Day Care Manager
- Regulators
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- Northern Ireland Social Care Council
- Nations
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- Northern Ireland
- Sectors
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- Health and care
Regulatory or professional bodies
Primary regulator
- Regulatory authority
- Northern Ireland Social Care Council
- Address
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7th Floor,
Millennium House,
9-25 Great Victoria Street
Belfast
BT2 7AQ - Email address
- registration@niscc.hscni.net
- Website
- https://www.niscc.info
- 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
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
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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
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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
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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
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The Northern Ireland Social Care Council (Description of Social Care Workers) Order (Northern Ireland) 2003
- Website link to legislation
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/139/article/1/made