City & Guilds Limited · RQF Level 3
City & Guilds Level 3 Diploma in Specialist Support for Teaching and Learning in Schools
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- LevelRQF Level 3
- Total credits44
- Guided learning232 hours
- Units in this qualification49
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These are the units City & Guilds Limited registers against this qualification. It is a catalogue, not a syllabus. Which of them you take depends on the combination the qualification requires, and that is set by the awarding body rather than by us. Every unit here is regulated, and every one you earn is yours to keep.
Assist in the administration of medicationReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
This unit covers legislation, guidelines, and policies relevant to medication administration. You'll understand their role in assisting with medication, including procedures, responsibilities, and safe practices to ensure effective support.
What you'll be able to do
- Know the current legislation, national guidelines, and local policies relevant to the safe and effective administration of medication.
- Understand own role and responsibilities in assisting in the administration of medication, including limitations and boundaries.
- Understand the specific requirements and procedures for assisting in the administration of different types of medication.
- Understand the requirements and procedures for ensuring patient safety during the administration of medication, including infection control and emergency procedures.
- Prepare for the administration of medication, including checking medication details, preparing equipment, and ensuring a safe environment.
- Assist in the administration of medication according to established procedures and individual care plans.
- Contribute to the accurate and timely management of medications and administration records, including documenting medication administration and reporting any adverse reactions or errors.
Communication and professional relationships with children, young people and adultsReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
It teaches you to understand and apply principles of communication and professional relationships with children, young people, and adults. You'll explore effective communication, relationship building, confidentiality, and relevant legislation.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of developing positive relationships with children, young people and adults in a professional context.
- Understand how to communicate effectively with children, young people and adults, adapting communication styles to meet individual needs.
- Understand the relevant legislation, policies and procedures for confidentiality and sharing information, including data protection requirements and best practices.
Develop interviewing skills for work with children and young peopleReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll develop interviewing skills for working with children and young people. The unit covers preparation, ethical considerations, safeguarding procedures, conducting interviews, and implementing follow-up actions.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the process of preparing for and planning interviews with children and young people, including ethical considerations and safeguarding procedures
- Conduct interviews with individual children or young people, using appropriate communication techniques and building rapport
- Implement interview follow-up procedures, including documentation, reporting, and referral processes
Develop professional relationships with children, young people and adultsReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll learn to establish professional relationships with children, young people, and adults. The unit covers effective communication, maintaining boundaries, supporting relationship development, and complying with confidentiality and safeguarding policies.
What you'll be able to do
- Develop professional relationships with children and young people in a care setting.
- Communicate effectively with children and young people, using appropriate methods.
- Develop professional relationships with adults, including colleagues and parents/carers.
- Support children and young people in developing positive relationships with others.
- Comply with organisational policies and procedures for confidentiality, sharing information and data protection.
Engage in personal development in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settingsReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll explore the requirements for competence in their work role within health, social care, or children’s and young people’s settings. The unit includes reflection on practice, evaluation of performance, and the development and use of personal development plans to enhance professional growth.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand what is required for competence in own work role, including knowledge, skills, and behaviours.
- Reflect on own practice, identifying strengths and areas for improvement.
- Evaluate own performance against relevant standards and benchmarks.
- Agree a personal development plan with a supervisor or mentor, setting realistic and achievable goals.
- Use learning opportunities, such as training courses and reflective practice, to contribute to personal development and enhance own skills and knowledge.
Facilitate the learning and development of children and young people through mentoringReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
This unit covers the role of mentoring in facilitating the learning and development of children and young people. You'll explore mentoring techniques, identify barriers to learning, and develop skills to support wellbeing, resilience, and achievement in individuals.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to facilitate the learning needs of children and young people through mentoring
- Understand how to facilitate the development needs of children and young people through mentoring
- Support children and young people to address their individual learning needs
- Support children and young people to address their individual development needs
- Promote the wellbeing of individual children and young people through mentoring
- Promote the resilience of individual children and young people through mentoring
- Promote the achievement of individual children and young people through mentoring
- Review the effectiveness of the mentoring process
Improving the attendance of children and young people in statutory educationReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll understand factors affecting attendance in statutory education and the roles of individuals and agencies in improving it. The unit covers analysing attendance data and contributing to strategies to enhance attendance and educational outcomes.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the various factors that impact on the attendance of children and young people in statutory education, including social, emotional, and environmental influences
- Understand the role of individuals and agencies, such as schools, social services, and healthcare providers, in improving attendance of children and young people in statutory education
- Use attendance data to inform strategies and plans to improve attendance of children and young people in statutory education, identifying trends and patterns
- Support work with children, young people, and families to improve attendance according to role and responsibilities, implementing agreed interventions and providing appropriate support
Invigilate tests and examinationsReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll gain understanding of policies and procedures for invigilating tests and examinations. The unit covers preparation, candidate support, implementation of invigilation requirements, and concluding examinations in line with regulations.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the relevant policies and procedures for the proper conduct of tests and examinations, ensuring compliance with regulations.
