The ATHE Level 5 Extended Diploma in Management for Health and Social Care is a 120-credit Ofqual regulated qualification and is the equivalent level to the second year of a bachelor’s degree. This qualification has been designed for learners who are seeking to progress to a higher education institution to take the third year of a bachelor’s degree course in an area of management within the healthcare sector.
At a glance:
- Progression to the third year of a degree at a range of universities
- Advanced learner loans available in the UK
- 1,200 learning hours, usually studied over an academic year
- Graded ‘Achieved’ or ‘Not achieved’
- Designed with support from universities
- Can be delivered in the classroom, by distance or by blended learning.
Level 5 Content (Optional and mandatory)
There are three different sized qualifications. If you study the 120-credit extended diploma then you must study all 4 mandatory units and select 3 or 4 optional units. If you study the 60-credit diploma then you must study all 3 mandatory units and 1 optional unit. The certificate requires you to study the unit “Facilitating Change in Health and Social Care” plus either “Managing Communication” or “People Management”.
Mandatory Units (Extended Diploma 120-credit)
- Facilitating Change in Health and Social Care
- Managing Communication
- People Management
- Research Project
Mandatory Units (Diploma 60-credit)
- Facilitating Change in Health and Social Care
- Managing Communication
- People Management
Optional Units
- Leading Practice in Health and Social Care
- Working with Multidisciplinary teams
- Management of Safeguarding for Health and Social Care
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Resource Management
- Management of Activity Provision
- Finance for Managers
- Planning a New Business Venture
- Managing Stakeholder Engagement
- Leading Organisational Equality and diversity
- Managing Finance in the Public sector
- Manage Sustainability in an Organisation
- Managing Quality in Health and Social Care
- Employability Skills
- Personal and Professional Development
Entry Criteria
Age: 19 + Entry profile:
- A GCE Advanced level profile with achievement in 2 or more subjects supported by 5 or more GCSEs at grades C and above or Grade 4 and above
- other related level 3 subjects
- an Access to Higher Education Certificate delivered by an approved further education institute and validated by an Access Validating Agency
other equivalent international qualifications
