Supervisors in a care at home service

HNC Social Services (GK89 15)

HNC Social Services (GT6N 47)

SVQ Social Services (Children and Young People) at SCQF level 7 with mandatory Continuous Professional Learning (CPL) requirements(Opens new window)

SVQ Healthcare Support (Clinical) SCQF level 7 (GL41 23) and SVQ unit H5S0 04 (SCDHSC0035) Promote the Safeguarding of Individuals

SVQ Social Services (Children & Young People) at SCQF Level 9 with mandatory Continuous Professional Learning (CPL) requirements(Opens new window)

Any two units from the list we have specified here from SVQ Social Services and Healthcare at SCQF level 9 and SVQ Care Services Leadership and Management at SCQF level 10

A qualification meeting the registration requirements for the following professional groups regulated by the Health and Care Professions Council:

• occupational therapists
• art, music and drama therapists
• physiotherapists
• speech and language therapists
• practitioner psychologists.

A qualification meeting the registration requirements of the General Teaching Council (Scotland), Nursing and Midwifery Council or the General Medical Council

Degree/Diploma in Community Education as recognised by the Standards Council for Community Learning and Development for Scotland Approvals Committee

Any qualification in practice suitable for a supervisor in a care service with a minimum of 60 credits at SCQF level 7 or above that has been accepted by the SSSC as meeting the principles and criteria and continues to be mapped to the benchmark qualification for this category.

Note: Chartered Institute of Housing / housing qualifications are not acceptable as practice qualifications within care at home services or care home services for adults.

BA (Hons) Learning Disability Studies (The University of Manchester)

Certificates and diplomas

• Certificate in Deafblind Studies with the Diploma in Deafblind Studies and the Practice Unit in Deafblind Studies
• Diploma in Domiciliary Care Management
• Diploma in the Training and Further Education of Mentally Handicapped Adults
• Higher Education Certificate in Care (Queen Margaret University)
• Higher Education Certificate in Care or Person-Centred Approaches for Social Care Workers (Queen Margaret University College)

Higher National Certificates

• HNC Social Care (2005 revised award G7ME15)
• HNC Social Care (all other awards pre-2005) with the SVQ Health and Social Care units DK4R04, DK4K04, DK5704 or H5LE 04 (SCDHSC0033), H5RY 04 (SCDHSC0031), H5LD 04 (SCDHSC0032)
• HNC Healthcare plus units:
  
  • H5RY 04 (SCDHSC 0031) Promote effective communication
  • H5LD 04 (SCDHSC0032) Promote health, safety and security in the work setting
  • H5LE 04 (SCDHSC0033) Develop your practice through reflection and learning
  • H5S0 04 (SCDHSC0035 Promote the safeguarding of Individuals

Scottish/National Vocational Qualifications

• SVQ 3 Care
• SVQ/NVQ 3 Care with HNC Social Care (Combined Award)
• SVQNVQ 3 Health and Social Care at SCQF Level 7
• SVQ 3 Promoting Independence
• SVQ Caring for Children and Young People (Level 3)
• SVQ 3 Community Justice: Work with Offending Behaviour at SCQF Level 7 (G9WM 23 and all other awards pre-2010)
• SVQ 3 Community Justice: Work with Victims, Survivors and Witnesses at SCQF Level 7 (G9YK 23 Route A only)
• NVQ 3 Community Justice (Work with Offending Behaviour) or NVQ 3 Community Justice (Work with Victims, Survivors and Witnesses) with the addition of a value base unit (‘O’ unit or Principles of Care)

A combination of units from the past version of the SVQ 4 Management at SCQF level 9 (GC47 24).

Please see the list of units here.

Please note: units must be at least SCQF level 7 and we do not accept any units that appear only in the current award (GM27 24).

Bachelor of Arts

• BA (Hons)/Diploma Social Pedagogy (University of Aberdeen)
• BA Community Care (Robert Gordon University)
• BA/Diploma Curative Education (University of Aberdeen)

Scottish/National Vocational Qualifications

• NVQ Community Justice (Work with Offending Behaviour) (Level 4)
• NVQ Community Justice (Work with Victims, Survivors and Witnesses) (Level 4) to include or with the addition of a value base unit (‘O’ unit or Principles of Care)
• SVQ/NVQ 4 Care
• SVQ/NVQ 4 Health and Social Care at SCQF Level 9
• SVQ/NVQ 4 Community Justice (Work with Offending Behaviour)
• SVQ/NVQ 4 Community Justice (Work with Victims, Survivors and Witnesses)