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Adult Care Diploma Level 4 RQF
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The Adult Care Diploma Level 4 (RQF) offers 70 credits through 21 specialised units. You’ll develop key leadership skills in areas like communication, health and safety, person-centred care and management. With flexible online learning and hands-on experience, this diploma equips you for meaningful roles in the adult care sector.
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About This Course
The Adult Care Diploma Level 4 (RQF) gears you to advancing your career in the adult care sector, equipping you with leadership skills that are in high demand. Spanning 21 units and delivering 70 credits, this qualification is designed to empower you with the knowledge needed to excel in roles such as Community Care/Support Officer, Social Care Assessor or Care Assessment Officer.
Throughout the course, you’ll cover essential areas, including leading communication strategies, managing health and safety and conducting person-centred assessments. By mastering these skills, you’ll be able to create bespoke care plans and drive quality assurance, ensuring positive outcomes for both clients and care teams.
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Adult Care Diploma Level 4 RQF and Dementia Care Level 3 Diploma
Total cost if courses bought separately: £880
Every unit is a step towards enhancing your expertise, whether you’re leading inclusive practices, safeguarding vulnerable individuals or managing teams within a care setting. This diploma combines flexibility in online learning with real-world application, helping you gain practical experience that sets you apart in a competitive job market.
With this qualification, you’ll be prepared to step into leadership roles and make a lasting impact in adult care.
Ready to elevate your career? The Adult Care Diploma Level 4 (RQF) is your key to a rewarding and impactful future.
Course Benefits
- Earn a nationally recognised RQF Care qualification.
- Study from home, on your terms, without the pressures of classes and deadlines.
- Receive support from our industry professional course tutors and specialised team.
Course Units
Qualification Title: TQUK Level 4 Diploma in Adult Care (RQF)
Qualification Number: 603/2901/4
Total Credits: 70
Unit 1: Lead communication in adult care settings (H/616/8484)
Unit 2: Develop, maintain and use records and reports (K/616/8485)
Unit 3: Personal development in adult care settings (M/616/8486)
Unit 4: Lead inclusive practice in adult care settings (T/616/8487)
Unit 5: Lead health and safety in adult care settings (A/616/8488)
Unit 6: Facilitate person-centred assessment to support wellbeing (F/616/8489)
Unit 7: Facilitate support planning to ensure positive outcomes for individuals and to support wellbeing (T/616/8490)
Unit 8: Professional practice in adult care settings (A/616/8491)
Unit 9: Working in partnership with others (F/616/8492)
Unit 10: Understand personalisation in care and support services (J/616/8493)
Unit 11: Understand safeguarding and protection in adult care settings (L/616/8494)
Unit 12: Safeguard children and young people who are present in the adult care sector (R/616/8495)
Unit 13: Principles and practice of advocacy in adult care (Y/616/8496)
Unit 14: Understand public funding of individual care needs (T/616/8506)
Unit 15: Understand how to manage a team (R/616/8402)
Unit 16: Understand professional management and leadership in health and social care or children and young people’s settings (Y/616/8403)
Unit 17: Understanding professional supervision practice (D/616/8404)
Unit 18: Innovation and change in adult care (T/616/4486)
Unit 19: Lead learning and development in adult care services (F/616/8508)
Unit 20: Manage personal and professional behaviour in adult care (A/616/8510)
Unit 21: Lead practice to promote quality assurance in adult care services (F/616/8511)
Assessment
This course is assessed using a series of assignments that are designed to test your knowledge of the course materials. You’ll access your learning materials and submit your work online using our learner management system. Your expert assessor will mark your work and guide you throughout the programme.
You will need to complete a UK-based (excluding Northern Ireland) work placement of at least 150 hours and take part in workplace observations in order to complete this course.
Required Knowledge
Please note that to complete the workplace element of this course, learners must be UK-based (excluding Northern Ireland).
No prior knowledge or skills in this subject area is needed in order to enrol onto this course however, if you do not yet have the Level 3 Adult Care Diploma (RQF) certificate, we recommend considering this first.
Awarding Body
Upon successful completion of this course, you will receive a Level 4 qualification Adult Care Diploma certificate.
This means that you will achieve a Level 4 qualification on The Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF).
TQUK offer the most up-to-date and relevant qualifications for the new RQF and works with Sector Skills Councils to ensure high-quality and cutting-edge service is supplied to their customers, learners and the sector itself.
Support
From the guidance of your personal assessor, whose industry experience will help to support and mentor your studies, to our comprehensive study guide and course materials; from day one we will go above and beyond to help you succeed in your studies. 12 months of assessor support are included with this course, however, it’s possible to complete this course within 6 months or less.
You too can take advantage of the extensive knowledge base of your personal assessor and use their experiences to get all of your questions answered. Similarly, our student support team are readily available to lend you their advice and guidance as they help you decipher your course materials and answer your questions.
Only one click away, you can trust that help will be there when you need it.
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There are two payment options, pay in full for your course or monthly. Our monthly payment option allows you to spread the cost of your course over a 10 month period.
If you choose to pay using a payment plan, to apply you must be able to answer yes to the following:
- Your billing address is based in the UK
- You have a UK based bank account
- Bill payer must be 18 or above.
No, this course is assignment based, which means you will not have to complete any exams. If your assignment doesn’t pass first time, you can retry as many times as you need within your 12 months support period.
No, this is a distance learning course, which means your assessments will be submitted and marked using our online LMS (Learner Management System).
Unlike other providers, Association of Learning use a fast-track system to get your certificate to you within six weeks (our average is two weeks).
Your course will start as soon as you sign-up. You could start your journey of learning today!
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