NCFE
Level 5
QN: 601/5370/2
Curriculum Active
NCFE CACHE Level 5 Diploma in Advanced Playwork
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by NCFE. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 1085 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 5
Awarding Body
NCFE
Syllabus Units
23 Units
Guided Hours
1085 hrs
Instant access to interactive lessons, quizzes, and spaced revision.
Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Allocate and monitor the progress and quality of work in own area of responsibility
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to plan work for colleagues
- Be able to brief colleagues on planned work
- Be able to monitor colleagues’ work
- Be able to support colleagues in their work
- Understand own sector context for allocating and monitoring work in own area of responsibility
- Understand own organisational context for allocating and monitoring work in own area of responsibility
- Understand how to plan work for colleagues
- Understand how to brief colleagues on planned work
- Understand how to monitor work carried out by colleagues
- Understand how to support colleagues in their work
2
Applying a reflective approach to improve professional development
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand a range of reflective learning theories and techniques
- Be able to reflect on own learning to inform professional development
3
Appraise staff performance
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand policies, theories and models which underpin appraisal of performance.
- Be able to support others to understand the purpose of appraisal.
- Be able to facilitate preparation for appraisals.
- Be able to support appraise to participate in appraisal meetings.
- Be able to evaluate own practice during the appraisal process.
4
Champion equality, diversity and inclusion
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand diversity, equality and inclusion in own area of responsibility
- Be able to champion diversity, equality and inclusion
- Understand how to develop systems and processes that promote diversity, equality and inclusion
- Be able to manage the risks presented when balancing individual rights and professional duty of care
5
Develop and implement procedures to safeguard children and young people
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to maintain procedures to safeguard children and young people
- Be able to maintain procedures to safeguard children and young people
- Understand how to implement procedures to safeguard children and young people
- Be able to implement procedures to safeguard children and young people
6
Develop, manage and review operational plans for play provision
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to develop operational plans for play provision
- Be able to manage change in play provision
- Be able to implement organisational values, policies and procedures
- Be able to review operational plans for play provision
7
Engage in personal development in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand what is required for competence in own work role
- Be able to reflect on practice
- Be able to evaluate own performance
- Be able to agree a personal development plan
- Be able to use learning opportunities and reflective practice to contribute to personal development
8
Engage with parents, carers and families in a play environment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to develop relationships with parents, carers and families
- Be able to communicate with parents, carers and families
- Be able to support effective parenting as a playworker
- Understand how to develop relationships with parents, carers and families
- Understand how to communicate with parents, carers and families
- Understand how to support effective parenting as a playworker
9
Establish and develop working relationships to support children and young people’s play
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to build working relationships with colleagues
- Be able to build working relationships with other professionals
- Be able to enable colleagues to reflect on play
- work practice
- Be able to share knowledge with colleagues on play
10
Manage finance in own area of responsibility
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the sector context for managing finance
- Understand the organisational context for managing finance
- Be able to establish financial responsibilities
- Understand how to establish budgetary systems
- Be able to establish a master budget for own area
- Understand how to control budgets
- Be able to control finance in own area
- Understand how to improve financial performance in own area
- Be able to improve financial performance in own area
11
Obtain additional finance for the organisation
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the sectoral context for raising additional finance
- Understand the organisational context for raising additional finance
- Be able to evaluate alternative sources of finance
- Understand the need for additional finance
- Understand how to apply for additional finance
- Be able to apply for additional finance
- Understand how to reach agreements on additional finance
- Be able to reach agreements on additional finance
12
Provide information to support decision making
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to obtain information for decision making
- Be able to obtain information for decision making
- Understand how to record and store information
- Be able to record and store information
- Understand the analytical skills involved in managing information
- Understand how to use information to make decisions
- Be able to analyse information to support decision making
- Understand the communications skills required when managing information
- Understand how to advise and inform others
- Be able to advise and inform others
13
Provide leadership in own area of responsibility
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the sector context for leadership
- Understand own personal context for leadership