- Prepare effectively for tests and examinations, ensuring that all necessary materials and equipment are available.
- Prepare candidates adequately for tests and examinations, providing clear instructions and addressing any concerns.
- Implement invigilation requirements diligently, maintaining a fair and secure testing environment.
- End tests and examinations according to established procedures, collecting materials and ensuring the integrity of the process.
Lead an extra-curricular activityReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll gain knowledge and skills to lead extra-curricular activities effectively. The unit covers understanding aims, planning, preparation, health and safety, safeguarding, and reviewing activities to ensure educational, social, and personal development benefits.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the aims of the extra-curricular activity, including its educational, social, and personal development benefits
- Understand the requirements of the extra-curricular activity, including health and safety regulations, safeguarding procedures, and risk assessments
- Prepare for leading an extra-curricular activity, gathering necessary resources, planning activities, and organising logistics
- Prepare children and young people for an extra-curricular activity, providing clear instructions, setting expectations, and addressing any concerns
- Lead an extra-curricular activity, facilitating participation, promoting engagement, and ensuring a safe and enjoyable experience
- Review extra-curricular activities, evaluating their effectiveness in achieving intended outcomes and gathering feedback from participants
- Improve extra-curricular activities, implementing changes based on review findings and feedback to enhance future sessions
Maintain learner recordsReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll understand organisational policies and procedures for maintaining learner records. The unit covers accurate record keeping, data protection, confidentiality, security, and authorised information sharing.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the organisational policy and procedures for maintaining learner records, including data protection and confidentiality requirements
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date learner records, using appropriate systems and formats
- Maintain the safety and security of learner records, protecting them from unauthorised access or disclosure
- Share information from learner records with those authorised to receive it, following established protocols and guidelines
Monitor and maintain curriculum resourcesReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll understand organisational policies and procedures for maintaining curriculum resources. The unit includes establishing resource requirements, maintaining supplies, monitoring stocks, and ensuring resources are prepared and stored appropriately.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the organisational policy for maintaining curriculum resources
- Understand the organisational procedures for maintaining curriculum resources
- Establish requirements for curriculum resources
- Maintain supplies of curriculum resources
- Monitor stocks of curriculum resources
- Maintain curriculum resources
- Prepare curriculum resources
- Issue curriculum resources
Organise travel for children and young peopleReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll understand policies and procedures for organising travel for children and young people outside of the setting. The unit includes making travel arrangements in compliance with legal requirements and risk assessments.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the policy for organising children and young people’s travel outside of the setting
- Understand the procedures for organising children and young people’s travel outside of the setting
- Make travel arrangements
Plan and deliver learning activities under the direction of a teacherReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
This unit equips learners with skills to plan and deliver learning activities under a teacher's direction. You'll select appropriate resources, adapt delivery to individual needs, and monitor and assess learning outcomes.
What you'll be able to do
- Plan learning activities effectively under the direction of a teacher, taking into account the needs of the learners and the learning objectives.
- Deliver learning activities in a clear and engaging manner, using appropriate teaching methods and resources.
- Monitor and assess learning outcomes effectively, providing feedback to learners and reporting progress to the teacher.
Plan, allocate and monitor work of a teamReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll learn to plan, allocate, and monitor work within a team to achieve organisational objectives. The unit includes task assignment based on skills, managing team performance, and implementing improvements.
What you'll be able to do
- Plan work activities effectively for a team, taking into account team objectives and individual skills.
- Allocate work across a team, ensuring fair distribution and appropriate task assignment.
- Manage team members effectively to achieve team objectives, providing guidance and support as needed.
- Monitor and evaluate the performance of team members against agreed targets and standards.
