Qualifications for managers of adult day care services
You must obtain one of the following qualifications:
- BA (Hons) Social Work (or equivalent)
- SVQ 4 Health and Social Care (at SCQF Levels 8 and 9)
- Degree or Diploma in Community Education or equivalent as recognised by the Standards Council for Community Learning and Development for Scotland Approvals Committee
- A qualification meeting the registration requirements of the General Teaching Council (Scotland), Nursing and Midwifery Council, General Medical Council or the following professional groups regulated by the Health Professions Council:
- Occupational Therapists
- Art, Music and Drama Therapists
- Physiotherapists
- Speech and Language Therapists
- Practitioner Psychologists.
Plus
- SVQ Leadership and Management for Care Services (LMCS) (Level 4)
or
- Any award in management that is certificated at or above SCQF Level 8 (minimum of 60 credits) showing evidence the award has been mapped against the National Occupational Standards (NOS): Leadership and Management for Care Services.
Acceptable QCF Diplomas for managers of adult day care services
- Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care Services (Adults Advanced Practice) from Wales and Northern Ireland
plus SVQ Leadership and Management for Care Services (LMCS) Level 4
or
- Any award in management that is certificated at or above SCQF Level 8 (minimum of 60 credits) showing evidence the award has been mapped against the National Occupational Standards (NOS): Leadership and Management for Care Services.
Previously accepted qualifications for managers of adult day care services
Other qualifications have previously been included in the qualification criteria for managers of adult day care services. You may hold one of them. The SSSC continues to accept these awards for registration.
- S/NVQ Care (Level 4)
- NVQ Health and Social Care (Level 4)
- SVQ Community Justice (Work with Offending Behaviour) (Level 4) or Community Justice (Work with Victims, Survivors and Witnesses)(Level 4)
- NVQ Community Justice (Work with Offending Behaviour) Level 4) or Community Justice (Work with Victims, Survivors and Witnesses) (Level 4) to include or with the addition of a value base unit ('O' or Principles of Care)
- BA Curative Education (University of Aberdeen)
- Diploma in Domiciliary Care Management
- BA Community Care (Robert Gordon University)
Plus
- SVQ Leadership and Management for Care Services (LMCS) (Level 4)
- Any award in management that is certificated at or above SCQF Level 8 (Minimum of 60 credits) showing evidence the award has been mapped against the National Occupational Standards (NOS): Leadership and Management for Care Services
- SVQ Registered Manager in Health and Social Care Level 4 (Registered Manager's Award)
- S/NVQ Management (Level 4)
- Diploma in Public Administration
- An assessed programme of study (either through a taught programme or by portfolio) where a minimum of 60 credit points covers management, at post-qualifying or advanced level, awarded by the PQ Consortium for Social Work in Scotland.
If you have a relevant qualification that is not on this list it may still be acceptable. Contact us on 0845 60 30 891 or at registration@sssc.uk.com
