CACHE Level 2 Certificate for the Children & Young People's Workforce (QCF)

Course Information

This qualification:

is for all those who wish to work in the Children and Young People’s workforce

covers a diverse range of job roles and occupational areas working in children’s workforce settings including early years

covers the age range from birth to 19 years

is made up of mandatory and optional units which are based on knowledge and skills

contains optional units from the L3 Diploma for learners who wish to undertake more challenging study

Learners will need to be working, volunteering or on practical placement as they need to show competence in both knowledge and skills.

Structure

To achieve the qualification learners need to achieve a minimum of 35 credits. All learners need to complete the 13 mandatory units with a total value of 31 credits. They then need to achieve a minimum of 4 credits from the bank of optional units. This qualification also contains some common L3 and L4 units with the Level 3 Diploma for the Children and Young People's Workforce. This enables credits and learning to be transferred from this qualification to the Diploma providing a direct progression route.

The Course Content

This course will require you to show your practice, knowledge and understanding of developing and promoting relationships with children and adults, communicating with children and adults, establishing and maintaining a healthy, safe and secure environment for children and developing your own practice. There will be other requirements relating to your chosen option units. Learning and assessment will generally take place in the workplace but where additional underpinning knowledge is required, attendance at some “one to one” or classroom seminars may be required - for example; First Aid and Food Safety. Unit certification can be claimed for all achieved units.

Assessment

All units are internally assessed. Assessment enables the learner's workplace practice to provide evidence for individual units as well as the whole qualification. Methods of assessment could include:

Inference of knowledge from direct observation of practice
Witness evidence when directed by the sector skills assessment strategy
Reflection on own practice in real work situations
Written assignments
Learner's own plans and written records
Tasks set by CACHE for knowledge learning outcomes only

The qualification is "pass or refer" and all the assessment criteria of the chosen units must be achieved in order to obtain a pass. The candidate is supported and assessed through one to one support by a qualified and experienced assessor. Observations are done in the workplace by the assessor and knowledge evidence is gathered through questioning and other supporting evidence. The candidate should be prepared to do set work in their own time to build a portfolio of evidence for this certificate.