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iCQ Level 2 Certificate in Preparing to Work in Adult Social Care

iCQ Level 2 Diploma in Health and Social Care (HSC)

iCQ Level 2 Award in ERR in Health, Social Care, Children and Young People's Settings


iCQ Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care (Adults) for England

Qualification Specification and Support Pack

Effective from: 12 February 2013

Version: 2.1.2

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iCQ Levels 2 to 3 Award, Certificate and Diploma in Health and Social Care

Contents

Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 4

Approved Centres ............................................................................................................................... 4

Funding ............................................................................................................................................... 4

Learners with particular assessment requirements ........................................................................... 4

National Occupational Standards ....................................................................................................... 4

Grading and assessment ..................................................................................................................... 4

Assessment requirements and principles ........................................................................................... 5

Evidence requirements ....................................................................................................................... 5

Types of evidence ............................................................................................................................... 6

Unit format ......................................................................................................................................... 6

iCQ Level 2 Award in Employment Responsibilities and Rights in Health, Social Care, Children and

Young People’s Settings .......................................................................................................................... 7

Qualification Accreditation Number, SSA, Purpose and Sub Purpose ................................................ 7

Qualifications users ............................................................................................................................. 7

Qualifications purpose ........................................................................................................................ 7

Progression opportunities .................................................................................................................. 7

iCQ Level 2 Certificate in Preparing to Work in Adult Social Care and Diploma in Health and Social

Care (HSC) ............................................................................................................................................... 8

Qualification Accreditation Numbers, SSA and Purpose .................................................................... 8

Qualifications users ............................................................................................................................. 8

Qualifications purpose ........................................................................................................................ 9

Progression opportunities .................................................................................................................. 9

iCQ Level 3 Certificate and Diploma in Health and Social Care ............................................................ 10

Qualification Accreditation Numbers, SSA and Purpose .................................................................. 10

Qualifications users ........................................................................................................................... 10

Qualifications purpose ...................................................................................................................... 11

Progression opportunities ................................................................................................................ 11

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Rule of Combinations Summary ........................................................................................................... 12

iCQ Level 2 Award in Employment Responsibilities and Rights in Health, Social Care, Children and

Young People's Settings .................................................................................................................... 12

Level 2 Certificate in Preparing to Work in Adult Social Care ........................................................... 12

Level 2 Diploma in Health and Social Care (HSC) .............................................................................. 12

iCQ Level 3 Certificate in Preparing to Work in Adult Social Care .................................................... 13

Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care (Adults) for England ....................................................... 13

iCQ Qualifications, Qualification Structures and Units ......................................................................... 14

Using the Register of Regulated Qualifications ................................................................................ 14

Qualification structures and unit groups .......................................................................................... 15

Barred combinations ......................................................................................................................... 17

Qualification and group ROCs ........................................................................................................... 18

Learning outcomes and assessment criteria .................................................................................... 18

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Introduction This specification and support pack has been developed to provide additional guidance for iCQ

centres, assessors and quality assurance personnel who support learners (the person undertaking a

qualification) to achieve this iCQ qualification.

Please ensure that you have the current version of this document; you will find a version number

and date on the front cover.

Approved Centres Delivery centres must be approved to offer this qualification. If you wish to be approved, please

contact iCQ via iLearner, or emailing [email protected].

Centres must meet resource requirements outlined in Skills for Care Sector’s Assessment Principles

for the Qualifications & Credit Framework.

Funding These qualifications have been accredited within the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF).

Funding details are available on the Learning Aim Reference Application (LARA) website and on the

Department for Education (DfE) website.

Learners with particular assessment requirements iCQ recognise that some learners will have particular assessment requirements. iCQ’s policy for

learners with particular requirements is available at www.icanqualify.co.uk or by contacting

[email protected].

National Occupational Standards These nationally recognised qualifications are based on the Skills for Care National Occupational

Standards (NOS). The NOS, assessment requirements/strategy and qualification structure(s) are

owned by Skills for Care.

