AC 3 Adult social care regulation, inspection and quality improvement

1. Understand current adult social care

• 1.1 Explain why there is a requirement for a regulatory body in adult social care regulatory body
• 1.2 Explain the role of the national regulatory body for adult care
• 1.3 Describe the different types of inspections carried out by the regulatory body for adult social care
• 1.4 Summarise the inspection framework for adult social care

2. Understand quality

• 2.1 Summarise adult social care industry standards improvements in adult social care
• 2.2 Explain how standards can support quality improvement in adult social care
• 2.3 Describe factors that can support quality improvement in adult social care
• 2.4 Describe barriers to supporting quality improvement in adult social care
• 2.5 Explain the importance of co-production in supporting quality improvements

3. Understand quality audits in adult social care

• 3.1 Describe the purpose of an internal quality audit in adult social care
• 3.2 Explain what a quality improvement cycle involves in an adult social care service
• 3.3 Explain how co-production can support effective quality audits in adult social care
• 3.4 Compare different approaches to audits within quality improvement

4. Understand how to prepare for a regulatory body inspection

• 4.1 Describe what happens in an inspection in an adult social care service
• 4.2 Describe the role of the inspection team when preparing for an inspection
• 4.3 Describe the role of own organisation when preparing for an inspection
• 4.4 Describe the role of relevant organisations within the planning inspection process

5. Be able to plan an internal audit in an adult

• 5.1 Identify an area suitable for a small-scale audit in own service
• 5.2 Plan a small-scale audit on a particular aspect of own setting social care setting
• 5.3 Implement the small-scale plan in own setting
• 5.4 Demonstrate the learning from the small-scale audit
• 5.5 Make recommendations based on results of the audit
• 5.6 Plan the next steps