Level 8 Diploma in Strategic Health and Social Care Management

The overall structure of EBMA Level 8 Diploma in Strategic Health and Social Care Management is based on 8 mandatory modules that cover a number of topics relating to learning outcomes. Each unit has the equivalency of 20 credits. The research project has 60 credits. At the end of the course, the learner will achieve overall 200 credit points. 

Unit 1: Strategic Leadership in Health and Social Care – 20 credits
Unit 2: Global Health and Social Care Policy Development – 20 credits
Unit 3: Governance, Risk, and Ethical Management in Health and Social Care – 20 credits
Unit 4: Advanced Research Design and Methodologies – 20 credits
Unit 5: Innovation and Digital Transformation in Health and Social Care – 20 credits
Unit 6: Quality and Performance Improvement Frameworks – 20 credits
Unit 7: Strategic Change Management in Health and Social Care – 20 credits
Unit 8: Strategic Research Project – 60 credits

To enrol on the Level 8 Diploma in Strategic Health and Social Care Management, learners are expected to meet the following criteria:

Academic Requirements

• A Level 7 qualification (e.g., Master’s degree, Level 7 Diploma, or equivalent) in health and social care management, public health, nursing, social work, or a related discipline.
• Alternatively, a Level 7 qualification in business, leadership, or management, combined with substantial professional experience in health and social care.

Professional Experience

• Minimum of 5 years’ senior management or leadership experience in health and social care or related sectors.
• Applicants with extensive professional experience but without formal academic qualifications at Level 7 may also be considered under Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) or equivalent professional pathways.

Language Proficiency

• For non-native English speakers: an IELTS score of 7.0 or above (or equivalent qualification) is required, with no component below 6.5.
• Evidence of prior study or professional practice in English may also be accepted.

The methods for assessing student performance can be broadly summarised under coursework by following instructions for coursework. 

Unit 1: Strategic Leadership in Health and Social Care

Learners must demonstrate critical engagement with global health and social care policies, including the ability to analyse, compare, and synthesise international frameworks. Assessments should evidence deep understanding of policy formation

Unit 2: Global Health and Social Care Policy Development

Learners must demonstrate critical engagement with global health and social care policies by evaluating their effectiveness, sustainability, and equity. Assessments should show advanced ability to compare and synthesise different policy frameworks, using evidence from international contexts

Unit 3: Governance, Risk, and Ethical Management in Health and Social Care

Coursework only (critical evaluations, governance and risk management reports, case study analyses, and research-informed strategic proposals). Learners must critically examine governance frameworks, risk management systems, and ethical decision-making processes in health and social care. Assessment work should demonstrate the ability to integrate legal, ethical, and governance perspectives into strategic leadership and organisational practice.

Unit 4: Advanced Research Design and Methodologies

Coursework only (research proposals, methodological critiques, literature reviews, ethics applications, and pilot study reports).

Unit 5: Innovation and Digital Transformation in Health and Social Care

Coursework only (critical evaluations of digital innovations, case study analyses, research-informed strategy papers, and innovation frameworks).

Unit 6: Quality and Performance Improvement Frameworks in Health and Social Care

Coursework only (critical evaluations, performance improvement strategies, case study analyses, and research-informed quality frameworks).

Unit 7: Strategic Change Management in Health and Social Care

Coursework only (critical evaluations of change management theories, case study analyses, strategic change frameworks, and research-informed implementation strategies).

Unit 8: Strategic Research Project

Coursework only (research proposal, ethics submission, interim reports, and a final written research project of 20,000–25,000 words).

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 50% 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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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.

Graduates of the EBMA Level 8 Diploma in Strategic Health and Social Care Management will be equipped with advanced skills and knowledge to progress in both professional and academic pathways.

Professional Progression

• Senior executive roles within health and social care organisations, including Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Director of Services, or Head of Strategy and Policy.

• Leadership and consultancy positions in international health agencies, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and government departments.

• Specialist advisory roles in governance, ethics, digital transformation, and quality improvement.

• Opportunities to influence health and social care systems through policy development, strategic consultancy, and organisational leadership.

Academic Progression

• Entry into doctoral-level in HealthCare Management with our partner University of Azteca.

• Opportunities to contribute to academic research through peer-reviewed publications, conference presentations, and collaborative projects.

• Pathways into higher education teaching, research supervision, or academic leadership roles.

This qualification ensures learners have the intellectual depth, strategic insight, and research capability required to advance as leaders, consultants, and scholars in the global health and social care sector.