The Lead Practitioner in Adult Care will guide and inspire team members or colleagues to make positive differences to someone’s life when they are faced with physical, practical, social, emotional, psychological or intellectual challenges. They will have achieved a level of self-development to be recognised as a lead practitioner within the care team, contributing to, promoting and sustaining a values-based culture at an operational level.
Read more about the apprenticeship on the Skills England website
Gateway Requirements
To reach Gateway the employer will need to be satisfied that the apprentice is consistently working at, or above, the occupational competence of a Level 4 Lead Practitioner in Adult Care. At Gateway the apprentice must have achieved Level 2 English and Maths and Level 4 Diploma in Adult Care.
Observation of Practice
The observation will last for 75 minutes and comprise of two parts: The observation of the leadership activity will last for 60 minutes and will be followed by a post observation question session during which the assessor will ask open ended questions on any aspect of the activity requiring clarification. This will last for 15 minutes. The observation must take place in a suitable controlled environment and may be carried out face to face or remotely through virtual technology such as video conferencing with 360-degree camera function.
Professional Discussion underpinned by portfolio
The professional discussion is an in-depth two way discussion between the apprentice and End-point Assessor. The professional discussion will last for 90 minutes, and should take place in a suitable, controlled environment. The discussion may take place face to face or remotely. During the professional discussion the End-point Assessor will ask the apprentice at least one question for each of the areas of knowledge, skills and behaviours mapped to this method of assessment. The assessor may ask followup questions where further clarification is required.
The assessments will be graded as Distinction/ Pass/Fail. The last step along the journey is the receipt of the certificate which will be sent to the employer.
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