Maddy Thomson
Programme Head, Standards Learning and Qualifications,
Skills for Care
Finbar Lillis
Skills for Care Associate, Credit Works (Services)
Higher
Apprenticeship
Care Leadership
& Management
New routes into
university
for people working
in adult social care
17,000 organisations and
39,000 establishments
involved in
providing/organising adult
social care
193,000 adults, older people
and carers were receiving
direct payments from councils'
social services departments
approximately 100,000 of
these recipients directly
employ their own staff
Higher
Apprenticeship
Care Leadership
& Management
New routes into
university
for people working
in adult social care
Higher
Apprenticeship
Care Leadership
& Management
New routes into
university
for people working
in adult social care
How did Skills for Care manage to achieve
this?
Why have universities and colleges elected
to join this national scheme?
How does the HAF take account of
differences in systems, and teaching and
learning approaches across institutions?
What are the benefits for employers and
learners?
What are the gains for HE providers?
Where does SFC plan to go next with this
work?
What are the wider implications for HE
providers of schemes such as this?
Progress How did we get here?
 Making best use of two
Qualification Frameworks
 Specification
Informed by HE & FE providers
and employers
 Working in partnership and learning together
Level 5 Diploma in Leadership in
Health and Social Care and
Children’s and Young People’s
Services
- One qualification 6 pathways
- 7 sample profiles available
-
Wide choice of units within
the qualification
-
Underpins the Higher
Apprenticeship
What is our Higher
Apprenticeship?
General
Pathway
What is our Higher
Apprenticeship?
Specialist
Pathway
Which HE providers?
Middlesex University
Higher Diploma Professional Practice in leading and Managing
Care Services ( Dementia Care)
Higher Diploma Professional Practice in leading and Managing
Care Services ( End of Life Care)
Higher Diploma Professional Practice in leading and Managing
Care Services ( Business, Quality and Service Improvement)
University College Birmingham
Professional Diploma in Care Leadership and Management
(Business Development and Enterprise)
University of Chichester
Diploma in Professional Practice in Social Care
(Business & Enterprise)
Diploma in Professional Practice in Social Care (Dementia)
Who is our Higher
Apprenticeship for?
General Pathway:
Managers, deputies, upcoming leaders,
of day to day provision in a residential
or non-residential service
Those that need specific higher level
care knowledge to do their job
Who is our Higher
Apprenticeship for ?
Specialist Pathway:
Managers of specialist adult social care
services
Business development managers in adult social
care
Costs to employers
and learners?
Under £4000 overall
Plus WDF support
Employer support
Loans
Specification
for Developing Options
for the Specialist Pathway
Describes the SfC HA Framework and
provides outline information for HE
providers planning to design Specialist
Pathway options.
Sets out (in a pro forma for completion),
the requirements for HE providers planning
to design Specialist Pathway options and the
information that they need to supply to SfC for
their plans to be approved.
Process
Provider views the specification
Initial discussion with SfC
Provider mails initial response to SfC
SfC responds within 14 days
Validation
Updated response with modules
SFC adds FHEQ Diploma(s) as options to the
Specialist Pathway in the HA Framework
Module design
Responsive to real life tasks at work
Application of knowledge and skills components of
QCF Diploma and FHEQ module
Customised to meet individual needs and interests
‘Common’ learning outcomes across institutions
Maintain consistency of HA across institutions
Reduce proliferation of options in the Specialist
Pathway
More information
www.skillsforcare.org.uk/higherapps
https://vimeo.com/channels/skills4care
http://www.thedataservice.org.uk/
Statistics/fe_data_library/Apprenti
ceships/
Access to HE
and vocational
learning
144 QAA Access to Higher Education Diplomas on offer in England and
Wales in (health and) social care /work
Is there scope for interlocking Access to HE qualifications with the
Advanced and Higher Apprenticeships?
Level 6 and 7
Is there potential for the development of level 6
and 7 qualifications and Higher Apprenticeships
in Adult Social Care?
Progression and SFC CPD qualifications at
level 6 and 7
Progression into Social work from the HA in
Care Leadership and Management
Benefits gains
and plans
What are the benefits for
employers and learners?
What are the gains for HE
providers?
Where does SFC plan to go next
with this work?

Secure development of additional HE
options in the specialist pathway

Promote the Workforce Development Fund

Help broker connections and support
partnership development

Work with providers and employers to
develop new ideas and opportunities

Track progress and evaluate
Implications?
What are the wider implications
for HE providers of schemes
such as this?