Lead With Confidence. Manage With Excellence.

Great care doesn’t just happen — it’s led. Behind every well-run hospital ward, care home, or homecare service is a manager who understands both people and process. The OTHM Level 5 Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care Management is where that leadership is built, delivered in Abu Dhabi by Duke Training Centre, for professionals ready to move from doing the job to leading it.

Equivalent to the second year of a UK Bachelor’s degree, this is a serious, degree-level qualification for serious career ambitions.

Why This Qualification?

The care sector doesn’t just need more people — it needs more leaders. People who can manage quality, safeguard vulnerable service users, lead teams, and make sound decisions under pressure. This diploma builds exactly that capability, and signals it clearly to every employer who sees it on your CV.

• Degree-Level, Globally Recognised — Ofqual-regulated and equivalent to Year 2 of a UK Bachelor’s degree, a credential that carries genuine authority.
• A Clear Path Forward — direct progression into OTHM Level 6 and final-year UK university top-up degrees in health and social care.
• Leadership You Can Apply Immediately — sharpens your skills in safeguarding, quality assurance, resource management, and strategic leadership, grounded in real care-setting case studies.
• Built for Working Professionals — complete your diploma in 8–12 months with our fast-track pathway, compared to the 12–18 months typical elsewhere, through flexible, blended study designed around your working life.
• Guided by People Who’ve Been There — one-to-one mentoring and exam guidance from trainers who understand both the sector and the qualification, not a generic online module library.

Who Is This For?

• Supervisors and senior carers ready to step into formal management.
• Team leaders in hospitals, clinics, care homes, or homecare services.
• OTHM Level 4 graduates continuing their progression.
• Nurses and allied health professionals moving into leadership roles.

To join, you’ll typically need an OTHM Level 4 qualification (or equivalent), a relevant Level 3 qualification plus care-sector experience, or, if you’re a mature learner (21+), significant supervisory or management experience in a care setting.

Why Now? Why the UAE?

The UAE’s private healthcare, homecare, and assisted-living sector is expanding rapidly, and every new facility, clinic, and care service needs managers who can meet high standards of governance and service quality. That demand isn’t slowing down; it’s accelerating.

By studying with Duke Training Centre in Abu Dhabi, you gain a UK-regulated, degree-level credential without the cost or disruption of studying abroad — one that’s directly relevant to the region’s growth, and that also supports the UAE’s drive to develop strong, nationally rooted care-management leadership.

Ready to Lead?

Enrol in the OTHM Level 5 Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care Management today.