Gateway Qualifications
    Entry Level
    QN: 603/4375/8
    Curriculum Active

    Gateway Qualifications Entry Level Extended Certificate In Personal and Social Skills (Entry 1)

    Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by Gateway Qualifications. Classified as a Other Life Skills Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 1830 hours.

    Qualification Level
    Entry Level
    Awarding Body
    Gateway Qualifications
    Syllabus Units
    64 Units
    Guided Hours
    1830 hrs
    Instant access to interactive lessons, quizzes, and spaced revision.

    Course Syllabus & Study Modules

    Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.

    1

    Being a householder

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to identify household tasks.2.
    • Be able to differentiate between household tasks they can do for themselves and where they need support.3.
    • Be able to carry out household tasks.
    2

    Being part of a group

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to work as part of a group.2.
    • Be able to show respect for others in a group.
    3

    Completing a task

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to confirm requirements of a task.2.
    • Be able to complete a task.3.
    • Be able to review a task.
    4

    Contributing to tasks

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to help complete tasks.
    5

    Contributing to the community

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to contribute to the community.2.
    • Be able to assess own contribution to the community.
    6

    Dealing with problems

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to arrive at a solution to a problem or issue.2.
    • Be able to apply a strategy to address a problem or issue.
    7

    Digital Skills for Everyday Life

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to use digital skills to handle information outside of the work environment.2.
    • Be able to create and edit digital content outside of the work environment.3.
    • Be able to use digital skills to communicate outside of the work environment.4.
    • Be able to go online and use digital devices safely and responsibly outside of the work environment.5.
    • Be able to respond to technical problems outside of the work environment.
    8

    Direct Own Support

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know when they are likely to need support.
    • Be able to request support from appropriate sources.
    • Be able to make informed choices about their own support.
    • Be able to give instructions to people providing support.
    • Be able to ask for support to be adjusted.
    • Know how support can benefit them.
    9

    Handling money

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to carry out transactions.2.
    • Know how to keep money safe.3.
    • Be able to access own money.
    10

    Healthy eating

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know about healthy eating.2.
    • Be able to assess own eating habits.3.
    • Be able to make healthy choices in relation to diet.
    11

    Independent travel

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to plan journeys.2.
    • Be able to travel safely.3.
    • Know what to do when a journey does not go according to plan.
    12

    Keeping safe online

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to keep safe online.2.
    • Be able to inform others when they feel unsafe or upset online.3.
    • Be able to demonstrate positive online behaviour.
    13

    Looking after own mental wellbeing

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to support own mental wellbeing.2.
    • Be able to cope in different situations.3.
    • Be able to access support for mental wellbeing.
    14

    Looking after your own home

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to carry out key household tasks.2.
    • Know about the support available for helping people to live as independently as possible.
    15

    Making choices

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to recognise the options from which they can choose.2.
    • Be able to seek support and/or information to help them make a choice.3.
    • Be able to select the most appropriate option.4.
    • Be able to recognise the consequences of their choices.
    16

    Making Support Work for You

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to indicate their need for support.
    • Know where they can get support.
    • Be able to work with providers of support.
    • Be able to indicate satisfaction or dissatisfaction with support being provided.
    17

    Managing money

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to identify income and expenditure.2.
    • Be able to recognise potential threats to own money management.3.
    • Be able to identify sources of help in managing money.
    18

    Negotiation skills

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to communicate own wants, needs and views to others.2.
    • Be able to listen to the wants, needs or views of others.3.
    • Be able to agree ways forward at the end of a negotiation process.
    19

    Personal safety

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to keep safe in own home.2.
    • Be able to keep safe when in the community.3.
    • Be able to identify people who can help if they feel unsafe.
    20

    Rights and responsibilities

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know about their rights.2.
    • Know about their responsibilities.
    21

    Self-advocacy

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to say what they think and feel.2.
    • Be able to state choices and express preferences.3.
    • Be able to make requests and suggestions.4.
    • Be able to challenge others.
    22

    Self-awareness

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to identify what makes them individual.2.
    • Be able to express themselves as an individual.
    23

    Speaking up for yourself

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to express thoughts and feelings.2.
    • Be able to make choices and express preferences.3.
    • Be able to make requests.4.
    • Be able to ask questions.
    24

    Taking exercise

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to select form of exercise.2.
    • Be able to prepare self for exercise.3.
    • Be able to engage in exercise.
    25

    Understanding relationships

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know about types of relationship.2.
    • Be able to communicate in relationships.3.
    • Be able to respond to others in relationships.
    26

    Using money

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to pay for items.2.
    • Be able to keep means of payment safe.3.
    • Be able to access own money.
    27

    Using social and leisure facilities

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to access social and leisure facilities within the community.2.
    • Be able to use social and leisure facilities.3.
    • Be able to express a view about social and leisure facilities in the community.

    Regulatory & Verification Details

    Qualification Number (QN)
    603/4375/8
    Regulated Status
    Available to learners
    Awarding Body
    Gateway Qualifications
    Qualification Type
    Other Life Skills Qualification
    Operational Start
    May 2019

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