Grading and assessment These qualifications are not graded. To achieve a qualification pass, the learner must achieve all the

required units within the specified qualification structure.

To achieve a unit pass the learner must achieve all learning outcomes specified within the unit and

satisfy all assessment criteria. The learner must provide sufficient and valid evidence (for each

criterion) that is their own.


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Assessment requirements and principles The assessment requirements and principles for these qualifications were developed by Skills for

Care in partnership with employers, training providers, awarding organisations and the regulatory

authorities.

The assessment requirements and principles include details on the use of simulation, the role of

supervisors and managers in the assessment process, the role of peripatetic and internal quality

assurance personnel in the assessment process, occupational competence requirements, continuing

professional development of assessors and quality assurance personnel and risk identification and

management.

Centres and assessment and quality assurance personnel must be familiar with the detail and

requirements of the assessment principles for these qualifications.

Centres, assessors and quality assurance personnel should refer to Skills for Care and Development’s

QCF Assessment Principles for details about which types of evidence may be used. This document is

available on the Skills for Care website www.skillsforcare.org.uk/home/home.aspx.

Evidence requirements A learner’s evidence may be generated from their current job role, from prior learning (Recognition

of Prior Learning – RPL) and/or simulation or a real work environment (RWE) where appropriate.

Evidence generated must be Valid, Authentic, Current, Reliable and Sufficient.

Valid evidence is relevant to the standards that the learner is claiming to have met

Authentic evidence can be clearly attributed to the learner

Current evidence is sufficiently recent when claimed by the learner for the assessor to judge

that the learner has the skill, knowledge or understanding

Reliable evidence shows that the learner can consistently perform to the required standard

Sufficient evidence fully meets the requirements of the standard

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Types of evidence A learner must gather sufficient evidence to demonstrate that they have met the required standard

for a unit as detailed in the assessment criteria. One piece of evidence may contribute to or meet

more than one assessment criteria from one or more learning outcomes. Evidence may take a

variety of different forms including:

assessor observation of the learner’s performance

responses to oral or written questioning

products of the learner’s work

outcomes from simulation (where appropriate)

professional discussion

assignment, project/case studies

witness testimony and expert witness testimony

evidence of prior experience or RPL

formal testing

iCQ Centres should record which the assessment method for each piece of evidence on

as shown below:

Unit format All units are presented in the following format:

Unit title – QCF-accredited unit title

Unit code – SSC reference number for the unit

Unit reference number – the unique QCF reference number for the unit

QCF level – the QCF level assigned to the unit

Credit value – the unit credit value (awarded to a learner when they achieve the unit

Guided learning hours – an estimate of the number of hours the learner will require to

complete the unit (including training and teaching, other learning time and assessments)

Unit summary – a summary of the purpose of the unit

Assessment guidance for each unit is available on iLearner.

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iCQ Level 2 Award in Employment Responsibilities and

Rights in Health, Social Care, Children and Young People’s

Settings

Qualification Accreditation Number, SSA, Purpose and Sub Purpose The Qualification Accreditation Number is 600/6575/8.

SSA: 1.3 Health and Social Care Purpose: C. Prepare for employment Sub Purpose: C2. Prepare for employment in a specific occupational area

Qualifications users Learners aged 16 and above who are capable of achieving the required standards. There are no

formal entry requirements for these qualifications.

Centres must ensure that access to these qualifications is free from barriers and ensure equality of

opportunity for all learners.

Learners will be working in, or planning to work in, job roles in the health and social care sector

which covers care workers, personal assistants, domiciliary care workers community, support and

outreach workers, supervisors, senior care workers in adult social care and for example healthcare

assistants or clinical support workers in the health sector. The qualifications are suitable for those

working in the NHS, with private health care or social care providers, local authorities and voluntary

organisations.

Qualifications purpose To enable learners to apply their skills, knowledge and understanding.

