Level 5 Advanced Diploma in Health and Social Care Management

Overview

The programme’s rationale is to prepare potential learners, professional staff, and managers of the future in the health and social care sector. This course provides a specialist work-related programme of study that provides breadth and depth of knowledge and understanding and practical skills required in the health or social care sector. Diploma holders will demonstrate their skills by producing evidence from their work activities to meet national occupational standards and then apply self-reflective, analytical, evaluative, intellectual, and transferable skills in the private and public sectors.

5 units

Description

The programme's rationale is to prepare potential learners, professional staff, and managers of the future in the health and social care sector. This course provides a specialist work-related programme of study that provides breadth and depth of knowledge and understanding and practical skills required in the health or social care sector. Diploma holders will demonstrate their skills by producing evidence from their work activities to meet national occupational standards and then apply self-reflective, analytical, evaluative, intellectual, and transferable skills in the private and public sectors.

At the end of the course, a graduate is expected to be able to:

• Evaluate health care system trade-offs and the role of marketing in health care organisations.
• Evaluate the marketing environment and determinants of utilising health care service that influences the health care industry.
• Identify the importance of strategy and marketing planning, including segmentation, targeting, positioning and competition in the healthcare industry.
• Investigate brand development, designing and managing health care channels and marketing implementation process in the health and social care sector.
• Develop, maintain and evaluate systems and structures to promote the rights, responsibilities and diversity of people.
• Manage a service that achieves the best possible outcomes for the individuals in the healthcare sector.
• Understand the management of financial resources controlling expenditures against budgets in the healthcare sector.
• Monitor and evaluate the process of the work undertaken by a team, including feedback in the healthcare sector.
• Apply decision modelling techniques used to model the clinical situation in the healthcare organisation.
• Understand the role of health policy and economics in health care decision making.
• Assess patients’ preferences and understand the opportunities for applying psychological theory to improve medical decision making.
• Understand philosophical foundations and major steps involved in conducting evidence-based practice and disorders in social work.
• Understand the problem, evidence-based approaches to assessment and intervention of alcohol abuse, cannabis etc. related disorders.
• Analyse problems and evidence-based assessment and intervention of antisocial and borderline disorder and understand social workers' role in the managed health care system.

Description

The course's overall structure is based on four modules that cover several topics relating to learning outcomes. Each module is equivalent to 30 credits, and at the end of the course, learners will be able to achieve 120 credits.

Unit 1 - Strategic Marketing for Health Care Organisations

Unit 2 - Partnership working in Health and Social Care

Unit 3 - Quality Management in Health and Social Care

Unit 4 - Safeguarding and Protection of Vulnerable Individuals

Qualification Credits and Duration

Level 5 Advanced Diploma in Health and Social Care Management can be achieved in 6 to 12 months, and learners will achieve 120 credits.

How will you study

Our learning portal will be available to you study 24/7. You can use your Desktop Computer, Laptop, Mobile or Tablet anytime in a flexible way to study entirely online.

Assessment Methods

Assessment methods include only assignments. There is no exam in this course. You will be required to submit an assignment of each unit of a minimum of 1000-2500 words in length to pass the unit and to achieve unit credits.

Results and Certificate

Learners must complete four units successfully and achieve 120 credits. EBMA will issue the qualification certificate and the final transcript.

Career path

Learners completing the Level 5 Advanced Diploma in Health and Social Care Management will allow progress to:

• Level 6 Graduate Diploma in Health and Social Care Management
• Level 7 Postgraduate Diploma in Health and Social Care Management or
• MSC in Health and Social Care Management
• managerial position or directly into employment in an associated profession

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