Children, Young People and Families Manager - Level 5 Higher Apprenticeship
Apprenticeship Summary
This standard has been designed to meet the needs of a Children, Young People and Families Manager who works within a residential care setting. All apprentices select the option Manager in Children’s Residential Care. The main focus of this apprenticeship standard is to manage teams and advise families that need support. Managers will ensure direction, alignment and commitment within their practice, their teams, their organisation and across partnerships to help children, young people and families aspire to do their best and achieve as sustainable change. The role will involve building 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.
Apprenticeship standard dates
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Next steps
As an Employer
If you would like to offer this as an apprenticeship vacancy within your organisation, enrol one of your existing employees on this apprenticeship or simply find out more about supporting an apprenticeship within your organisation, please complete the Enquire Now form above and a member of our Business Development Team will be in touch within 2 working days to advise you on next steps.
As an Apprentice
To embark on this apprenticeship you need to be employed as an assistant/deputy or manager within residential childcare or find an employer who is willing to hire or promote you to this role.
Key information
Entry Requirements
Applicants must be employed as a manager or deputy manager who supports children, young people or families within a residential children’s home setting.
There would be an expectation that the applicant would have a level 3 qualification in health and social care, or a closely related subject linked to the care sector.
Undertake the Disclosure and Barring Service process and provide the result.
Applicants without the L2 in English and maths will need to achieve this prior to entering gateway to take their end point assessment.
How will the Apprenticeship be funded?
As the employer
How your apprenticeship is funded will depend on whether or not you pay the Apprenticeship Levy. If you do pay the Levy, your apprenticeship will be funded out of this, provided you have sufficient monies available. If you do not pay the Apprenticeship Levy, 95% of the apprenticeship will be funded by the Government, with the remaining 5% being funded by you. There may also be some further incentives offered by the Government which we will be able to advise you of when setting up your apprenticeship. Either way, B&FC's Business Development Team will be on hand to help you navigate the funding arrangements and support you through this process.
As the apprentice
One of the benefits of an apprenticeship is that, as the apprentice, you are not required to fund your training. You will also receive a wage for the work that you do with minimum hourly rates set by the Government. Your employer can choose to pay you more than the minimum wage, but they cannot pay you less. For details of current minimum wage rates for apprentices, please visit the Government
What will my Apprentice learn?
Below is an example of some of the knowledge and skills you will develop. Further guidance will be provided during sign up.
Knowledge and understanding of:
- Current research and development in the health and social care sector
- Theories underpinning the learning, development and motivation of individuals and teams
- The role of the team and the internal and external environment in which it operates
- The theories and up-to-date research and best practice that underpin practice decision making
- The working practices surrounding legislation, national and local solutions for safeguarding and risk management of children, young people and families
- A healthy, safe and stimulating environment that fulfils health & safety legislation and requirements
- The safeguarding requirements contained within mandatory local safeguarding training or nationally accredited equivalent
- The principles and practice of statutory frameworks, standards, guidance and Codes of Practice
- The quality assurance of health and social care in line with OFSTED, CQC and other regulatory bodies
- Approaches to developing and implementing improvement, including use of data
Skills:
- Maintains and develops a leadership style that sets the ethos, aims and approach to the work
- Manages the application of professional judgement, standards and codes of practice
- Creates a strong sense of team purpose
- Values and ethics and the principles and practices of diversity, equality, rights and inclusion
- Approaches to dignity and respect
- Uses data to evaluate the effectiveness of outcomes
- Develops, facilitates and leads changes in working practices that deliver improved outcomes
- Actively encourages the participation of children, young people and families in service improvement
- Manages the quality assurance of the service provided and proposes improvements
- Manages and deploys total resource (e.g. people, finance, IT property) to maximise outcomes
Mobilises collective action across service boundaries and within the community to manage resources
Expert Tutors
All tutors involved in the delivery of courses and apprenticeships within the College are approved to teach the subjects and modules they deliver.
Our recruitment process ensures that tutors delivering a given programme are suitably qualified and, where appropriate, possess relevant technical and industrial experience and a familiarity with professional practice. This is especially important for apprenticeships where off-the-job training needs to align with apprentices' on-the-job experience.
How will the Apprenticeship be delivered?
The apprenticeship will typically be delivered over a 24-month period with additional time required to prepare for the End Point Assessment. Apprentices will attend one day a week face to face at Blackpool and The Fylde College with an expectation of 6 hours a week off the job learning between these sessions.,
Full guidance will be given at signup to ensure that apprentices can meet the requirements of the apprenticeship.
What support will I get from B&FC?
As the employer
Each employer is supported by an experienced member of our Business Development Team to set up their apprenticeship. For those employers who are completely new to the apprenticeship process, the Team will support them with all the necessary paperwork and administration to get their apprenticeship programme up and running as quickly and efficiently as possible. For existing employers, their dedicated Client Services Manager will be an ongoing point of contact for all their apprenticeship queries, however big or small.
We can also help employers who are looking to recruit new apprentices by advertising their vacancy, finding suitable applicants and supporting them with the interview and selection process. Once an apprentice is onboard, our Curriculum Tutors and Apprenticeship Trainers and Skills Coaches also step in to support the employer-apprentice relationship and ensure the apprentice is on track to succeed.
As the apprentice
In the first instance, we aim to give potential apprentices all the support they need to find a suitable apprenticeship. That can mean working with them prior to an application to improve their CV, hone their interview skills and advise them of any additional training that may help them secure an apprenticeship vacancy.
Once they start their apprenticeship, we continue to support them with their off-site training and with regular meetings with our Apprenticeship Trainers and Skills Coaches to ensure they are progressing and acquiring all the knowledge, skills and behaviours that will ensure they complete their apprenticeship successfully.