Children, Young People and Families Manager – Level 5

Study Area: Apprenticeships
Duration: 2 Years to 2.5 Years
Attendance: Part Time

Course Overview

As a Children, Young People and Family Manager you will ensure direction, alignment and commitment within your own practice, your team(s), your organisation and across partnerships to help children, young people and families aspire to do their best and achieve sustainable change.

As a Children, Young People and Family Manager you will ensure direction, alignment and commitment within your own practice, your team(s), your organisation and across partnerships to help children, young people and families aspire to do their best and achieve sustainable change. You will build teams, manage resources and lead new approaches to working practices that deliver improved outcomes and put the child, young person or family at the centre of practice.

You will learn:

  • How to maintain and develop a leadership style that sets the ethos, aims and approach to the work
  • Manages the application of professional judgement, standards and codes of practice
  • Create a strong sense of team purpose
  • Models an ethos that actively promotes equality, resilience, dignity and respects diversity and inclusion
  • Develops and delivers good quality supervision practice and decision making
  • Demonstrates evidence based practice and models the effective use of up to date research and theories
  • Identifies and manages risk
  • Monitors, evaluates and improves the working environment to ensure it is safe

Start Date

Various Start Dates

Entry Requirements & Interview Process

There are no entry requirements, however you will undertake an Initial Assessment to ascertain your suitability for the apprenticeship. If you do not already have GCSE C or 3/4 grades in Maths and English you will be required to complete and achieve Functional Skills as part of the apprenticeship.

Progression

This qualification provides you with the core knowledge, skills and behaviours needed to work as a Manager in Children’s Residential Care or as a Children, Young People and Families Manager in the Community in a range of settings in local authorities, within health organisations, educational and early years settings or children’s centres, as well as a wide range of private voluntary and community organisations.

Assessment Methods

Assignments and written & practical exams.

Course Fees

This course is free for students age 16 – 18. For students 19+ please contact our Student Services Team on 01422 399367 for more information.

Children, Young People and Families Manager – Level 5

Study Area: Apprenticeships
Duration: 2 Years to 2.5 Years
Attendance: Part Time
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