Review of Level 5 Diploma in L&M Vocational Quals H&SC (NI) - Employer Survey 2025

Overview

The Department of Health (DoH) has commissioned a review of the RQF Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management vocational qualifications in Health and Social Care, currently offered within Northern Ireland.  The Northern Ireland Social Care Council is the regulatory body for the social care workforce, with a delegated statutory function in relation to training and occupational standards for the social care workforce.  Therefore, the DoH has tasked the Social Care Council to undertake this qualification review on their behalf, in collaboration with key stakeholders across the sector.  

As an employer and provider of social care services in Northern Ireland, your perception and confidence in the vocational qualifications offered to those engaged as social care practitioners is important.

Your feedback to this review will ensure that the development of qualifications is informed and shaped by sectoral needs.  

This survey is made up of 13 questions and should take 10 - 15 minutes to complete.  We would appreciate if you could complete the survey before 5pm on Wednesday 18 June 2025.

If you have any queries about the management of this survey, please contact our Evaluation Manager andre.mckeown@niscc.hscni.net  

If you have would like to talk directly to the Workforce Development Team about this review, please contact paul.rooney@niscc.hscni.net.

Thank you.

Catherine Maguire

Co-Director of Regulation and Standards

Northern Ireland Social Care Council

Why your views matter

Your feedback will be a key part of this review.  It will help us to ensure these qualifications continue to provide the skills and knowledge required for social care workers to practise safely and effectively in their adult social care roles.