- Be able to establish the conditions for effective leadership in own area of responsibility
- Understand how to lead other people
- Be able to lead people in own area of responsibility
- Understand how to empower other people through leadership
- Be able to empower other people through effective leadership
14
Provide learning opportunities for colleagues
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to encourage learning and development
- Be able to help colleagues identify their learning needs and styles
- Be able to help colleagues to plan and implement learning and development
- Be able to help colleagues to implement learning opportunities
- Be able to help colleagues to review and update learning and development plans
- Understand how to encourage learning and development
- Understand how to help colleagues identify their learning needs and styles
- Understand how to help colleagues to plan learning and development
- Understand how to help colleagues to implement learning and development
- Understand how to help colleagues review and update learning and development plans
- Understand the sector in which they provide learning opportunities to colleagues
- Understand the context in which they provide learning opportunities to colleagues
15
Recruit, select and keep colleagues
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to identify recruitment and selection needs
- Be able to plan a recruitment and selection process
- Be able to contribute to a recruitment and selection of people for identified vacancies
- Be able to contribute to the retention of colleagues
- Understand own sector context for recruitment, selection and retention
- Understand own organisational context for recruitment, selection and retention
- Understand how to identify recruitment and selection needs
- Understand how to plan recruitment and selection processes
- Understand how to contribute to the recruitment and selection of people for identified vacancies
- Understand how to contribute to the retention of colleagues
16
Research, design and facilitate possibilities for children and young people’s self-directed play
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to evaluate play behaviour and play theories
- Be able to design spaces and possibilities for self-directed play
- Be able to interact with children and young people during self-directed play
- Be able to help children and young people to manage risk during play
17
Support others in accessing the resources they need to provide play environments
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to identify play
- work needs and resources
- Be able to identify the play
- work needs and resources of other organisations and individuals
- Understand how to help organisations and individuals to share information on needs and resources
- Be able to help organisations and individuals to share information on needs and resources
- Understand how to co-ordinate the provision of play
- work resources
- Be able to co-ordinate the provision of play
18
Understand how to develop, manage and review operational plans for play provision
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to develop operational plans for play provision
- Understand how to manage operational change in play
- work provision
- Understand how to implement organisational values, policies and procedures within the operational plan
- Understand how to review operational plans for play provision
19
Understand how to establish and develop working relationships to support children and young people’s play
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to establish and develop working relationships with colleagues in a play
- work context
- Understand how to establish and develop working relationships with other professionals in a play
- Understand how to facilitate reflective practice and the sharing of knowledge in a play
- Understand legal and good practice requirements in relation to the sharing of information
20
Understand how to research, design and facilitate possibilities for children and young people’s self-directed play
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to evaluate play behaviour and play theories
- Understand how to design spaces and possibilities for self-directed play
- Understand how to interact with children and young people during self-directed play
- Understand how to help children and young people to manage risk during play
21
Understand how to work with colleagues and other key partners to develop an organisational framework for children and young people’s play
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of an organisational frame
- work for children and young people’s play provision
- Understand how to research the social, economic, political, legal and ethical context in which a play
- work organisation operates
- Understand how to research aspects of play
- work practice relevant to an organisation’s provision
- Understand how to work with colleagues, children, young people and other key partners to develop play
- work policy and practice
22
Understand the principles and theories underpinning playwork provision
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the role and value of play to children and young people
- Understand the theories that underpin effective play
- work provision
- Understand the role of the play
- work organisation in supporting children and young people’s play
23
Work with colleagues and other partners to develop an organisational framework for play
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to research the social, economic, political and ethical context for play provision
- Be able to analyse the value and importance of play provision for children and young people to inform the development of an organisational frame
- work for play
- Be able to consult on research findings with colleagues and key partners
- Be able to develop play
- work policy and practice
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 601/5370/2
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- NCFE
- Qualification Type
- Occupational Qualification
- Operational Start
- Aug 2026