- Implement strategies to improve the overall performance of a team, addressing any identified weaknesses or areas for development.
Promote children and young people’s positive behaviourReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
This unit covers policies and procedures for promoting positive behaviour in children and young people. You'll learn to promote positive behaviour, manage inappropriate and challenging behaviour, and contribute to behaviour reviews and policy development.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the relevant policies and procedures for promoting children and young people’s positive behaviour within the setting.
- Promote positive behaviour in children and young people through consistent and supportive interactions.
- Manage inappropriate behaviour in a fair, consistent and respectful manner.
- Respond appropriately to challenging behaviour, using de-escalation techniques and seeking support when necessary.
- Contribute to reviews of behaviour and behaviour policies, providing feedback and suggestions for improvement.
Promote equality, diversity and inclusion in work with children and young peopleReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
This unit focuses on promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion in work with children and young people. You'll understand the impact of prejudice and discrimination and learn how to support inclusive practices and challenge discriminatory behaviour.
What you'll be able to do
- Actively promote equality and diversity in all aspects of work with children and young people
- Understand the potential impact of prejudice and discrimination on the development and well-being of children and young people
- Support inclusion and implement inclusive practices effectively in the workplace when working with children and young people
Promote the well being and resilience of children and young peopleReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll understand factors contributing to the well-being and resilience of children and young people. The unit includes strategies to promote positive well-being and resilience, supporting social and emotional development in line with age and understanding.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the importance of promoting positive well being of children and young people.
- Understand the importance of promoting resilience of children and young people.
- Understand how to support the development of children and young people’s social identity in line with their age and level of understanding.
- Understand how to support the development of children and young people’s emotional identity in line with their age and level of understanding.
- Understand how to support the development of children and young people’s self esteem in line with their age and level of understanding.
- Provide children and young people with a positive outlook on their lives.
- Respond to the health needs of children and young people.
Provide bilingual support for teaching and learningReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll gain knowledge and skills to contribute to the assessment of bilingual learners and provide appropriate bilingual support. The unit also covers supporting communication with families and contributing to reviews of communication strategies.
What you'll be able to do
- Contribute to assessment of bilingual learners.
- Provide bilingual support for learners.
- Support communication with families of bilingual learners.
- Contribute to reviews of communication with families of bilingual learners.
Provide information and advice to children and young peopleReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll understand the role and responsibilities of practitioners in providing information and advice to children and young people. The unit covers how to identify needs, provide accurate and appropriate information, and communicate effectively within safeguarding guidelines.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the role and responsibilities of practitioners in providing information and advice to children and young people.
- Understand the importance of providing accurate, impartial, and age-appropriate information and advice.
- Establish and effectively address the information and advice needs of children and young people.
- Use appropriate communication methods and techniques to engage with children and young people and understand their needs.
- Provide children and young people with appropriate information and advice to enable them to make informed choices about their lives.
- Signpost children and young people to other sources of support and information when necessary.
Provide literacy and numeracy supportReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
This unit covers the identification of pupils' litreacy and numeracy support needs through appropriate assessment methods. You'll learn to analyse assessment data and provide targeted litreacy and numeracy support to help pupils access the wider curriculum.
What you'll be able to do
- Identify pupils’ needs for literacy support.
- Identify pupils’ needs for numeracy support.
- Provide literacy support to help pupils to access the wider curriculum.
- Provide numeracy support to help pupils to access the wider curriculum.
Schools as organisationsReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
This unit provides an understanding of the structure and organisation of schools, including roles, responsibilities, ethos, and relevant legislation. You'll be able to describe different types of schools and the impact of policies on school operations.
What you'll be able to do
- Know the structure of education from early years provision through to post-compulsory education and training
- Understand how schools are organised in terms of roles, responsibilities and lines of accountability
- Understand the school's ethos, mission, aims and values and how these are reflected in practice
- Know about the key legislation affecting schools and the implications for practice
- Understand the purpose of school policies and procedures and how they contribute to the smooth running of the school
- Understand the wider context in which schools operate, including the role of local authorities and other stakeholders
Supervise children and young people on journeys, visits and activities outside of the settingReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll understand policies and procedures for supervising children and young people on journeys, visits, and activities outside the setting. The unit develops skills to prepare for and supervise such activities safely, including risk assessment and legal requirements.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the policy and procedures for supervising children and young people on journeys, visits and activities outside of the setting.
