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Adult care home activities co-ordinator

Registration is not required

There are plans to register adult care home workers from 2022.

To work as an Adult care home activities co-ordinator

  • Recommended for practice

    • Level 2 Award in Supporting Activity Provision in Social Care

    and

    • Level 3 Certificate in Activity Provision in Social Care

Other requirements

Service regulations require that “the service provider must ensure that at all times a sufficient number of suitably qualified, trained, skilled, competent and experienced staff are deployed to work at the service”.

The suitable qualifications are included on this framework.

Qualifications gained outside of Wales

The following information applies to you if:

  • you are working, or would like to work, as a social care worker in Wales and  
  • have a relevant qualification (from the UK or overseas) that isn’t listed on the qualification framework or the precedence list.  

Qualifications gained in Scotland, Northern Ireland, and England

Qualifications achieved prior to December 2026

If you are a worker moving to Wales and hold a qualification (achieved prior to Dec 2026. The date of achievement can be found on your certificate) which is recognised by Skills for Care (England), the Northern Ireland Social Care Council or Scottish Social Service Council you should complete aspects of the All Wales induction framework for health and social care that are relevant to your role and the service setting.

QEA Process from January 2027

If you are a worker moving to Wales and hold a qualification in England, Northern Ireland or Scotland, you will need to check the [precedence list] to see if your qualification is accepted or not in Wales.

If the qualification is not already on the precedence list, you will need to request to have your qualification assessed through the Qualification Equivalency Assessment (QEA) process. You can find out more about this process on the [Qualification Equivalency Assessment] webpage.

International qualifications

If you are a worker moving to Wales and hold an international qualification you will need to check the [precedence list] to see if your qualification is accepted or not in Wales.

If the qualification is not already on the precedence list, you will need to request to have your qualification assessed through the Qualification Equivalency Assessment (QEA) process. You can find out more about this process on the [Qualification Equivalency Assessment] webpage.

Induction requirements

The All Wales induction framework for health and social care (AWIF) is a new induction framework designed for social care workers and healthcare support workers. It covers care and support for adults, and children and young people.

It provides a structure for a common induction in health and social care across Wales and outlines the knowledge and skills new workers need to gain in the first six months of employment.

All employers have a responsibility to make sure their new workers receive a suitable induction using this induction framework. Workers may be new to the role, organisation or sector.