How EdgeWorks can help to you deliver the new Level 2 Adult Social Care Certificate qualification

The key requirements to deliver the new Level 2 Adult Social Care Certificate qualification – access to an accredited centre and qualified assessors – are often beyond the reach (and budget) of many social care employers. As a result, they frequently rely on third-party colleges or training providers to offer access to training and qualifications. However, this approach comes with significant trade-offs in terms of cost, quality, flexibility, time, and accessibility.

We believe this third-party model is fundamentally flawed and contributes to the persistently low achievement rates for the achievement of qualifications across the sector. Social Care is undergoing significant changes, including the launch of the DHSC and Skills for Care’s Workforce Strategy, which prioritises the need to increase the number of qualified frontline staff ,and making the new Care Certificate qualification the ‘benchmark’ across the sector. Perhaps more importantly, the need to change how we deliver qualifications is also encouraged within the Care Certificate qualification technical specification which noted:

‘The sector has delivered the prior recommended Care Certificate standards since 2015, therefore there may be existing assessment skills in the workforce which could be utilised in the assessment and qualification process. The Department of Health and Social Care and Skills for Care have been clear with Awarding Organisations to support centres to consider how these skills could be safely utilised and developed e.g., through the role of an Expert Witness as part of the assessment process..’

At EdgeWorks, we have always advocated for Employer-led delivery where possible, as we believe employers must be at the heart of any successful learning and development strategy. Our unique Level 2 Adult Social Care Certificate Qualification pathway is delivered in ‘partnership’ with employers, utilising existing in-house staff to work as part of our extended assessment team.  We call this our Employer-Direct model.

Working with our Employer-Direct model, employers can leverage our nationally approved accredited centre (avoiding the need to create their own) to deliver their own qualifications, access approved learning and assessment resources, qualified assessors, and experienced centre support staff. We can build a bespoke package, providing as much (or as little) support as you require, enabling you to enhance your reputation as a leading provider of career development opportunities and boosting your recruitment and retention.

To help you kickstart your delivery, EdgeWorks has launched our fully integrated Level 2 Adult Social Care Certificate qualification, which offers the following benefits:

1. Access our nationally recognised Accredited Centre and assessment team to enable you to deliver your own qualifications.
2. Get our fully integrated Care Certificate Induction and Level 2 Adult Social Care Certificate qualification that automatically captures recorded Prior Learning (rPL), saving more than 100+ hours of learning for each individual.
3. The option to fully map your existing induction to our new Level 2 Adult Social Care Certificate qualification and benefit from our automated rPL.
4. Ensure competency observations are fully mapped from your existing induction (even if it is classroom/workbook based or uses an alternative platform) to the new Level 2 Adult Social Care Certificate qualification, saving your team significant time and effort.
5. Potential to participate in our unique Shared-Revenue model and generate additional revenue towards your training budget.

Please contact us to find out more about how you can start to deliver your own accredited qualifications.