Level 5 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management
Overview
The OTHM Level 5 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management is designed to provide learners with comprehensive knowledge, understanding, and skills required to pursue a career or further education in the health and social care sector at a managerial level. This qualification enables learners to demonstrate their competency through practical application in real-world settings.
The Level 5 program allows learners to develop expertise in key areas, including effective partnership working, safeguarding and protecting vulnerable individuals, team management, professional supervision, health education, and research methodologies related to health and social care.
Successful completion of this diploma equips learners with industry-relevant skills, enhancing their career opportunities and allowing progression to higher-level studies.
Why Health and Social Care Management?
The OTHM Level 5 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management is designed to provide learners with comprehensive knowledge, understanding, and skills required to pursue a career or further education in the health and social care sector at a managerial level. This qualification enables learners to demonstrate their competency through practical application in real-world settings.
The Level 5 program allows learners to develop expertise in key areas, including effective partnership working, safeguarding and protecting vulnerable individuals, team management, professional supervision, health education, and research methodologies related to health and social care.
Successful completion of this diploma equips learners with industry-relevant skills, enhancing their career opportunities and allowing progression to higher-level studies.
Benefits of Health and Social Care Management
Career Advancement: Opens doors to leadership and management roles in healthcare.
Global Recognition: This qualification is regulated by Ofqual and accepted worldwide.
Flexibility: Study full-time, part-time, or online according to your convenience.
Industry-Relevant Skills: Develop practical expertise in safeguarding, team management, and health education.
Progression Opportunities: Direct entry into the final year of a UK Bachelor’s degree in health and social care.
Job Opportunities
Health and Social Care Manager
Care Coordinator
Healthcare Consultant
Team Leader in Health Services
Welfare Support Officer
Community Care Manager
Safeguarding Officer
- Business Development Executive/Manager
- Business Analyst
- Sales & Business Development Manager
- Business setup advisor
- Marketing Manager
- Policy Management Executive
- Human Resource Manage
Level 4 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management (First year)
Overview
The OTHM Level 5 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management is designed to provide learners with comprehensive knowledge, understanding, and skills required to pursue a career or further education in the health and social care sector at a managerial level. This qualification enables learners to demonstrate their competency through practical application in real-world settings.
The Level 5 program allows learners to develop expertise in key areas, including effective partnership working, safeguarding and protecting vulnerable individuals, team management, professional supervision, health education, and research methodologies related to health and social care.
Successful completion of this diploma equips learners with industry-relevant skills, enhancing their career opportunities and allowing progression to higher-level studies.
Program Details
The UK Qualifications certifications are geared toward every student no matter how old you are.
Learners’ entry profiles are likely to have at least one of the following:
- A Level 3 program in the relevant field or a comparable program
- GCE Advanced level in 2 disciplines or a comparable program
What are covered in Level 5 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management
The OTHM Level 5 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management consists of six mandatory modules, totaling 120 credits, with 1200 hours of Total Qualification Time (TQT) and 600 Guided Learning Hours (GLH).
Working in Partnership in Health and Social Care (20 credits)
Managing the Safeguarding and Protection of Vulnerable Individuals (20 credits)
Health Education and Promoting Wellbeing (20 credits)
The qualification is designed to be delivered over one academic year for full-time study, but it is also flexible in its delivery in order to accommodate part-time and distance learning.
The qualification is delivered face-to-face, through lectures, tutorials, seminars, distance, online by approved centres only.
Assessment and Verification
All units within this qualification are assessed and internally quality assured by the centre and externally verified by OTHM. The qualifications are criterion referenced, based on the achievement of all the specified learning outcomes.
To achieve a ‘pass’ for a unit, learners must provide evidence to demonstrate that they have fulfilled all the learning outcomes and meet the standards specified by all assessment criteria. Judgement that the learners have successfully fulfilled the assessment criteria is made by the assessor.
Specific assessment guidance and relevant marking criteria for each unit are made available in the Assignment Brief document. These are made available to centres immediately after registration of one or more learners.
The assessor should provide an audit trail showing how the judgement of the learners’ overall achievement has been arrived at.
Level 5 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management (Year 2 )
Program Details
The UK Qualification certifications are geared toward every student no matter how old you are.
Learners’ entry profiles are likely to have at least one of the following:
- A Level 4 program in the relevant field or a comparable degree.
- GCE Advanced level in 3 disciplines or a comparable degree.
What are covered in Level 5 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management
This qualification is designed to be completed within one academic year for full-time students. However, flexible study options, including part-time and distance learning, are available.
The diploma is delivered through face-to-face lectures, tutorials, seminars, and online learning, exclusively by approved centres.
Team Management in Health and Social Care (20 credits)
Professional Supervision Practice in Health and Social Care (20 credits)
Research Methods in Health and Social Care (20 credits)