Progression opportunities Learners completing this qualification may progress to Intermediate and Advanced Apprenticeships.

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iCQ Level 2 Certificate in Preparing to Work in Adult Social

Care and Diploma in Health and Social Care (HSC)

Qualification Accreditation Numbers, SSA and Purpose The Qualification Accreditation Number for the iCQ Level 2 Certificate in Preparing to Work in Adult

Social Care is 600/6783/4.

SSA: 1.3 Health and Social Care

Purpose: B. Prepare for further learning or training and/or develop knowledge and/or skills in

a subject area

Sub Purpose: B2. Develop knowledge and/or skills in a subject area

The Qualification Accreditation Number for the iCQ Level 2 Diploma in Health and Social Care (HSC)

is 600/6786/X.


Purpose: D. Confirm occupational competence and/or 'licence to practice' Sub Purpose: D1. Confirm competence in an occupational role to the standards required


formal entry requirements for these qualifications. Potential learners should however be willing to

undergo an enhanced CRB (Criminal Records Bureau) check. Employers in social care and in the

health sector carry out CRB checks, as this is a requirement for those working in the sectors and

certain offences may disqualify potential learners from employment in these sectors and thus

automatically preclude them from completing the qualification. Potential learners should therefore

discuss any relevant matters with their employer.



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which covers care workers, personal assistants, domiciliary care workers community, support and

outreach workers, supervisors, senior care workers in adult social care and for example healthcare

assistants or clinical support workers in the health sector. The qualifications are suitable for those

working in the NHS, with private health care or social care providers, local authorities and voluntary

organisations.

Qualifications purpose To enable learners to apply and use their skills, knowledge and understanding based on the Skills for

Care standards.

Progression opportunities Learners receive a minimum guaranteed amount of on and off the job training and will acquire

transferable skills to support further progression. These qualifications specifically support the need

to develop the skills and knowledge of workers at career framework levels 1 – 4 and provides career

progression routes.

Learners completing this qualification may progress to iCQ Level 3 qualifications or to Intermediate

and Advanced Apprenticeships.

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iCQ Level 3 Certificate and Diploma in Health and Social Care

Qualification Accreditation Numbers, SSA and Purpose The Qualification Accreditation Number for the iCQ Level 3 Certificate in Preparing to Work in Adult

Social Care is 600/6785/8.


Purpose: C. Prepare for employment

Sub Purpose: C2. Prepare for employment in a specific occupational area

The Qualification Accreditation Number for the iCQ Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care

(Adults) for England is 600/7038/9.


Purpose: D. Confirm occupational competence and/or 'licence to practice'

Sub Purpose: D1. Confirm competence in an occupational role to the standards required


formal entry requirements for this qualification. Potential learners should however be willing to

undergo an enhanced CRB (Criminal Records Bureau) check. Employers in social care and in the

health sector carry out CRB checks, as this is a requirement for those working in the sectors and

certain offences may disqualify potential learners from employment in these sectors and thus

automatically preclude them from completing the qualification. Potential learners should therefore

discuss any relevant matters with their employer prior.



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suitable for those working in some lone worker or supervisory care roles in social care settings, such

as Care Officer, Care Supervisor, Senior Care Worker or Supervising Care Worker, Senior Support

Worker, Relief Team Leader and others identified by Skills for Care.

Qualifications purpose To enable learners to apply and use their skills, knowledge and understanding based on the Skills for

Care standards.

Progression opportunities Learners may progress from these qualifications onto further qualifications specific to their work

context. A wide range of qualifications are available for use within the social care sector. These may

include specialist level 4 or 5 diplomas or management qualifications, QCF qualifications or other

work-related education and training to support continuing professional development.

Learners completing this qualification may progress to other iCQ Level 3 qualifications or to an

Advanced Apprenticeships. Where appropriate, there may be opportunities for progression to

foundation degrees (eg Foundation Degree in H&SC) and higher education certificates.

