This apprenticeship is made up of the Level 4 Children, Young People and Families Practitioner Apprenticeship Standard and the Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare.

The Level 4 Children. Young People and Families Practitioner Apprenticeship Standard is made of Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours. These are assessed at the end of the Apprenticeship in an End Point Assessment and cover mandatory topics such as:

• Respecting and valuing children and young people to keep them safe.
• Being affirming and working with children and young people to help them make a positive difference to their lives
• Communication that enables the voice of the child, young person or family to be heard
• Understanding the multiple factors that contribute to uncertainty in the lives of children, young people and families.
• Ensuring equality, rights, diversity and cultural differences are valued and supported.
• Understanding and acting on safeguarding risk factors in line with local and national requirements
• Promoting the development of skills for children, young people and families to successfully manage risk for themselves.
• Understanding child, adolescent and adult development, including the spectrum of needs and how they can be met.
• Identifying and managing evidence-based approaches and interventions
• Theories and guidelines underpinning your duties, responsibilities, boundaries and ethical nature of your job
• The role of professional judgement and analysis in complex situations
• Systems and policy frameworks such as education, health, care, employment, criminal justice, special educational needs and disabilities.

Within the Level 3 Diploma for Residential Childcare learners must achieve 53 credits from the mandatory units and a minimum of 8 credits from at least 3 optional units. Your assessor will support you with choosing your optional units. Some optional units are knowledge only and can be completed with a written assignment, others have some written elements as well as skills that must be observed by your assessor. If you choose an optional unit with skills as part of it, you must be able to demonstrate these when observed.

There is no college attendance for this apprenticeship.