Overview
The EBMA Level 5 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management has been designed to provide learners with a solid foundation in the principles, practices, and management approaches required for supervisory and middle-management roles in the health and social care sector. It ensures that learners are able to integrate policy frameworks, ethical principles, and evidence-based practice into their decision-making and service delivery.
This diploma is intended for those currently working in health and social care, as well as those aspiring to management positions within the sector. It balances practical workplace relevance with academic rigour, ensuring learners are prepared both for professional advancement in their related field.
The qualification aims to:
- Equip learners with knowledge and practical skills to manage teams, safeguard individuals, and promote quality standards within health and social care environments.
- Develop an understanding of health promotion, wellbeing, and the management of complex needs, enabling learners to support diverse service-user groups.
- Build competence in partnership working, supervision, and leadership, ensuring learners can contribute effectively to organisational goals.
- Enhance learners’ ability to apply ethical principles, policy frameworks, and critical thinking in solving real-world challenges.
- Provide learners with research skills necessary to investigate contemporary issues and support evidence-based practice.
- Support academic and career progression into senior roles or higher-level qualifications in health and social care management.
By the end of the course, learners will be able to:
By the end of this qualification, learners will be able to:
- Apply core principles, values, and professional standards that underpin effective practice in health and social care management.
- Demonstrate competence in partnership working, inter-professional collaboration, and service-user engagement to achieve integrated and person-centred care.
- Analyse safeguarding frameworks and apply best practice approaches to protect vulnerable individuals from harm, neglect, or exploitation.
- Lead and manage teams effectively, using appropriate leadership and supervision methods to promote quality, motivation, and continuous improvement.
- Evaluate strategies for health education and wellbeing promotion, while addressing the needs of individuals and communities with complex health and social care requirements.
- Design, conduct, and present research using appropriate methodologies, critically reviewing literature, and generating evidence-based recommendations for practice.
- Critically appraise leadership theories and change management strategies, applying them to organisational development and sustainable improvement in health and social care.
- Interpret and analyse health and social care policies, ethical frameworks, and contemporary issues, making informed recommendations for policy and practice.
- Demonstrate academic and professional skills in problem-solving, critical analysis, communication, and reflective practice.
- Progress to advanced professional roles with confidence in applying both theoretical knowledge and practical skills within diverse health and social care settings.
Course Structure
Learners are required to complete 8 units to achieve the full Level 5 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management (120 credits).
| Number | Code | Title | Credits |
| Unit 01 | HS/PHM/204 | Principles and Practice in Health and Social Care Management | 15 |
| Unit 02 | HS/WPH/205 | Working in Partnership in Health and Social Care | 15 |
| Unit 03 | HS/SPV/206 | Safeguarding and Protection of Vulnerable Individuals | 15 |
| Unit 04 | HS/QTM/207 | Quality and Team Management in Health and Social Care | 15 |
| Unit 05 | HS/HEW/208 | Health Education, Wellbeing, and Complex Needs Management | 15 |
| Unit 06 | HS/RMP/209 | Research Methods and Project in Health and Social Care | 20 |
| Unit 07 | HS/LSC/210 | Leadership and Strategic Change in Health and Social Care | 15 |
| Unit 08 | HS/PEC/211 | Policy, Ethics, and Contemporary Issues in Health and Social Care | 10 |
Entry Requirements
Learner(s) must fulfil the following criteria to be allowed entry to Level 5 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management.
- Level 4 Diploma in Care OR
- Any qualification equivalent to one of the above
- Learners must be 18+ to undertake this qualification
Assessment
The methods for assessing student performance can be broadly summarised under coursework by following instructions for coursework.
Learners are required to write an assignment of each unit. Assignments are important part of learners’ work at the Centre. There are strict rules about:-
- Plagiarism – using another person’s words out of a book/ journal article/ conversation/ lecture without formally acknowledging it,
- Referencing – how to reference and refer to another person’s work in your written work so you avoid plagiarism,
- Word length of essays and reports,
- Presentation and style of a report, including the style of language used, and
- Learners are required to sign a declaration of authentication to confirm that the work is their own and that any assistance given and/or sources used have been acknowledged.
All learning outcomes must be assessed using assignment appropriate to the assessment of knowledge, understanding and skills. The Qualifications within this suite are vocational because they support a Learner’s career progression. Assessments will contain a question strand for each of the given unit’s Learning Outcomes. The assignment tasks will address the LO (Learning Outcome) and AC (Assessment Criteria) requirements. Within assignments there will always be requirements for Learner’s to engage with important and relevant theory that underpins the subject area
There must be valid, sufficient, and authentic evidence of all the assessment criteria.
Submitted assignments should be marked by an assessor. In order to pass a unit, a learner must achieve 40% marks in each assignment.
Assessors must plan, gather and then assess learner’s evidence according to level descriptors’ requirements and on the basis of Pass/Fail criteria. These should be made available for internal verification to the centre Internal Quality Assurer (IQA).
EBMA External Quality Assurer (EQA) undertakes external moderation to monitor the assessment, internal moderation processes within the centre to make sure the assessment remains fit for purpose, and that the assessment process and practices by the centre continue to meet assessment standards requirements.
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Support and Training
Qualification Specification
Qualification specification includes all elements and requirements with respect of each of the details that apply to the qualification. Qualification specification is useful document for students, centres and centre staff. Please download the qualification specification from the following link:-
Level 5 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management
Training for Centre Staff
Book your training today and achieve recognised qualification in assessment and internal quality assurance. Following courses are available for individuals those who want to become assessors & IQA/IV.
Assessor
- Level 3 Award in Understanding the Principles and Practices of Assessment
- Level 3 Award in Assessing Competence in the Work Environment
- Level 3 Award in Assessing Vocational Achievement
- Level 3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement
Internal Quality Assurance/Internal Verifier
- Level 4 Award in Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes and Practice
- Level 4 Certificate in Leading the Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes and Practice
Please contact us if you would like to book your training and to achieve recognised qualification in assessment and internal quality assurance.
Career Development
The EBMA Level 5 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management prepares learners for a wide range of roles within health and social care organisations in both public and private sectors. Graduates of this qualification will have the knowledge and practical skills to take on supervisory and management responsibilities, supporting service delivery, safeguarding, quality improvement, and strategic development.
Typical career pathways include:
- Health and Social Care Manager – managing teams, budgets, and service delivery.
- Team Leader / Care Coordinator – overseeing frontline staff and ensuring person-centred care.
- Safeguarding Officer / Protection Lead – leading safeguarding practices and compliance.
- Quality Assurance Manager – monitoring and improving service standards.
- Community Health and Wellbeing Officer – promoting health education and public health initiatives.
- Service Manager – managing residential, community, or domiciliary care services.
- Policy or Service Development Officer – contributing to organisational strategy and policy implementation.
University Pathways
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