qualification time is 800 hours.

The qualification is aimed at leaders and managers in adult care in a range of adult care settings, such as:

• Residential services for older people and people with disabilities
• Domiciliary care services
• Day services
• Respite services
• Community based services

The qualification can be used both within and outside of an apprenticeship standard for those learners who work in Adult Care in England, in the following roles:

• Registered Managers
• Managers

The qualification may also be used to support Assistant Managers and Deputy Managers providing they are able to demonstrate knowledge and skills at level 5 and that their job role allows them to be able to demonstrate the required skills in real work activities.