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Day Care Manager

Regulators
  • Northern Ireland Social Care Council
Nations
  • Northern Ireland
Sectors
  • Health and care

Regulatory or professional bodies

Primary regulator

Address

7th Floor,
Millennium House,
9-25 Great Victoria Street
Belfast
BT2 7AQ

Phone number
+44 (0)2895 362 600

Regulation

Regulation summary

Day Care Manager- compulsory registration with the Northern Ireland Social Care Council.
Managers are responsible for the management of a day care facility. This includes centres for older people, people with disabilities and people who are homeless. This role manages person - centred support and programmes of care to the people who attend the centre, recruits, trains and manages staff, links with families /carers ,other relevant staff and professionals. Financial planning and governance.

Regulation type

Accreditation

Reserved activities

Tasks delegated by other professionals.
If a social worker- statutory tasks.

Protected titles

Social worker is a protected title in Northern Ireland.

More about regulated activities and titles
http://www.niscc.info

Qualifications and experience

New professionals

Routes to qualification

Day Care Manager- registered.
Nursing qualification- part 1 NMC register
or
social work qualification
and
two years relevant experience in the last five years in similar care setting
and
management qualification/or two years managerial experience in last five years

More about qualification
http://niscc.info

Professionals from other UK nations

Routes to recognition within the UK

Can apply for these posts if you have a nursing / social work qualification and two years experience in day care management in the last five.

More about recognition within the UK
http://www.niscc.info

Professionals from outside the UK

Recognition for professionals outside the UK
All - there are routes to recognition for professionals from all countries
Summary of routes

If hold a nursing or social work qualification can apply to the relevant regulator to have qualification / application assessed.
Language proficiency in English is required for nursing and social work.

More about recognition for professionals outside the UK
http://niscc.info

Legislation

Title of relevant act or charter

The Northern Ireland Social Care Council (Description of Social Care Workers) Order (Northern Ireland) 2003

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