- Prepare for journeys, visits and activities outside of the setting.
- Supervise children and young people on journeys outside of the setting.
- Supervise children and young people during visits and activities outside of the setting.
Support Children and Young People's Health and Safety.Real unit · City & Guilds Limited
This unit equips learners with knowledge to support children and young people's health and safety. It covers planning safe environments, managing risks, promoting healthy lifestyles, and responding to accidents and emergencies in various settings.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to plan and provide environments and services that actively support children and young people’s health and safety
- Recognise and effectively manage risks to health, safety and security in a work setting or during off-site visits
- Understand how to support children and young people to assess and manage risk for themselves, promoting independence and responsibility
- Understand appropriate responses to accidents, incidents, emergencies and illness in work settings and during off-site visits, following established procedures
Support assessment for learningReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll understand the purpose and characteristics of assessment for learning and how to apply assessment strategies to support learner progress. The unit covers supporting learners in reviewing their achievements and contributing to the evaluation of assessment practices.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the purpose and characteristics of assessment for learning in supporting learner progress
- Use a range of assessment strategies to promote learning and development
- Support learners in reviewing their learning strategies and achievements, providing constructive feedback
- Contribute to the review of assessment for learning practices within the organisation
Support bilingual learnersReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
This unit develops learners' skills to support bilingual learners effectively. You'll learn communication strategies, cultural sensitivity, and methods to aid language development and curriculum access.
What you'll be able to do
- Interact effectively with bilingual learners, using appropriate communication strategies and demonstrating cultural sensitivity
- Support bilingual learners to develop skills in the target language, using a range of teaching and learning resources
- Support bilingual learners to access the curriculum, adapting materials and providing additional support as needed
Support children and young people during transitions in their livesReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll understand the range of transitions children and young people experience and their potential effects. The unit develops skills to recognise and respond to transitions and collabourate with others to plan integrated support.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the range of transitions that children and young people may experience throughout their lives
- Understand the potential impact of transitions on children and young people
- Recognise when children and young people are experiencing transitions in their lives
- Respond appropriately to the needs of children and young people during transitions
- Collaborate with other professionals to plan integrated support for children and young people going through transitions
- Support children and young people to effectively manage transitions in their lives
Support children and young people to achieve their education potentialReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
This unit covers the principles, values, and legislation supporting children and young people to achieve their educational potential. You'll learn to support learners in identifying needs, setting goals, planning actions, and monitoring progress.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles, values and current legislation that supports work to help children and young people achieve their educational potential.
- Support children and young people to identify and articulate their learning needs, set goals and plan actions.
- Support children and young people to work towards their educational goals.
- Review educational achievements with children and young people.
Support children and young people to make positive changes in their livesReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll understand principles and techniques to support children and young people in making positive changes in their lives. The unit includes building rapport, providing effective support, and reviewing the impact of interventions.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles and techniques involved in supporting children and young people to make positive changes in their lives.
- Support children and young people effectively to make positive changes in their lives, providing appropriate guidance and encouragement.
- Review the support provided to children and young people to make positive changes in their lives, evaluating its effectiveness and making recommendations for improvement.
Support children and young people with behaviour, emotional and social development needsReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
This unit provides knowledge of the factors influencing behaviour, emotional, and social development in children and young people. You'll understand special educational needs related to these areas and develop skills to support behaviour management effectively.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the influences impacting on the behaviour of children and young people.
- Understand the influences impacting on the emotional development of children and young people.
- Understand the influences impacting on the social development of children and young people.
- Understand the special educational needs of children and young people with behaviour needs.
- Understand the special educational needs of children and young people with emotional needs.
- Understand the special educational needs of children and young people with social development needs.
- Support the behaviour management of children and young people with behaviour, emotional and social development needs.
- Support children and young people with behaviour, emotional and social development needs to develop relationships with others.
- Support children and young people with behaviour, emotional and social development needs to develop self-reliance.
- Support children and young people with behaviour, emotional and social development needs to develop self-esteem.
Support children’s speech, language and communication.Real unit · City & Guilds Limited
This unit focuses on the importance of speech, language, and communication for children’s development. You'll learn to support speech, language, and communication development and address potential barriers within their setting.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the importance of speech, language and communication for children’s overall development.
- Understand the importance and the benefits of adults supporting the speech, language and communication development of the children in own setting.
- Provide support for the speech, language and communication development of the children in own setting.
