Maddy Thomson Programme Head, Standards Learning and Qualifications, Skills for Care

Finbar Lillis Skills for Care Associate, Credit Works (Services)

New routes into university for people working in adult social care

Higher

Apprenticeship

Care Leadership & Management

17,000 organisations and 39,000 establishments involved in providing/organising adult social care

193,000 adults, older people and carers were receiving direct payments from councils' social services departments

approximately 100,000 of these recipients directly employ their own staff

New routes into university for people working in adult social care

Higher

Apprenticeship

Care Leadership & Management

New routes into university for people working in adult social care

Higher

Apprenticeship

Care Leadership & Management

How did Skills for Care manage to achieve this?

Why have universities and colleges elected to join this national scheme?

How does the HAF take account of differences in systems, and teaching and learning approaches across institutions?

What are the benefits for employers and learners?

What are the gains for HE providers?

Where does SFC plan to go next with this work?

What are the wider implications for HE providers of schemes such as this?

Progress -

How did we get here? Making best use of two

Qualification Frameworks

Working in partnership and learning together

Specification Informed by HE & FE providers and employers

- Wide choice of units within the qualification

- Underpins the Higher Apprenticeship

- 7 sample profiles available

- One qualification 6 pathways

Level 5 Diploma in Leadership in Health

and Social Care and Children’s and Young

People’s Services

What is our Higher

Apprenticeship?

General

Pathway

What is our Higher

Apprenticeship?Specialist

Pathway

Higher Apprenticeshipin Care Leadershipand Management:

journeys, pathwaysand

progression routes

bre

ak

follow theHA Specialist

Pathway

achieves 40 creditsfrom designated

Specialist Adult SocialCare modules at

anapprovedUniversity

Gains an exemption of 80credits from the FHEQ L5

Diploma for achievement of theQCF L5 Diploma

(for example) followsthe Graduate

Certificate in Leadingand Developing Public

and CommunityServices

HA is promoted toSpecialist Services

Manager

achievesQCF L5 Diploma and

HA

follows theHA

General Pathway

Adult Social Caredeputy manager

Achieves GraduateCertificate in Leadingand Developing Public

and Community Services

transfers 120 creditsfrom the University

Diploma

the learning journeygoes on...

KEY

Start/End

Process

Decision

an

d

has achieved the QCF Level 5Diploma already, outside a HA,

then, within five years ofachieving thequalification...

on their learning journey their

work rolebecomes

morespecialised

and they opt to ...

achievesFHEQ Diploma L5

and HA

onward progression inHigher Education...

Which HE providers?

Middlesex University

Higher Diploma  Professional Practice in leading and Managing Care Services ( Dementia Care)

Higher Diploma  Professional Practice in leading and Managing Care Services ( End of Life Care)

Higher Diploma  Professional Practice in leading and Managing Care Services ( Business, Quality and Service Improvement) 

University College Birmingham

Professional Diploma in Care Leadership and Management (Business Development and Enterprise)

University of Chichester

Diploma in Professional Practice in Social Care

(Business & Enterprise)

 Diploma in Professional Practice in Social Care (Dementia)

 

 

Who is our Higher

Apprenticeship for?General Pathway:

Managers, deputies, upcoming leaders,

of day to day provision in a residential

or non-residential service

Those that need specific higher level

care knowledge to do their job

Who is our Higher

Apprenticeship for ?

Specialist Pathway:

Managers of specialist adult social care services

Business development managers in adult social care

Costs to employers and

learners?Under £4000 overall

Plus WDF support

Employer support

Loans

Specification

for Developing Options

for the Specialist Pathway Describes the SfC HA Framework and provides outline information for HE providers planning to design Specialist Pathway options.

 

Sets out (in a pro forma for completion), the requirements for HE providers planning to design Specialist Pathway options and the information that they need to supply to SfC for their plans to be approved.

Process Provider views the specification

Initial discussion with SfC

Provider mails initial response to SfC

SfC responds within 14 days

Validation

Updated response with modules

SFC adds FHEQ Diploma(s) as options to the Specialist Pathway in the HA Framework

Module design Responsive to real life tasks at work

Application of knowledge and skills components of QCF Diploma and FHEQ module

Customised to meet individual needs and interests

‘Common’ learning outcomes across institutions

Maintain consistency of HA across institutions

Reduce proliferation of options in the Specialist Pathway

Higher Apprenticeship Specialist Pathway optionsin adult social care or in business and enterprise skills

Up to 4 Level 5 modules: total credit value = 40

modules should:

meet SfC specification requirements

build on QCF L5 Diploma knowledge and skills

introduce new adult social care or business andenterprise skills and knowledge

learning should:

be set in an adult social care work context

achievement should:

be assessed through real life tasks, relevant anduseful to the learner and their employer

business and enterprise skills example tasks:

devise or test a quality improvement plan for a small mobile team in anon-residential care business

review staffing plan for a centre supporting young disabled adults intransition to independent living

devise an initial business plan for a group of PAs working in partnership

specialist adult social example tasks:

plan performing arts for autism care across a business

review introductory training resources for new staff in dementia care

investigate use of new technology to support people with particularsensory deprivation

More information

www.skillsforcare.org.uk/higherapps

https://vimeo.com/channels/skills4care

http://www.thedataservice.org.uk/Statistics/fe_data_library/Apprenticeships/

Access to HE and vocational learning

144 QAA Access to Higher Education Diplomas on offer in England and Wales in (health and) social care /work

Is there scope for interlocking Access to HE qualifications with the Advanced and Higher Apprenticeships?

Is there potential for the development of level 6 and 7 qualifications and Higher Apprenticeships in Adult Social Care?

Progression and SFC CPD qualifications at level 6 and 7

Progression into Social work from the HA in Care Leadership and Management

Level 6 and 7

Benefits gains

and plans What are the benefits for employers and learners?

What are the gains for HE providers?

Where does SFC plan to go next with

this work?

Secure development of additional HE options in the specialist pathway

Promote the Workforce Development Fund

Help broker connections and support partnership development

Work with providers and employers to develop new ideas and opportunities

Track progress and evaluate

Implications? What are the wider implications for HE providers of schemes such as this?

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