Intermediate Apprenticeship in CACHE Certificate for the Children and Young People's Workforce Level 2

Amersham & Wycombe College – a leading provider of vocational courses and training in Buckinghamshire

Students of all ages and backgrounds study with us each year; whether you are a young person soon to leave school or an adult looking to retrain or enhance your job prospects by gaining new skills, then we have something for you.

Your Apprenticeship Qualification will enable you to progress to the following qualifications and you may be able to gain credit for the work you have already done.
• Advanced Apprenticeship
• NVQ Management Level 4
• Foundation Degree

Level 2 Certificate for the Children and Young People’s Workforce
You will complete units to equate to a total of 66 units of competence which will be assessed in the work place by your personal assessor.
• 13 mandatory units equals 31 credits
• optional units to a total of 35 credits

The programme covers all aspects of childcare for young children from birth up to the age of 19 years. The units are listed below:

Mandatory Units:
• Introduction to communication in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings (3 credits)
• Introduction to personal development in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings (3 credits)
• Introduction to equality and inclusion in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings (2 credits)
• Child and young person development (2 credits)
• Safeguarding the welfare of children and young people (3 credits)
• Maintain and support relationships with children and young people (3 credits)
• Support children and young people’s positive behaviour (2 credits)
• Contribute to the support of child and young person development (3 credits)
• Contribute to children and young people’s health and safety (3 credits)
• Contribute to the support of the positive environments for children and young people (3 credits)
• Understand partnership working in services for children and young people (2 credits)
• Paediatric emergency first aid (1 credit)
• Managing paediatric illness and injury (1 credit)

Employment Rights and Responsibilities
The ERR element of this framework will be met by completion of an externally assessed and verified qualification which covers all nine of the national outcomes/ standards required by SASE:
CACHE L2 Award in Employment Responsibilities and Rights in Health, Social Care or Children and Young People’s Settings

Functional Skills
If you do not have the relevant grades in Maths and English, you will complete a total of 2 key skills and you may be required to take an exam depending on your current qualifications in:
• English level 1
• Maths level 1
• ICT level 1

On completion of the elements above you will be accredited with an Apprenticeship Certificate.