Course Description
The Children, Young People & Families Practitioner Apprenticeship Standard is for anyone who is working with children, young people, and families including carers, residential children’s homes, or residential special schools to allow them to achieve a positive and sustainable change in their lives.
The typical duration of this apprenticeship would be around 24 months, depending on your existing knowledge, skills and behaviour.
You will cover the 6 C’s, Care, Compassion, Courage, Communication, Competence, and Commitment within this qualification.
Within this Apprenticeship Standard, you will need to achieve –
- BTEC Diploma for Residential Childcare Level 3
- Functional Skills in Maths and English at Level 2 (if you don’t already have Maths & English at Grade C or above).
- 20% Off the Job Training.
- A valid DBS.
- Portfolio of Evidence consisting of no more than 25 pieces of evidence.
- End Point Assessment – this consists of an Observation of practice, which normally is around 60 – 90 mins, there will be a 10-minute discussion to outline what will take place, followed by the observation, then a 15 – 20 min question and answer at the end. There is then a Competence Interview which will take 55 – 60 minutes, focusing on the work covered in your Portfolio of Evidence.
For more details and the full assessment plan visit – Children, young people and families practitioner / Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education
