Public Services The Diploma
Vocational qualification
In Stamford
Price on request
Description
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Type
Vocational qualification
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Location
Stamford
Facilities
Location
Start date
Stamford
(Lincolnshire)
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Lincolnshire, PE91XA
Start date
On request
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Course programme
Public Services The Diploma
Aim
The Diploma will bring learning to life through real experiences of the public services, including work experience and work-related learning, which will enable young people to learn how public services operate and to appreciate the values that sustain them. Learners will become aware of the importance of public services in developing, maintaining and protecting our society.
The breadth of the public services sector is immense and the Diploma in Public Services will give focus to provision and employment in areas like:
· The armed services
· Leisure and education
· Regeneration and development
· Law and order
· Emergency, health and social services
· Central and local government.
Public services provide a meeting point between the individual and the community. They embody the values of our society by striving to treat everyone with the respect due to them as a human being. The Diploma uses the public services as a vibrant and varied applied learning environment for young people and will develop an understanding of how public services contribute to the lives of individuals and communities by:
· Building up a comprehensive picture of how public services are designed, delivered and managed for the good of the wider community and how they contribute to business.
· Introducing young people to the range of services provided and the career opportunities within public services.
· Establishing the contribution of public services to individual, community, societal, political and economic objectives and well-being.
Content
At each level some of the topics you may cover are as follows:
Foundation level (5-6 D-G GCSEs)
· Finding out about public services
· Finding out about local communities
· Maintaining health and well-being in communities
· Protecting communities
· Developing skills to work in public services.
Higher Level (7 A*-C GCSEs)
· Exploring public services
· Paying for public services
· Government and legislation
· Communities and public services
· Promoting and influencing public services
· Public services that contribute to health and well-being
· Public services that protect society
· Working in public services.
Advanced Level (3.5 A levels)
· Making the best use of public money
· Leading effective public services
· Managing people in public services
· Managing public service projects
· Marketing public services
· Community engagement and partnership working
· Public health and well being
· Public service values
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· Political structures and the EU.
Public Services The Diploma
Price on request