Level 3 Diploma for the Children & Young People's Workforce
This is the second of three levels of vocational qualification specifically available for people working in children and young people's services. This award is suitable for anyone who is supporting children and young people in a wide range of settings e.g. residential children's home or school, in your own home if you are a foster carer, a family centre, respite care / outreach service or leaving care facility. Your job role is likely to be one where you are undertaking both routine and non-routine tasks, both under the guidance and supervision of another senior member of the team and on your own initiative. This may be in a supervisory role or working in the community with minimal direct supervision e.g. a senior support worker, team / shift leader community support worker, domiciliary care worker or a foster carer.
As well as the 'mandatory' tasks you may be undertaking a range of specific tasks that either relate to your job role specifically or to the needs and circumstances of the children and young people you support. As well as a range of more general task areas such as assessing and reviewing needs and developing support plans there are a number of specific children and young people focused areas. These include supporting young people to manage their own lives, achieve their educational potential, form supportive relationships, develop their identity, promote their physical and mental wellbeing or prepare for adulthood.
If this sounds like the type of task you carry out every day you are at work then a Level 3 Diploma for the Children and Young People's Workforce is the right qualification for you.
To achieve a Level 3 Diploma for the Children and Young People's Workforce you will need a total of 65 Credits gained by demonstrating your skills, knowledge, understanding, care values and attitudes across mandatory and optional units.
27 Credits will be gained by completing the following 14 Mandatory Units:
- Promote communication in health, social care or children's and young people's settings
- Engage in personal development in health, social care or children's and young people's settings
- Promote equality and inclusion in health, social care or children's and young people's settings
- Principles for implementing duty of care in health, social care or children's and young people's settings
- Understand child and young person development
- Promote child and young person development
- Understand how to safeguard the well being of children and young people
- Support children and young people's health and safety
- Develop positive relationships with children, young people and others involved in their care
- Working together for the benefit of children and young people
- Understand how to support positive outcomes for children and young people
- Assessment and planning with children and young people
- Promote the well being and resilience of children and young people
- Professional practice in children and young people's social care.
The remaining 38 Credits will be gained by completing a number of Optional Units. You will need to choose Optional Units that suit your career plans.
Revolutions Training offers two specific pathways. These are the Social Care Pathway for people working within health and social care settings or the Learning, Development and Support Services Pathway for people working within a residential school setting. For each pathway there are specific units you can choose to reflect your specialist knowledge and skills within these different work settings.
Optional Units you might choose include:
- Support disabled children and young people and those with specific requirements (additional needs)
- Support children and young people to achieve their learning potential
- Positive practice with children and young people with speech, language and communication needs
- Work with children and young people in a residential care setting
- Support young people who are Looked After or are Leaving Care
- Support young people with a disability to make the transition into adulthood
- Support individuals to access education, training or employment.
There are also a number of specific optional units available for individuals working as foster carers. These include:
- Understand the context of supporting children and young people through foster care
- Support positive attachments for children and young people
- Practice as a Foster Carer
- Working within a social pedagogic framework with children and young people
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