- Contribute to maintaining a positive environment that supports speech, language and communication.
Support delivery of the 14 – 19 curriculumReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
This unit provides knowledge of educational policy and practice for the 14-19 curriculum. You'll learn to support teaching and learning for this age group and work collabouratively to deliver the curriculum effectively.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand educational policy and practice for the education and training of 14 to 19 year olds.
- Support teaching and learning for 14 to 19 year olds.
- Work collaboratively to support delivery of the 14 to 19 curriculum.
Support disabled children and young people and those with special educational needsReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
This unit equips learners with knowledge of the rights and needs of disabled children and young people and those with special educational needs. You'll learn to promote inclusion and provide appropriate support in various settings.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the rights of disabled children and young people and those with special educational needs, as defined by relevant legislation and guidance
- Understand the specific disabilities and/or special educational needs of children and young people in own care, including their individual requirements and challenges
- Support the inclusion of disabled children and young people and those with special educational needs in all aspects of their lives
- Support disabled children and young people and those with special educational needs to participate in the full range of activities and experiences, adapting approaches as necessary
- Support others, including colleagues and families, to respond effectively to the needs of disabled children and young people and those with special educational needs
Support gifted and talented learnersReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll gain understanding of the characteristics and needs of gifted and talented learners. The unit includes contributing to planning and supporting learning activities tailored to these learners, recognising potential barriers to their development.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the needs of gifted and talented learners.
- Contribute to planning learning programmes for gifted and talented learners.
- Support learning activities for gifted and talented learners.
Support individuals to meet personal care needsReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
This unit equips learners with skills to support individuals in meeting personal care needs safely and respectfully. You'll identify needs and preferences, support hygiene and toileting, and maintain dignity and privacy.
What you'll be able to do
- Work with individuals to identify their needs in relation to personal care
- Work with individuals to identify their preferences in relation to personal care
- Provide support for personal care safely
- Support individuals to use the toilet
- Support individuals to maintain personal hygiene
- Support individuals to manage their personal appearance
- Monitor support for personal care
- Report on support for personal care
Support learners with cognition and learning needsReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll develop an understanding of cognition and learning needs, including specific learning difficulties. The unit covers how to support learners during activities and help them develop effective learning strategies tailored to their needs.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the different special educational needs of learners with cognition and learning needs.
- Understand how cognition and learning needs can affect learners' participation and progress.
- Provide appropriate support to learners with cognition and learning needs during various learning activities.
- Adapt learning materials and teaching strategies to meet the specific needs of learners with cognition and learning needs.
- Support learners with cognition and learning needs to develop effective learning strategies.
- Encourage learners with cognition and learning needs to use strategies to promote independent learning.
Support learners with communication and interaction needsReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll gain knowledge of communication and interaction needs, such as autism and speech difficulties. The unit develops skills to support learners in maximising learning and building relationships through appropriate communication methods.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the different special educational needs of learners with communication and interaction needs.
- Understand how communication and interaction needs can affect learners' participation and progress.
- Provide appropriate support to learners with communication and interaction needs to maximise their learning potential.
- Use a range of communication methods and strategies to support learners with communication and interaction needs.
- Support learners with communication and interaction needs to develop positive relationships with others.
- Facilitate effective communication and interaction between learners with communication and interaction needs and their peers and adults.
Support learners with sensory and/or physical needsReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
This unit covers the impact of sensory and/or physical needs on children and young people's development and learning. You'll learn to support these learners by adapting teaching methods and resources to maximise learning potential.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the impact of physical, motor and/or sensory disabilities on the development and learning of children and young people.
- Understand the specific special educational needs of learners with sensory and/or physical needs, including communication and access requirements.
- Support learners with sensory and/or physical needs to maximise their learning potential, adapting teaching methods and resources as necessary.
- Implement structured learning programmes effectively for children and young people with sensory and/or physical needs, monitoring progress and making adjustments as required.
Support learning activitiesReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
It develops skills to support learning activities effectively. You'll contribute to planning, prepare resources and environments, assist learners during activities, observe progress, and evaluate both learning activities and their own practice.