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Rule of Combinations Summary

iCQ Level 2 Award in Employment Responsibilities and Rights in Health,

Social Care, Children and Young People's Settings (Total of 3 credits)

Learners must achieve the mandatory unit.

Level 2 Certificate in Preparing to Work in Adult Social Care (Total of 20 credits)

To complete this qualification, learners must achieve a minimum of 20 credits.

All credits must come from the mandatory units in Group A.

Level 2 Diploma in Health and Social Care (HSC) (Minimum of 46 credits)


24 credits must come from the mandatory units in Group A;

22 credits must come from one of three Pathways

Pathway 1 General

Pathway 2 Dementia

Pathway 3 Learning Disability.

Pathway 1 – learners should achieve 22 credits from G1 Group B and G2 Group C, of which

minimum of 2 credits and a maximum of 7 credits must come from G1 Group B and a

minimum of 15 credits from G2 Group C;

Pathway 2 – learners should achieve the mandatory unit (2 credits) in D1 Group B, a

maximum of 5 credits from D2 Group B, at least 2 credits from D3 Group C and a minimum

of 3 credits from D4 Group C;

Pathway 3 – learners should achieve the mandatory unit (4 credits) in L1 Group B, a

maximum of 3 credits from L2 Group B, a minimum of 3 credits from L3 Group C and a

minimum of 12 credits from L4 Group C.

Use of barred combinations for progression

Please see below for details of barred combinations.

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iCQ Level 3 Certificate in Preparing to Work in Adult Social Care (Total of 21 credits)


All credits must come from the mandatory units in Group A.

Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care (Adults) for England (Minimum of 58 credits)


A minimum of 35 credits must be achieved at Level 3 or above;

28 credits must come from the mandatory units in Group A;

30 credits must come from one of three Pathways

Pathway 1 General

Pathway 2 Dementia

Pathway 3 Learning Disability.

Pathway 1 – learners should achieve 22 credits from Groups G1 and G2, of which minimum

of 2 credits and a maximum of 7 credits must come from Group G1 and a minimum of 23

credits from Group G2;

Pathway 2 – learners should achieve the mandatory unit in D1 (3 credits), a minimum of 1

credit and a maximum of 4 credits from D2, a minimum of 4 credits from Group D3 and a

minimum of 19 credits from D4;

Pathway 3 – learners should achieve the mandatory unit in L1, a maximum of 3 credits from

L2, 1 unit (5 credits) from L3 and a minimum of 18 credits from L4.

Use of barred combinations for progression

Please see below for details of barred combinations.

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iCQ Qualifications, Qualification Structures and Units

Using the Register of Regulated Qualifications Full details of all iCQ qualifications, qualification structures and units are available on the Register of Regulated Qualifications website http://register.ofqual.gov.uk/. Click on the links below to view the qualification, qualification structure and unit groupings. iCQ Level 2 Award in ERR in Health, Social Care, Children and Young People's Settings


iCQ Level 2 Diploma in Health and Social Care (HSC)


iCQ Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care (Adults) for England

http://register.ofqual.gov.uk/

http://register.ofqual.gov.uk/Qualification/Details/600_6575_8


http://register.ofqual.gov.uk/Qualification/Details/600_6786_X



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Qualification structures and unit groups Selecting a link will display the qualification structure:

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And unit groups:

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Barred combinations Selecting the qualification (in this case iCQ Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care) will display

barred combinations:

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Qualification and group ROCs You can expand a group to view additional detail including minimum and maximum credit values:

Learning outcomes and assessment criteria You can view an overview of the unit:

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And view the learning outcomes and assessment criteria for the unit by selecting the unit’s URN (this

information can also be view on iLearner):

To display:

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And:

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Alternatively, to view the specific assessment guidance for a unit, please follow the link to Register of Regulated Qualifications, add the unit number and select Search: http://register.ofqual.gov.uk/Unit

For example, seaching for the unit reference number H/601/8049 will result in:

http://register.ofqual.gov.uk/Unit

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