Level 5 Apprenticeship In Integrated Health and Social Care Leadership
Delivered Over 21 Months Through The Leader In Adult Care Apprenticeship Standard
Programme Overview
Develop confident leaders across health and social care with a practical Level 5 leadership programme designed for managers working across integrated services, patient pathways and care-focused environments.
As health and social care services become increasingly connected, managers need the skills, confidence and insight to lead across organisational boundaries. This programme supports managers to strengthen their leadership practice, support their teams and improve outcomes for the people and communities they serve.
Who The Programme Is For
This programme is suitable for managers and aspiring leaders working across health and care services, including:
- NHS patient-facing managers
- Ward and team managers
- Community service managers
- Discharge and pathway leads
- Safeguarding managers
- Adult social care managers
- Managers working across integrated or partnership services
- Aspiring managers
If you are looking for a Level 5 leadership programme that supports confident, compassionate and effective leadership across integrated health and social care, this programme may be a strong fit.
Why This Programme Matters
Leadership across health and social care has never been more important. Managers are increasingly expected to work collaboratively across services, support safe transitions of care, lead teams through change and contribute to quality improvement across integrated pathways.
Our Integrated Health and Social Care Leadership Programme (Level 5) has been designed to reflect those expectations. It provides a practical and supportive leadership development journey for managers working in complex environments where collaboration, person-centred practice, safeguarding, quality and service improvement all matter.
By learning alongside peers from both health and social care, participants gain a broader understanding of the whole care pathway, strengthen cross-sector relationships and build the confidence to lead more effectively across integrated services.
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What The Programme Covers
The programme supports participants to develop the knowledge, skills and behaviours needed to lead effectively in health and care settings.
Participants will explore:
- Leading teams with confidence and compassion
- Managing quality, safety and service improvement
- Supporting person-centred practice
- Strengthening safeguarding leadership
- Working across organisational and professional boundaries
- Building effective relationships across integrated services
- Reflecting on leadership practice in real work settings
Learning is designed to be practical and relevant, giving participants the opportunity to apply their learning directly within their own teams and services.
A Practical Programme For Real-World Leadership
The programme combines structured learning with workplace application, allowing participants to build leadership capability while remaining focused on the realities of their role. Rather than learning in isolation, participants are encouraged to reflect on live service challenges, team development, quality improvement and partnership working within their own setting.
This makes the programme especially valuable for organisations looking to strengthen leadership capacity in a way that is both practical and relevant to integrated services.
Join A Lunch & Connect Session
We host a series of friendly monthly lunchtime sessions for managers; apprenticeship leads and potential apprentices who would like to find out more.
During the session we will cover:
- An overview of the Integrated Health and Social Care Leadership Programme (Level 5)
- Who the programme is suitable for
- How the apprenticeship works in practice
- Opportunities for questions, discussion and feedback
Time: 12:30pm to 1:15pm
Format: Microsoft Teams
Style: Friendly, informal and supportive
Recording: If you book and are unable to attend, you will receive the recording
We’re inviting managers, apprenticeship leads and potential apprentices from across the health and social care sectors to join a relaxed monthly lunchtime session to explore our Integrated Health and Social Care Leadership Programme (Level 5).
The Apprenticeship Process
Apprentices are allocated a skills & development coach by a training provider such as Dynamic Training, who will support and guide them for the duration of their apprenticeship.
Training with the skills and development coach is delivered regularly throughout the length of the apprenticeship, both online and within the workplace itself. The training will always take place during the apprentice's normal working hours. The apprentice does not need to leave the workplace, or work additional hours, as part of their apprenticeship.
Apprentices will work to complete their portfolio of evidence for their apprenticeship, and submit assignments to the required standard, so that they can complete their apprenticeship and receive their qualification. The apprentice will also be learning and developing new knowledge, skills and behaviours within their workplace, and using this as evidence within their apprenticeship.
The skills and development coach will hold regular meetings with their learner and line manager, to see how the apprentice is developing and how much progress they are making with their portfolio of evidence. These meetings ensure that the learner is receiving the right support from both their employer and their training provider, and help move the apprentice forwards in their apprenticeship.
Being an apprentice requires access to a computer or other electronic device, as well a good internet connection, in order to complete their work and join online training sessions. Dynamic Training use Microsoft Teams for online meetings, and OneFile as our e-portfolio.
Frequently Asked Apprenticeship Questions
Apprenticeships are open to anyone aged 16 or over, entitled to live in England and who are no longer in full-time education.
Whether they are starting their working career or are already in the workplace looking to upskill or retrain, apprenticeships can provide an opportunity to increase skills and knowledge.
As there is no upper age limit, apprenticeships can be a great way for working professionals to help achieve career progression or for career changers to learn a new profession.
With an apprenticeship, employees have a fantastic opportunity to learn, gaining industry desired skills and knowledge and behaviours in the workplace.
Apprentices can be employed as a new apprentice on a fixed term contract or you they can be an existing member of staff who would like to upskill or retrain.
Once an apprentice starts their programme, they are allocated a Skills & Development Coach from Dynamic Training, who will support them for the duration of their training and ensure they are ready for end point assessment.
Additionally, employers are expected to provide apprentices with a workplace mentor who is normally a senior member of staff, but who is not the apprentices' direct manager.
Working hours vary depending on the employer, however the minimum duration of an apprenticeship (12 months) is based on an apprentice working 30 paid hours per week. For apprentices working less hours, the apprenticeship duration must be extended.
You can find out more about off-the-job training from the below page which fully breaks down how many hours an apprenticeship requires.
For existing staff members, their existing rate of pay will not be affected and you will not have to take a pay cut to become an apprentice.
For new entrant employed as an apprentice, you can view the minimum wages on the government's website.
You are able to search and apply for all apprenticeship vacancies using the National Apprenticeship Service website
Already Working: If you are looking to complete your apprenticeship with your current employer, first talk to your line manager about the opportunity to start an apprenticeship. We will gladly then talk to your employer about the options available to get you started.
Find out more about apprenticeships and answer your questions by exploring our comprehensive explanation of apprenticeships.
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Still Want To Know More?
Join us on one of our apprenticeship information sessions where we can support you with any queries you have and help you make an informed decision about the programme.
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How To Get In Touch...
Address:
Unit 7, Brook Business Centre,
Cowley Mill Road,
Uxbridge,
UB8 2FX
Phone: 020 8607 7850
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