What you'll be able to do
- Contribute effectively to the planning of learning activities
- Prepare resources and the learning environment in readiness for planned learning activities
- Support learners effectively during learning activities, providing appropriate assistance and encouragement
- Observe and accurately report on learner participation and progress during learning activities
- Contribute to the evaluation of learning activities, providing constructive feedback
- Evaluate own practice in relation to supporting literacy, numeracy and ICT development in learners
Support literacy developmentReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
This unit provides knowledge of national and organisational policies for litreacy development. You'll learn to support individuals in developing reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills effectively.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand current national policies for literacy development
- Understand current organisational policies for literacy development
- Understand current national practices for literacy development
- Understand current organisational practices for literacy development
- Support learners in developing reading skills
- Support learners in developing writing skills
- Support learners in developing speaking/talking skills
- Support learners in developing listening skills
Support numeracy developmentReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
This unit provides learners with an understanding of national and organisational frameworks for mathematics education. You'll learn to support numeracy development, using appropriate teaching strategies to help learners apply mathematical concepts.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand current national frameworks for mathematics education, including curriculum requirements and assessment standards
- Understand current organisational frameworks for mathematics education, including policies, procedures, and resources
- Support learners in developing numeracy skills, using appropriate teaching strategies and resources to address individual needs
- Support learners in using mathematics, providing opportunities for them to apply their knowledge and skills in practical contexts
- Support learners in applying mathematics, encouraging them to solve problems and make informed decisions using mathematical reasoning
Support teaching and learning in a curriculum areaReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
It teaches you to use subject knowledge to support teaching and learning within a curriculum area. You'll develop their own subject knowledge and contribute to the development of teaching strategies to meet diverse learner needs.
What you'll be able to do
- Effectively use subject knowledge to support teaching and learning activities in a designated curriculum area
- Develop own subject knowledge to enhance the support provided to teaching and learning
- Contribute to the ongoing development of teaching and learning strategies within a curriculum area
Support young people in relation to sexual health and risk of pregnancyReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
This unit provides learners with knowledge of sexual health issues and pregnancy risks affecting young people. You'll understand how to support young people, promote healthy behaviours, and provide appropriate information and signposting.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the issues affecting young people in relation to sexual health, including sexually transmitted infections, contraception, and relationships
- Understand the issues affecting young people in relation to risk of pregnancy, including unplanned pregnancy, teenage parenthood, and access to support services
- Understand how to support young people in relation to sexual health, providing accurate information, promoting healthy behaviours, and signposting to relevant services
- Understand how to support young people in relation to risk of pregnancy, offering guidance on contraception, promoting responsible decision-making, and providing access to support services
Support young people to develop, implement and review a plan of actionReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll learn to support young people in creating, implementing, and reviewing personal action plans. The unit covers the importance of ownership, overcoming barriers, and effective communication to facilitate young people's development.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the importance for young people of developing a personal action plan to address their future development needs
- Support young people in the process of developing a comprehensive action plan
- Support young people to work towards the successful implementation of their action plan
- Support young people to review and revise their action plan as needed
- Review own role in supporting the development and implementation of the young person’s action plan, identifying areas for improvement
Support young people who are socially excluded or excluded from schoolReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll understand the factors leading to social exclusion and school exclusion among young people. The unit covers the impact on wellbeing and develops skills to provide support, build relationships, and offer emotional assistance to affected young people.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the various issues affecting young people who are socially excluded or excluded from school
- Understand how to provide effective support to young people who are socially excluded or excluded from school
Team workingReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
This unit develops learners' skills in planning and engaging in collabourative work. You'll learn to define objectives, assign roles, establish communication, maintain cooperation, and review team performance to improve future collabouration.
What you'll be able to do
- Plan collaborative work with others, defining clear objectives, roles, and responsibilities
- Develop co-operative ways of working with others, fostering a positive and supportive team environment
- Maintain co-operative ways of working with others to achieve agreed objectives, addressing any conflicts or challenges that may arise
- Review work with others, evaluating the effectiveness of collaborative processes and outcomes
- Agree ways of improving collaborative work in the future, implementing changes to enhance team performance and communication
Understand Child and Young Person Development.Real unit · City & Guilds Limited
This unit provides learners with an understanding of child and young person development from birth to 19 years. You'll explore physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development patterns, influencing factors, monitoring techniques, and intervention strategies.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the expected pattern of development for children and young people from birth to 19 years, covering physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development.
- Understand the various factors that influence children and young people’s development, including biological, environmental, and social factors, and how these factors affect practice.
- Understand how to monitor children and young people’s development, using appropriate tools and techniques, and identify interventions that should take place if development is not following the expected pattern.
