Qualifi Level 2 Adult Social Care Certificate

ASCC-01: Understand Own Role: Develop an understanding of their responsibilities and areas of accountability within their role, how to work in ways that have been agreed with their employer and demonstrate working relationships in health and social care.

ASCC-02: Personal Development: Agree a personal development plan that identifies their learning and development needs, opportunities for development, and sources of support in their role.

ASCC-03: Duty of Care: Develop an understanding of duty of care in their role, address dilemmas that may arise about duty of care, as well as considering the ways to deal with comments, complaints, incidents, errors and near misses in health and social care.

ASCC-04: Equality, Diversity, Inclusion, and Human Rights: Develop an understanding of equality, diversity and inclusivity in health and social care. The actions that can be taken to reduce inequalities and enhance inclusion to ensure services that are provided to people are accessible and fair to everyone involved.

ASCC-05: Work in a Person-centred Way: Develop an understanding of what is meant by person centred values and how to work in a person-centred way to support individuals to maintain their identity, self-esteem, spiritual wellbeing and overall wellbeing.

ASCC-06: Communication: Develop an understanding of the importance of communication and confidentiality in health and social care, and how to meet the communication and language needs, wishes and preferences of individuals using a range of communication methods, aids and technologies.

ASCC-07: Privacy and Dignity: Develop an understanding of the principles that underpin privacy and dignity in care and how to support people to remain autonomous, independent and involved in making choices about their care.

ASCC-08: Nutrition and Hydration: Develop an understanding of food safety, nutrition and hydration in health and social care. Support people to access healthy, nutritious and sustainable food and drink in accordance with their needs and preferences.

ASCC-09: Awareness of Mental Health and Dementia: Develop an understanding of the needs and experiences of people living with mental health or dementia, the legal framework around each and person-centred approaches that underpins good practice.

ASCC-10: Adult Safeguarding: Develop an understanding of the principles of adult safeguarding, how to minimise the risk of abuse and what to do in the event of suspected abuse of an adult.

ASCC-11: Safeguarding Children: Develop an awareness of safeguarding children within adult social care, identifying the signs and indicators of child abuse and what to do in the event of suspected abuse of a child.

ASCC-12: Health, Safety, and Principles of Basic Life Support: Develop an understanding of own responsibilities, and the responsibilities of others, relating to health, safety and well-being in health and social care. Work within the scope of their qualifications, competence, skills and experience when providing care and support. Understand, and where appropriate apply in practice, procedures for responding to accidents, sudden illness and providing basic life support.

ASCC-13: Handling Information: Develop an understanding the principles of handling and managing information in health and social care, maintain clear and accurate records, and what to do in the event of a data breach or when agreed ways of working are not followed.

ASCC-14: Infection Prevention and Control (IPC): Develop an understanding of the causes of infection and the chain of infection. The importance of good IPC, cleanliness and use of PPE to manage, prevent and reduce the risk of infection in health and social care.

ASCC-15: An Awareness of Learning Disability and Autism: Develop an understanding of the needs and experiences of a people with a learning disability or autistic people, the legal framework around each, and person-centred approaches that underpins good practice.