Open Awards
Level 2
QN: 603/6033/1
Curriculum Active
Open Awards Level 2 Certificate in Youth Work Practice (England) (RQF)
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by Open Awards. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 279 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 2
Awarding Body
Open Awards
Syllabus Units
16 Units
Guided Hours
279 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
- Understand prejudice and discrimination
- Understand how anti-discriminatory practice impacts on youth work delivery
2
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
- 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
3
Group Work within a Youth Work setting
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of group membership
- Understand the structure of a group
- Understand the stages of a group
- Be able to work effectively within a group activity
- Understand how to overcome conflict in group work setting
- Be able to use group work theory with a group of young people
4
Key Principles and Values for Working with Young People who Misuse Substances
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand substance misuse2.
- Understand the impact of substance mis
- use on young people3.
- Understand how youth work supports young people who mis
- use substances
- Understand the boundaries of confidentiality when working with young people who have mis
- Understand the importance of boundaries when working with people who mis
5
Loneliness and Isolation for Young People – Basic Youth Work Approaches
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand what is meant by youth loneliness and isolation
- Understand how to address youth loneliness and isolation in youth work settings
- Be able to co-design and facilitate a youth work project focussing on loneliness and isolation
- Understand own practice and approaches to tackling youth loneliness and isolation
6
Reflective Practice in a Youth Work Setting
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the principles of reflective practice in youth work
- 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
- Know about roles and responsibilities in relation to keeping young people, vulnerable adults, self and colleagues safe in youth work settings
- Be able to assess risk in a youth work setting
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- Understand key principles of youth work
- Understand the role of youth work in the young person’s local community
- Understand different models of youth work delivery
- Understand the skills, knowledge, qualities and values required to practice as a youth support worker
- 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
- Understand the principle concepts of trauma informed practice
- Understand the term ‘adverse childhood experiences’4 Understand how to create open dialogue and engage sensitively with a young person, according to their needs
- 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 4 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
- Understand how to de-escalate conflict and behaviour that challenges in youth work settings
- Understand the role of feedback in relation to changed behaviour in a youth work setting
- Understand when support is required in managing conflict and behaviour that challenges
- 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
- Understand how knowledge of adolescence impacts on youth work
- Know where young people can get support during adolescence
16
Youth Work in Digital Spaces and Places
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand Digital Communities
- Understand how digitalisation and digital transformation impacts young people, the youth work sector and youth work practice
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 603/6033/1
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- Open Awards
- Qualification Type
- Occupational Qualification
- Operational Start
- Jul 2020