- Understand the importance of early intervention to support the speech, language and communication needs of children and young people, and the potential impact of delayed intervention.
- Understand the potential effects of transitions, such as starting school or moving to a new home, on children and young people’s development and how to support them through these transitions.
Understand How to Safeguard the Wellbeing of Children and Young People.Real unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll gain knowledge of safeguarding legislation, policies, and procedures relating to children and young people. The unit emphasises multi-agency working and appropriate responses to safeguarding concerns within their organisation.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the main legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures relating to safeguarding children and young people
- Understand the importance of working in partnership with other organisations and agencies to safeguard children and young people effectively
- Understand the importance of ensuring children and young people’s safety and protection within the work setting
- Understand how to respond appropriately to evidence or concerns that a child or young person has been abused or harmed
- Understand how to respond appropriately to evidence or concerns that a child or young person has been bullied
- Understand how to work with children and young people to support their safety and wellbeing, promoting a safe environment
- Understand the importance of e-safety for children and young people and how to promote safe online behaviour
Work in partnership with parents to engage them with their children’s learning and development in schoolReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
You'll gain knowledge of barriers to learning faced by children and parents and strategies to address them. The unit develops skills to support parents in overcoming barriers and fostering effective techniques to encourage children's learning and development.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand barriers to learning that parents and children may face.
- Understand strategies and techniques to address barriers to learning.
- Understand strategies and techniques to encourage children with their learning.
- Support parents to identify barriers to their children’s learning.
- Support parents to overcome barriers to their children’s learning.
- Help parents in developing effective techniques to support children's learning.
- Help parents in developing effective techniques to encourage children with their learning.
- Support parents and their children through transitions to ensure continual engagement with schools.
- Support parents and their children through transitions to ensure continual engagement with learning.
- Facilitate positive relations between parents and school staff.
- Facilitate effective dialogue between parents and school staff.
Work with other practitioners to support children and young peopleReal unit · City & Guilds Limited
This unit provides an understanding of multi-agency and integrated working to support children and young people. You'll learn to maintain professional relationships, communicate effectively, and work collabouratively with other practitioners.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of multi-agency and integrated working in supporting children and young people.
- Understand the importance of effective communication and collaboration between different agencies and practitioners.
- Maintain professional and respectful working relationships with other practitioners involved in the care and support of children and young people.
- Communicate effectively with other practitioners, sharing relevant information and contributing to joint planning and decision-making.
- Work in partnership with other practitioners to provide holistic and coordinated support to children and young people.
- Contribute to the development and implementation of multi-agency plans and strategies.
The honest bit
You’ve started things before
Most courses were built for a room full of people who aren’t you. A cohort moves on whether or not your week allowed it, and by the third week the thing you’re behind on becomes the reason you stop opening it.
There’s no cohort here, and no timetable to fall behind. Before anything starts, Zavmo asks when you’re sharpest and how long you can realistically sit down for, then builds the sessions around those answers. A bad fortnight changes your pace. It doesn’t put you behind.
And you only pay once you start learning. Searching and planning are free, and you can cancel any time — so the cost of finding out is an afternoon, not a year.
Your passport
Every credit is a stamp you keep
Level 3 credits are regulated. They don’t vanish when a subscription ends or a website closes. They travel to any employer, and Zavmo keeps the map of what you’ve earned and what’s next.
Assist in the administration of medicationCommunication and professional relationships with children, young people and adultsDevelop interviewing skills for work with children and young peopleDevelop professional relationships with children, young people and adultsEngage in personal development in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settingsFacilitate the learning and development of children and young people through mentoringImproving the attendance of children and young people in statutory educationInvigilate tests and examinations
Each stamp is a real unit registered against this qualification.
Who’d teach you this
The Evidence Evaluator
Assessor
Helps you show what you can actually do, gathering the evidence that proves it as you learn.
Meet all twelve tutorsWhere this connects
Where these credits take you
A qualification is never a dead end here. See the jobs its credits open, the national occupational standards its units map to, and the future skills they quietly build.
City & Guilds Level 3 Diploma in Specialist Support for Teaching and Learning in Schools
- Assist in the administration of medication
- Assist young people to express and to realise their goals
- Contribute to Improving Attendance
- Contribute to maintaining pupil records
- Integrate and support learning mentor provision within educational institutions
- Monitor and maintain curriculum resources
- Organise cover for absent colleagues
- Plan and deliver learning
Skills it covers
What the job actually needs. These are the standards the units are built against, in the words employers and awarding bodies already use for the work itself.
