Lead Practitioner in Adult Care
Level 4
A Lead Practitioner in Adult Care Assessment Organisation is an approved company responsible for providing apprenticeship assessments in the Adult Care sector. As an assessment organisation, we ensure that apprentices meet the standards and competencies outlined in the relevant apprenticeship standards.
What the Role Entails
The Lead Practitioner in Adult Care will guide and inspire team members to make positive differences to someone’s life when they are faced with physical, practical, social, emotional, psychological, or intellectual challenges. They will have achieved a level of self-development to be recognised as a lead practitioner within the care team, contributing to, promoting, and sustaining a values-based culture at an operational level. A Lead Practitioner has a greater depth of knowledge and expertise of particular conditions being experienced by the user of services.
Components of the Lead Practitioner in Adult Care Assessment
Order of Assessment Methods
The assessment methods can be delivered in any order. The result of one assessment method does not need to be known before starting the next.
Performance in the Assessments determines the overall grade of:
• Fail
• Pass
• Distinction
Professional discussion
The professional discussion is for the independent assessor to ask the apprentice questions in relation to knowledge, skills and behaviours as set out in the apprenticeship standard. The independent assessor must ensure that a minimum of one question is asked for each of the knowledge, skills and behaviour groups that are mapped to this assessment method, as defined in the Occupational Standard (e.g. tasks and responsibilities, dignity and human rights, communication, safeguarding, health and wellbeing, and professional development). Steadfast Assessment will select questions from a standardised question bank and adapt these questions based on their review of the apprentice’s portfolio of evidence.
Observation of Practice
Observation of Practice must include the ability for the apprentice to demonstrate their skills, behaviour and leadership to external/internal stakeholders. The apprentice must lead the observed activity and will have prepared for this after the gateway in agreement with the employer and Steadfast Assessment. Apprentices must ensure that the appropriate organisational staff are present at the activity and are notified in advance of the activity.
Simple, Easy-to-use Online Platform
Our platform (epaPRO) is user-friendly and offers a one-stop solution for registering apprentices, engaging with the team, accessing resources, and monitoring progress.
Dedicated
Co-ordinator
Once your apprentice is registered, you'll have a dedicated co-ordinator to assist you with any queries you may have
Free Resits/
Retakes
Steadfast Assessment provides free resits for online assessments in line with the requirements of the relevant assessment plan.
Detailed
Feedback
All our assessments are undertaken remotely unless face to face is specifically required by the relevant assessment plan.