Introduction: Analysing your existing care abilities

We will use this Skills Analysis to help shape your planned programme and identify areas where we can offer additional support or apply an amended programme. Where you have pre-existing skills we will stretch and challenge to further develop your abilities with the overall objective of completing the programme at a distinction level.
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The Leader in Adult Care will guide and inspire teams to make positive differences to someone’s life when they are faced with physical, practical, social, emotional or intellectual challenges. They will be a leader of the care team and will develop and implement a values-based culture at a service or unit level. They may be responsible for business development, financial control, organisational resilience and continuity as well as for managing risk and leading on organisational change.

A Leader in Adult Care has responsibility for managing community or residential based services. This role has a large element of leadership, whether with other care workers and networks or in leading the service itself. A successful apprentice will have met all the requirements. They have a responsibility to ensure the service is safe, effective, caring, responsive to people’s needs and well-led. They may be a registered manager of a service, unit, deputy or assistant manager. They will be responsible for ensuring regulatory compliance of the care given and the values and training of staff with established standards and regulations.

Leaders in Adult Care may work in residential or nursing homes, domiciliary care, community day centres, a person’s own home or some clinical healthcare settings. The role of Leader in Adult Care in this standard also covers Personal Assistants who operate in a management role but they may only work directly for one individual who needs support and/or care services.
 

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* 1. What is your name? (Forename and Surname)

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* 2. Are you happy for us to use this information to design your training programme?

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* 3. Is this the first time you have completed this skills analysis?

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* 4. Who is your current employer?

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* 5. What is your current job title?

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* 6. How long have you been in this job role with this employer?

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* 7. How long have you performed this job role in your career?

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* 8. Have you undertaken any formal or informal company training, professional development or other qualifications that are relevant to the role of Leader/Manager in Adult Care Level 5?

Now we are going to ask you about your pre-existing skills in your job role...

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