Assist in the administration of medicationAssist young people to express and to realise their goalsContribute to Improving AttendanceContribute to improving attendanceContribute to maintaining pupil recordsIntegrate and support learning mentor provision within educational institutionsMonitor and maintain curriculum resourcesOrganise cover for absent colleaguesPlan and deliver learningPlan, deliver and evaluate teaching and learning activities under the direction of a teacherProvide literacy and numeracy support to enableProvide support for learning activities in life sciences and related industriesSupport Gifted and Talented PupilsSupport literacy and numeracy activitiesSupport numeracy developmentSupport pupils with behaviour, emotional and social development needsSupport pupils with communication and interactionSupport the development and effectiveness of work teams
How you’ll actually learn this
One-to-one, on your own real work
A qualification is usually something done to you: sit the class, sit the exam, hope it sticks. Here it’s the opposite. You learn it one-to-one with a companion, on your own real work, and you keep going until you can use it, not just recall it.
One-to-one, on your real workNo lectures, no past-papers. Every unit is practised on the actual tasks your job throws at you, a tutor beside you, not a video in front of you.
Taught to the top, not the testMost courses stop at remembering. Your companion keeps climbing: analysing, judging, creating. That’s the part a machine can’t do for you.
Credits you keep, a map that continuesEvery unit is regulated and yours for good. The day you finish, Zavmo already knows the next role your new credits open.
Applied to your own work
This unit covers legislation, guidelines, and policies relevant to medication administration. Learners will understand their role in assisting with medication, including procedures, responsibilities, and safe practices to ensure effective support.
How the thinking builds
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for City & Guilds Level 3 Diploma in Specialist Support for Teaching and Learning in Schools
49 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by City & Guilds Limited.
- Assist in the administration of medication
- Communication and professional relationships with children, young people and adults
- Develop interviewing skills for work with children and young people
- Develop professional relationships with children, young people and adults
- Engage in personal development in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings
- Facilitate the learning and development of children and young people through mentoring
and 43 more in the full unit list below.
One to one, not one to many
No two people run this the same way
A course is written once and handed to everyone. This is assembled around you, and keeps changing as it learns you. Five things it reads, and what each one changes.
- Your actual work Every unit is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
- What you already know The first conversation finds your starting point, so you skip what you can already do and spend the time on what you cannot.
- The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
- How far you got last time It picks up mid-thought. The tutor knows what you said, what you struggled with, and what it asked you to try.
- Which tutor suits the moment Twelve of them, each for a different kind of thinking. The one who walks you through a first idea is not the one who stress-tests it.
See how you learn, free. Eight questions, no sign-up. A directional taster; the diagnostic inside Zavmo goes deeper and keeps adapting.
Why it sticks
Most courses stop at remembering
There’s a well-known ladder of how deeply you learn something, called Bloom’s Taxonomy. Most courses get you up the first two rungs: you remember some facts, you pass a test, you forget it. Real skill lives at the top. Judging, deciding, creating. And this isn’t a generic ladder: every rung has a named Zavmo tutor who walks you up it.
- 6CreateThe Creative Catalyst
- 5EvaluateThe Evidence Evaluator
- 4AnalyseThe Analyst
- 3ApplyThe Coach
- 2UnderstandThe Connector
- 1RememberThe Builder
Where most courses leave you Where Zavmo takes you
Why this matters: AI can already remember and understand for you. What it can’t do is
take your real problem and judge the right call. So the only learning worth paying
for is the learning that takes you to the top. That’s exactly what a tutor doing it with
you, on your real work, is for.
The value
Why the companion is worth £70 a month
You’re not paying for the units. They’re regulated, and the same wherever you earn them. You’re paying for the one thing that decides whether you actually get there: a companion that makes them stick, on your real work.
That is one-to-one on this qualification, every day, on the work you already do, for £70 a month. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it. Billed monthly, cancel any time and billing stops.
Earned on your own work, taught to the top.
Everything you just read, learned one-to-one on the job you already do. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it.
Build my plan, freeNo card. See how this qualification maps onto your role and meet the tutors who’d teach it, free. The learning begins when you subscribe. It’s £70 a month, billed monthly. Cancel any time and billing stops.