As part of the Programme, you will be required to develop Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours in the below areas within your organisation:

• Communication that enables the voice of the child, young person or family members to be heard
• Safeguarding requirements contained within mandatory local safeguarding training or nationally accredited equivalent
• Equality, rights, diversity and cultural differences, and the values of the organisation in which you are working
• The range of potential safeguarding risk factors (e.g. domestic violence, membership of gangs, missing children, online activity, radicalisation and Prevent agenda), the different forms of harm to children and vulnerable adults (e.g. neglect, child sexual exploitation, physical abuse, emotional abuse) and the local and national thresholds for safeguarding
• Working together with children, young people and families to keep them safe and manage risk and promoting the development of skills the family need to successfully manage risk themselves
• Working with and supporting other professionals to respond to safeguarding concerns
• Child, adolescent and adult development
• Models for monitoring changes in a child, young person or family member’s wellbeing
• Systems and policy frameworks for work with children, young people and families. e.g. education, health, care, employment, criminal justice, special educational needs and disabilities, first aid, safeguarding

The values and behaviours expected of a Children, Young People and Family Worker

• Care: Respecting and valuing individuals to keep them safe, being affirming and working with them to help them make a positive difference to their lives
• Compassion: Consideration and concern for children, young people and their families, combined with an understanding of the perspective of those you work with
• Courage: Honesty and a positive belief in helping children, young people and families. Being confident when faced with confrontation, holding a safe space to manage and contain really difficult behaviours and working with children, young people and families to challenge and enable them to fulfil their potential
• Communication: Your work is based on building effective relationships, being perceptive and empathic and building a good rapport
• Competence: The relationships you build to effect change for children, young people and families will be informed by social care ethics and values and will be developed through reflective practice.
• Commitment: Creating sustainable change in others by working alongside children, young people and families and being authentic, consistent, patient, persistent and resilient

You will also be required to complete a Level 3 Diploma for Residential Care embedded into the standard programme

The course delivery will typically be completed over a 15-month period, which will include fortnightly knowledge delivery through face-to-face sessions or remote

The learners will also be observed in the workplace on at least 2 occasions to identify the standards of competence are being met.

There will also be recorded professional discussions covering competence towards the standard.

The tutor will complete a progress review in the first 6 weeks and every 10-12 weeks thereafter, which will require the Employer’s presence. All work will be stored on an electronic portfolio ready to be submitted to the End Point Assessment Organisation.

At the end of the 15th month, the learner will have a final assessment with an End Point Assessment Organisation (EPAO). Revision and mock activities will be completed with the learner prior to the final assessment.

As part of the Apprenticeship Standard, you will be required to complete and End Point Assessment (EPA) at the end of your programme with an external Independent Assessor (EPAO).

Throughout the programme, your tutor will prepare you for the End Point Assessment and complete mock assessments prior to your final assessment.

The following elements will be completed during the End Point Assessment for the Children, Young People and Families Practitioner Standard:

• Observation of practice
• A competence interview informed by submission of a portfolio.

At the end of the final assessment, the below grades will be awarded by the EPAO:

• Fail
• Pass
• Distinction

As part of the Children, Young People and Families Practitioner Standard you will be achieving the following qualifications:

• Apprenticeship Standard Certificate for Children, Young peoples and Families Practitioner in Residential Care
• Level 3 Diploma for Residential Childcare
• Functional Skills Maths (Level 2)*
• Functional Skills English (Level 2)*

*Will be achieved if relevant qualification not already held prior to the Apprenticeship.

Typical applicants will display a good attitude, a positive approach to learning & development and a high level of ambition. Apprentices will need to sit an initial assessment in both English and Maths.

Where a learner does not hold an equivalent to or GSCE grade 4 (C) or above, you will need to sit Functional Skills Level 2 English and Maths prior to taking the End Point assessment.

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