Syllabus
Unit 1: Schools as organisations
The learning outcomes for this unit are:
- Know the structure of education from early years to post-compulsory education
- Understand how schools are organised in terms of roles and responsibilities
- Understand school ethos, mission, aims and values
- Know about the legislation affecting schools
- Understand the purpose of school policies and procedures
- Understand the wider context in which schools operate
Unit 2: Understand Child and Young Person Development
The learning outcomes for this unit are:
- Understand the expected pattern of development for children and young people from birth - 19 years
- Understand the factors that influence children and young people’s development and how these affect practice
- Understand how to monitor children and young people’s development and interventions that should take place if this is not following the expected pattern
- Understand the importance of early intervention to support the speech, language and communication needs of children and young people
- Understand the potential effects of transitions on children and young people’s development
Unit 3: Communication and professional relationships with children, young people and adults
The learning outcomes for this unit are:
- Understand the principles of developing positive relationships with children, young people and adults
- Understand how to communicate with children, young people and adults
- Understand legislation, policies and procedures for confidentiality and sharing information, including data protection
Unit 4: Understand How to Safeguard the Wellbeing of Children and Young People
The learning outcomes for this unit are:
- Understand the main legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures for safeguarding children and young people
- Understand the importance of working in partnership with other organisations to safeguard children and young people
- Understand the importance of ensuring children and young people’s safety and protection in the work setting
- Understand how to respond to evidence or concerns that a child or young person has been abused or harmed
- Understand how to respond to evidence or concerns that a child or young person has been bullied
- Understand how to work with children and young people to support their safety and wellbeing
- Understand the importance of e-safety for children and young people
Unit 5: Engage in personal development in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings
The learning outcomes for this unit are:
- Understand what is required for competence in own work role
- Be able to reflect on practice
- Be able to evaluate own performance
- Be able to agree a personal development plan
- Be able to use learning opportunities and reflective practice to contribute to personal development
Unit 6: Support Children and Young People's Health and Safety
The learning outcomes for this unit are:
- Understand how to plan and provide environments and services that support children and young people’s health and safety
- Be able to recognise and manage risks to health, safety and security in a work setting or off site visits
- Understand how to support children and young people to assess and manage risk for themselves
- Understand appropriate responses to accidents, incidents emergencies and illness in work settings and off site visits
Unit 7: Promote equality, diversity and inclusion in work with children and young people
The learning outcomes for this unit are:
- Be able to promote equality and diversity in work with children and young people
- Understand the impact of prejudice and discrimination on children and young people
- Be able to support inclusion and inclusive practices in work with children and young people
Unit 8: Support learning activities
The learning outcomes for this unit are:
- Be able to contribute to planning learning activities
- Be able to prepare for learning activities
- Be able to support learning activities
- Be able to observe and report on learner participation and progress
- Be able to contribute to the evaluation of learning activities
- Be able to evaluate own practice in relation to supporting literacy, numeracy and ICT
Unit 9: Promote children and young people’s positive behaviour
The learning outcomes for this unit are:
- Understand policies and procedures for promoting children and young people’s positive behaviour
- Be able to promote positive behaviour
- Be able to manage inappropriate behaviour
- Be able to respond to challenging behaviour
- Be able to contribute to reviews of behaviour and behaviour policies
Unit 10: Support assessment for learning
The learning outcomes for this unit are:
- Understand the purpose and characteristics of assessment for learning
- Be able to use assessment strategies to promote learning
- Be able to support learners in reviewing their learning strategies and achievements
- Be able to contribute to reviewing assessment for learning
Unit 11: Develop professional relationships with children, young people and adults
The learning outcomes for this unit are:
- Be able to develop professional relationships with children and young people
- Be able to communicate with children and young people
- Be able to develop professional relationships with adults
- Be able to support children and young people in developing relationships
- Be able to comply with policies and procedures for confidentiality, sharing information and data protection