KTQ
Level 2
QN: 603/6747/7
Curriculum Active
King's Trust Level 2 Certificate in Youth Work Practice
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by KTQ. Classified as a Vocationally-Related Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 259 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 2
Awarding Body
KTQ
Syllabus Units
16 Units
Guided Hours
259 hrs
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Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Anti-discriminatory Practice in Youth Work
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand anti-discriminatory practice in youth work.2.
- Understand prejudice and discrimination.3.
- Understand how anti-discriminatory practice impacts on youth work delivery.
2
Engaging and Communicating with Young People
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of building professional relationships with young people in youth work.2.
- Understand the different ways of engaging with young people.3.
- Understand the importance of good communication skills for youth work activities.
- Be able to communicate with young people to develop a professional relationship.5.
- Be able to support young people in engaging with the local community.
- Understand how to support young people’s information needs.
3
Exploring Values, Beliefs and Spiritual Development within a Youth Work Setting
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand values, beliefs and spiritual development in a youth work setting.2.
- Be able to facilitate the exploration of values, beliefs and spiritual development in a youth work setting
- Understand the role of faith communities in the exploration of values, beliefs and spiritual development in a youth work setting
- Be able to undertake and evaluate youth work within a faith based context
4
Group Work within a Youth Work Setting
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of group membership.2.
- Understand the structure of a group.3.
- Understand the stages of a group.4.
- Be able to work effectively within a group activity.5.
- Understand how to overcome conflict in group work setting.6.
- Be able to use group work theory with a group of young people.
5
Key Principles and Values for Working with Young People who Misuse Substances
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand substance mis
- Understand the impact of substance mis
- use on young people.3.
- Understand how youth work supports young people who mis
- use substances.4.
- Understand the boundaries of confidentiality when working with young people who have mis
- use substances.5.
- Understand the importance of boundaries when working with people who mis
- use substances.
6
Reflective Practice in a Youth Work Setting
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the principles of reflective practice in youth work.2.
- Be able to use reflective practice in youth work.
7
Safeguarding in a Youth Work setting
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know about the importance of safeguarding policies and procedures, in providing a safe environment for young people.2.
- Know about roles and responsibilities in relation to keeping young people, vulnerable adults, self and colleagues safe in youth work settings.3.
- Be able to assess risk in a youth work setting.4.
- Understand how to safeguard young people when using contemporary technologies.
- Understand how youth work can help protect young people.
8
Social Action
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand Social Action and how this responds to social problems
- Understand the values, principles and purpose of Social Action.
- Be able to gather and analyse information.4.
- Know how to build a diverse and inclusive net
- work of young people through Social Action projects.
- Be able to facilitate young people to explore actions that they can take to effect social change.
9
Supporting Young People with Disabilities and/or Diverse Learning Needs within a Youth Work Setting
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the needs of young people with disabilities and/or diverse learning needs.
- Know the rights of young people with disabilities and those with diverse learning needs.3.
- Be able to contribute to the inclusion of young people with disabilities and diverse learning needs in own youth work setting.4.
- Understand how to support young people with disabilities and those with diverse learning needs to participate in a full range of activities and experiences.
10
Supporting Young People’s Recreation and Leisure Within a Youth Work Setting
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of recreation and leisure.2.
- Be able to support young people’s recreation and leisure.3.
- Be able to support young people in balancing risk and challenge.4.
- Be able to reflect on and improve own practice in supporting young people’s recreation and leisure activities.
11
Theory Of Youth Work
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the key purpose and role of youth work.2.
- Understand key principles of youth work.3.
- Understand the role of youth work in the young person’s local community.4.
- Understand different models of youth work delivery.5.
- Understand the skills, knowledge, qualities, and values required to practice as a youth support worker.6.
- Understand own skills, knowledge, qualities, and values required to practice youth support work.
12
Trauma informed Approaches to Youth Work
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the effects of trauma.1.
- Understand the principle concepts of trauma informed practice.2.
- Understand the term ‘adverse childhood experiences’.3.
- Understand how to create open dialogue and engage sensitively with a young person, according to their needs.4.
- Understand how to unitise trauma informed approaches to encourage development of resilience and self- esteem.
13
Work-Based Practice in Youth Work
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to apply the principles and practice of participation and empowerment to plan a youth work programme
- Be able to deliver a youth work programme, based on participation processes undertaken with young people
- Be able to evaluate practice following the delivery of youth work programmes
- Be able to reflect on own practice following the delivery of youth work programmes
14
Working with Behaviour that Challenges in a Youth Work Setting
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand what is meant by conflict and behaviour that challenges.2.
- Understand how to de-escalate conflict and behaviour that challenges in youth work settings.3.
- Understand the role of feedback in relation to changed behaviour in a youth work setting.4.
- Understand when support is required in managing conflict and behaviour that challenges.5.
- Be able to develop youth practice in relation to conflict and behaviour that challenges.
15
Young People's Development
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how young people develop during adolescence.2.
- Understand how knowledge of adolescence impacts on youth work.3.
- Know where young people can get support during adolescence.
16
Youth Work in Digital Spaces and Places
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand Digital Communities.2.
- Understand how digitalisation and digital transformation impacts young people, the youth work sector and youth work practice.
- Understand key principles in relation to working with young people in digital spaces and places.
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 603/6747/7
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- KTQ
- Qualification Type
- Vocationally-Related Qualification
- Operational Start
- Nov 2020