1. Consultation on the Parts of the Register and Qualification Requirements for Registration of Workers in Care at Home + Function Descriptors for Workers in Housing Support Services 06 June – To 26 August 2011 Linda Barr Education and Workforce Development Adviser
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9. Proposed Functional Descriptors within Care at Home Service A Care at Home Service is a service which provides support in a person’s own home. Supervisor A Supervisor is employed in providing and supervising the provision of direct care and support to a person within a care at home service Worker A Worker is employed in providing direct care and support to a person within a care at home service.
20. Manager - Housing Support A manager is a worker who is responsible for the overall professional management of the direct provision, supervision, and quality assurance of care and support provided in a housing support service. Manager - Care at Home A manager is a worker who is responsible for the overall professional management of the direct provision, supervision, and quality assurance of care and support provided in a care at home service. Benchmark Qualification – SVQ Level 4 Health + Social Care Registration of Managers Principle of Alignment
21. Functional Descriptors within Housing Support Service : Supervisor The current definition is: “Supervisors are defined as housing support workers who have responsibility for the supervision of other workers.” The proposed definition is: “A Supervisor is employed in providing and supervising the provision of direct care and support to a person within a housing support service”.
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23. Accessing information Function descriptors http://www.scswis.com/ Registration criteria http://www.sssc.uk.com/sssc/applying-for-registration/what-qualifications-do-i-need-to-register-with-the-sssc.html Developing the Workforce / National Occupational Standards and Funding http://workforcesolutions.sssc.uk.com Qualifications http://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/45285.2893.html http://www.scqf.org.uk/
Click the screenshot of the NOS Navigator – this will open up the website. This tool is targeted at SVQ candidates/assessors and line managers in organisations to help them identify which units are most relevant to a range of specified practice areas Select one of the VQs and click the link to take you into the Practice Areas. Click a couple to demo the screen changing Hover mouse over individual units to show tooltips changing Click a unit to show the full unit. Click “Back” the “Home” Show them the “Wider Uses of NOS” section & demonstrate how it works Close the browser window & then click to make the screenshot fade out Click to continue to next screen