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Overview
The Level 5 Diploma in Health and Social Care is a higher-level certificate that teaches people the skills, knowledge, and understanding they need to be leaders and managers in the health and social care field. It builds on what students learned at Level 4 and gets them ready to do challenging tasks, manage teams, and provide high-quality care in accordance with regulatory and professional standards.
Benefits of Doing a Level 5 Diploma in Health and Social Care course online
- Flexible Study – Learn at your own pace, anytime and anywhere.
- University Progression: Equivalent to A levels, it is a recognised route to higher education.
- Career Opportunities – Open doors to roles in care homes, hospitals, and community health services.
- Work & Study Balance – Perfect for those already working in healthcare or with other commitments.
- Cost-effective: Save time and travel by studying fully online.
- No exams are required; instead, assessment will be conducted through practical assignments that are designed to support your success.
With an online Level 2 Adult Social Care Certificate qualification, you’ll gain the skills, knowledge, and confidence to move into a rewarding career or progress to university-level study.
Course Delivery
The qualification is delivered fully online through:
- Virtual Learning Platform: Access to study materials and resources 24/7.
- Tutor Support: Regular guidance via email, online forums,
- Independent Study: Learners study at their own pace with structured guidance.
- Obtain assignment: marking and feedback.
- Online Assessments: Assignments, projects, and portfolios submitted on LSM.
- Acquire: Assignment briefing, study lesson plan
- Receive excellent-quality study notes.
- Collaborative Learning: Discussion boards and group activities with other learners.
- Receive dedicated customer support via chat, telephone, and email (Monday to Friday)
Course Fees
All course fees, including payment plans and the awarding body registration fee, must be fully settled by the learner before certification can be issued.
Modules
All 5 units are mandatory
Unit 1 Principles Underpinning Health and Social Care
- Understand how principles of support are implemented in health and social care practice.
- Evaluate the impact of recent government policy, legislation, regulation, codes of practice and standards on practice in the UK
Unit 2 The Management of Quality in Health and Social Care
- Critically discuss differing perspectives of quality in relation to health and social care services.
- Critically analyse, strategies for achieving quality in health and social care services.
Unit 3 Research Project
- Be able to formulate a research question.
- Undertake a pilot research project which does not require ethical approval.
Unit 4 Partnership Working in Health and Social Care
- Understand philosophies and relationships in health and social care partnership working.
- Understand how to promote positive partnership working between users of services, professionals and organisations in health and social care.
Unit 5 Working with Service Users with Complex Needs
- Analyse different perceptions of health, disability and illness.
- Understand how to promote the participation and independence of users of health and social care services
Entry Requirements
- To study an Level 5 Diploma in Health and Social Care learner must be aged of 18
- Learners who possess Qualifications at Level 3 and/or Level 4
Qualifications
At the core of Qualifi’s mission is the creation and awarding of respected qualifications, built on a rigorous focus on high standards and consistency. Qualifi is recognised as an Awarding Organisation (AO) by Ofqual, the qualifications regulator for England, and is also a signatory to the BIS international quality commitments.
Assessment requirements
Assessment is via assignment submission only.
No Exams
Average completion timeframe
The average time it takes our learners to complete the course is 5- 9 months.
Progression – Level 5 Diploma in Health and Social Care
Successful completion of the qualification allows learners to progress in several ways:
- Higher Education
- Learners may advance to a Level 6 qualification in health and social care or a related discipline.
- The diploma also provides eligibility for entry into the final year of a bachelor’s degree in health and social care, management, or public health at many UK universities (subject to individual university entry policies).
- Employment Opportunities
- Care Home Manager
- Health and Social Care Manager
- Residential or Domiciliary Care Manager
- Service Coordinator or Supervisor
- Welfare Services Manager
- Community Support Manager
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