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LEADING THE WAY: DEVELOPING EXPERT PRACTITIONERS TO SUPPORT CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITY
Making it happen:
From left to right: Lisa Littlemore & Karen Jones, Trainer Assessors for Childcare; Susan Hilton, Delivery Leader for Childcare & Health & Social Care; Aaron Bradbury and Harprit Kaur (University College Birmingham); Jane Nickisson, Head of Higher Education Quality; Karen Kenny, Head of Apprenticeship Delivery; Allan Milne, Head of Apprenticeship & Business Development
Leading THE WAY
Developing expert practitioners to support children, young people and families in the community
Apprenticeships at Salford City College are leading the way with the launch of a new apprenticeship standard in the care services sector.
The level 4 higher apprenticeship programme, Children, Young People and Families Practitioner (Community Pathway) is brand new to the apprenticeship sector, designed and developed by a large range of different organisations across the UK, from local authorities, support agencies and hospital trusts.
Uniquely the apprenticeship standard includes a mandatory Certificate in Higher Education in Working with Children, Young People and families. Only a very select number of higher education institutions across the UK can award the certificate, and Apprenticeships at Salford City College are delighted to have been successfully validated by the University College Birmingham (UCB) to be able to deliver the certificate under their approval.
Aaron Bradbury, a senior member of the curriculum in the School of Education, Health and Community at University College Birmingham facilitated the development of the partnership.
Sue Hilton, Apprenticeship Delivery Leader for Health and Social Care & Child Care, is delighted with the emergence of the partnership and the support received. Sue explained: “Aaron and his colleagues from UCB have been brilliant so far in helping us prepare for the delivery of this fantastic new apprenticeship programme.”
“The statutory, moral and social pressures have never been greater on the childcare practitioner profession. The challenges the sector face daily in ensuring the best possible levels of welfare and care for children and young people are significant. This apprenticeship will go a long way in shaping and developing talent in the sector to ensure we provide the best levels of care and protection.”
Delivery of the apprenticeship programme commences in February 2020. A number of further cohorts are planned to start across the calendar year. Contact us for more information.
The development of this programme at level four affords real skills and knowledge development, with an emphasis on the current and future challenges within the sector. Content is varied and includes:
• Developing Academic Skills • Contemporary Social Issues within Family Systems • • Building Relationships for Child Centred Practice • • Developmental Needs of Children and Young People • Making Difficult Decisions • Mentoring in Practice • • Multi agency Working • Safeguarding Children and Young People • The Voice of the Child • • Working with Systems and Policies for Person Centred Practice • • Professional judgements when working with Children, Young People and Families •
