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Domiciliary care manager (services for children and young people)

The domiciliary care manager sets the operational direction and organises the effective running of the service provision to meet the setting’s statement of purpose.

Last updated: 20 February 2025

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To register as a Domiciliary care manager (services for children and young people)

  • Option 1

    • City and Guilds Level 4 Preparing for Leadership and Management in Health and Social Care

    and

    • City and Guilds Level 5 Leadership and Management of Health and Social Care: Practice

  • Option 2

    • City and Guilds Level 2 Health and Social Care: Core

    and

    • City and Guilds Level 3 Health and Social Care: Practice (Children and Young People)

    and

    • City and Guilds Level 4 Preparing for Leadership and Management in Health and Social Care

    and

    Enrolment on the City and Guilds Level 5 Leadership and Management of Health and Social Care: Practice.
    Those enrolled on the City and Guilds Level 5 Leadership and Management of Health and Social Care: Practice qualification will need to complete this within their first 3 year period of registration.

  • Option 3

    • City and Guilds Level 4 Professional Practice in Health and Social Care

    and

    • City and Guilds Level 4 Preparing for Leadership and Management in Health and Social Care

    Enrolment on the City and Guilds Level 5 Leadership and Management of Health and Social Care: Practice.

    Those enrolled on the City and Guilds Level 5 Leadership and Management of Health and Social Care: Practice qualification will need to complete this within their first three year period of registration.

  • Option 4

    • City and Guilds Level 2 Health and Social Care: Core

    and

    • City and Guilds Level 3 Health and Social Care: Practice (Children and Young People)

    and

    Enrolment on the City and Guilds Level 4 Preparing for Leadership and Management in Health and Social Care.

    Those enrolled on the City and Guilds Level 4 Preparing for Leadership and Management in Health and Social Care will need to complete this plus the Level 5 Leadership and Management of Health and Social Care: Practice qualification within their first three year period of registration.

  • Option 5

    • City and Guilds Level 4 Professional Practice in Health and Social Care

    and

    Enrolment on the City and Guilds Level 4 Preparing for Leadership and Management in Health and Social Care.

    Those enrolled on the City and Guilds Level 4 Preparing for Leadership and Management in Health and Social Care will need to complete this plus the Level 5 Leadership and Management of Health and Social Care: Practice qualification within their first three year period of registration.

  • Option 6

    • Degree in Social Work

    or

    • Degree in Social Work

    or

    Degree in Nursing 

    and

    • Postgraduate Certificate in Managing Practice Quality in Social Care (also known as Team Manager Development Programme (TMDP))

  • Option 7

    • Degree in Social Work

    or

    • Occupational Therapy Degree

    or

    Degree in Nursing 

    and 

    A generic management qualification on condition that:

    - it is set at a minimum of level 3

    - it has a minimum of 37 credits

    - it was assessed in the workplace for occupational competence and the registered person was in a relevant role in a health or social care setting when the qualification was undertaken.

    Managers who hold one of the listed degrees but not one of the listed management qualifications, can apply to register but will need to complete the relevant management qualification within their first 3 year period of registration.

Other accepted qualifications

  • Other qualifications that will be accepted for this job, if you don’t hold the current Welsh qualifications:

    • Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care Services (Children and Young People’s Management) Wales and Northern Ireland

    • NVQ 4 Leadership and Management for Care Services

    • NVQ 4 Management (Assessed in a Social Care Setting)

    • NVQ 4 Health and Social Care (Children and Young People)

    • NVQ 4 Care

    • Diploma in Domiciliary Care Management

    Any of the level 3 or above qualifications listed for domiciliary care workers (services for children and young people).

    or University of South Wales Certificate Step up to Management (Social Care Wales)

    and

    Enrolment on the City and Guilds Level 4 Preparing for Leadership and Management in Health and Social Care.

    Those enrolled on the City and Guilds Level 4 Preparing for Leadership and Management in Health and Social Care will need to complete this plus the Level 5 Leadership and Management of Health and Social Care: Practice qualification within their first three year period of registration.

    Or for those who registered before 2013: 

    Social Work qualification approved by Social Care Wales

Other requirements

If domiciliary care managers are working with both adults and children, it is the employers’ responsibility to make sure the manager has undertaken the appropriate qualification units for adults and children, and that they have the knowledge, understanding and skills needed for their role.

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 manager 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 manager 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 social care managers that are relevant to your role and the service setting.


QEA Process from January 2027

If you are a manager 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 manager 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.


European Economic Area (EEA) - European Free Trade Association (EFTA) - Free Trade Association (FTA) Arrangements (Regulated workforce only)

The EEA-EFTA-FTA is a comprehensive free trade agreement between the UK and Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland (Party States) and one of the areas it covers is the recognition of professional qualifications.

Under the agreement, we are required to recognise the professional qualifications of applicants from ‘Party States’ where they are comparable to those required for the relevant social care profession in Wales. We are required to offer adaptation periods where necessary and there are further requirements around how we process applications.

The Recognition of Professional Qualifications and Implementation of International Recognition Agreements (Wales) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2023 implement the EEA-EFTA-FTA agreement in Wales and require Welsh regulators to comply with the provisions for the recognition of professional qualifications.

If you have completed your professional qualification in one of the specified states above, contact us for further information: QualificationEquivalency@socialcare.wales

Induction requirements

The All Wales induction framework for social care managers covers the breadth of responsibilities for the leadership and management of social care services and provides a structure for a common induction across Wales.

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

It is also expected that all new managers will receive The Social Care Manager – practice guidance for social care managers registered with Social Care Wales as part of their induction, along with the Code of Practice for Social Care Employers.

Continuing professional development CPD (previously known as PRTL)

All registered persons are required to complete a total of 90 hours’ or 15 days’ CPD for each three-year period of registration.

More information on CPD.