qualifications and units
The new qualifications allow learners to tailor their learning to their job role.
Below is a list of specialist qualifications that have been developed following consultation with the sector. By following these links you will find more information about the qualifications and be able to view the units currently available:
- activities
- assisting and moving
- Commissioning Procurement and Contracting for Care Services
- dementia
- diabetes
- employment responsibilities and rights
- end of life care qualifications
- food safety and nutrition
- health and social care diploma level 2 and 3
- leadership for health and social care
- learning disability
- preparing to work in adult social care
- stroke qualifications
Copyright of the units
Skills for Care and Development has worked collaboratively with all of the awarding organisations (AOs) in social care and young people's development to develop QCF qualifications. Copyright for different QCF units is individually held by the different AOs. Further details about each unit can be found on the Register of Regulated Qualifications, http://register.ofqual.gov.uk.
All of the units are also available on this present site for your convenience, by permission of the various unit copyright holders.
For a list of all the new qualifications which have been developed for adult social care, and the Awarding Organisations offering them, please click on the link below:
Table of qualifcations and awarding organisations - March 2012
If you have identified any gaps in the units or qualifications where you think additions would be useful for the sector please complete the form below and return it to qcf@skillsforcare.org.uk