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

The Observation is designed to allow the apprentice to demonstrate their skills, behaviours, and leadership to external/internal stakeholders. 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 to the employer and the people who use their services.

The apprentice must ensure that the appropriate organisational staff are present at the activity and are notified in advance of the activity. Organisational staff will most likely be internal staff and, in line with the nature of the standard and the requirements of the occupation, this intervention should be primarily about the running of the care unit/establishment.

Examples of possible activities to be observed include:

• service development/improvement plans. For example: presenting or reporting on frontline delivery work in supporting those who use services to improve outcomes

• a response to regury and legislative requirements. For example: working with external partners, funders, and stakeholders. In the form of a meeting to plan for changes to service provision based on regulatory and legislative requirements arising from inspections

• development of service provision. For example, this may be in the form of presenting some information or analysing data in relation to evidence-based practice to develop or improve the service provision

• setting up new service provision. For example, presenting outcomes from market research in relation to unmet need, financial viability, and local strategic direction

• when and how to trigger a best interest meeting, who should be involved and what their roles and responsibilities should be. For example, preparing for a best interest meeting, the rationale around the need to trigger the meeting and interrogating internal procedures and processes in relation to this.

The End-Point Assessor will ask a minimum of four set open questions to assess related undeng knowledge linked to K12. These will be set in advance. The apprentice will be given the opportunity to explain how they have considered K12 when demonstrating leadership via questioning which will be focused on the following four areas:

• The principles of adult safeguarding - empowerment, prevention, proportionality, protection, partnership and accountability.

• Relevant legislation.

• Care quality commission (CQC) regulatory requirements.

• CQC key lines of enquiry (KLOE) - safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led.

The End-Point Assessor will base their questions on the leadership activity they have just observed to seek clarification on points which were not clear. They may also ask further questions to probe any required knowledge, skills and behaviours that were not covered in the observation, although these will be kept to a m