What content will be covered in the observation for the Lead Practitioner in Adult Care standard?

The Observation is designed to allow the apprentice to demonstrate their skills, behaviours, and leadership to external/internal stakeholders. Further information can be found in the apprentice handbook. The apprentice must lead the observed activity and ensure that the appropriate organisational staff are present and are notified in advance of the activity. The activity must be based on real-life improvement for the employer and the people who use their services.

Examples of observed activities could include:

• preparing for a best-interest meeting through consultation with the care staff team. This should include the rationale around the need to trigger the meeting, the roles, and responsibilities of who should be involved and the potential implications for the service

• leading a meeting where they guide and support colleagues around how to implement the required care delivery within the service to support people who use the services regarding their identified care needs, goals and required outcomesa response to regulatory and legislative requirements that specifically impact upon how the needs of people who use the services are being met. For example, this could be communicating the outcomes of working with external partners and stakeholders to deliver positive change to the people being supported by the service

• development of service provision so that it can improve service delivery to more effectively meet the needs and aspirations of the people who use the services. For example, this may be in the form of presenting some information or analysing data about evidence-based practice to develop or improve the service provisio