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Open College Network Northern Ireland · RQF Level 2

OCN NI Level 2 Award in Community Development

You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.

  • LevelRQF Level 2
  • Total credits6
  • Guided learning48 hours
  • Units in this qualification6

Awarded by Open College Network Northern Ireland · on the Ofqual register

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    Specification OCN NI...ommunity Development.pdf   Open   Share   Previewing Specification OCN NI L1-L2-L3 Suite of Community Development.pdf Specification OCN NI L1-L2-L3 Suite of Community Development.pdf

These are the units Open College Network Northern Ireland 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.

Collaborative and Cross-sectoral WorkReal unit · Open College Network Northern Ireland
You'll gain knowledge of political and civic structures that support communities and the role of public bodies. The unit covers collabourative and partnership working, enabling learners to engage effectively with these structures to achieve community goals and address issues.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand political structures available to support communities
  • Understand civic structures available to support communities
  • Understand the role of public bodies in supporting communities
  • Understand the responsibilities of public bodies in supporting communities
  • Understand collaborative working
  • Understand partnership working
Community Learning for Social ChangeReal unit · Open College Network Northern Ireland
This unit introduces learners to the purpose and practice of community learning for social change. You'll identify their own learning needs, reflect on practice, and explore approaches to creating inclusive learning environments that engage diverse community members.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the purpose of community learning for social change
  • Understand the practice of community learning for social change
  • Identify own learning needs
  • Reflect on own practice
Governance and Organisational DevelopmentReal unit · Open College Network Northern Ireland
This unit provides learners with knowledge of organisational and legal structures suitable for community development organisations, including charitable status. You'll understand the roles of governing bodies and the implications of different organisational frameworks.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand appropriate organisational structures for community development
  • Understand appropriate legal structures for community development
  • Recognise what is meant by charitable status
  • Be aware of the roles of governing bodies
Group work and Collective ActionReal unit · Open College Network Northern Ireland
You'll explore reasons why individuals participate in groups and networks, understanding the benefits and dynamics of group work. The unit also addresses issues of inclusion and exclusion, supporting learners to contribute to positive and productive group environments.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand why people become involved in groups
  • Understand why people become involved in networks
  • Understand group work principles
  • Understand group work dynamics
  • Understand the issues on inclusion within groups
  • Understand the issues on exclusion within groups
Understand and Engage with CommunitiesReal unit · Open College Network Northern Ireland
You'll understand the range and diversity of community development structures and organisational models. They will use various methods to engage with individuals and diverse communities, recognising how legislation and policies impact community needs and assets.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the range and diversity of community development structures, recognising different organisational models and their functions
  • Use a range of methods to understand and engage with individuals and diverse communities, adapting approaches to suit different contexts and needs
  • Understand how legislation and policies impact on communities, recognising the legal and regulatory frameworks that affect their lives
  • Understand the assets and needs within a community, identifying strengths and challenges to inform community development initiatives
Understanding Community Development PracticeReal unit · Open College Network Northern Ireland
It teaches you to understand the purpose and process of community development and to apply its core values. You'll identify community needs and assets and contribute to the development and implementation of community initiatives.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the purpose of community development
  • Understand the process of community development
  • Know the values of community development practice
  • Apply the values of community development practice
  • Know the process of community development practice
  • Apply the process of community development practice

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Your passport

Every credit is a stamp you keep

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Collaborative and Cross-sectoral WorkCommunity Learning for Social ChangeGovernance and Organisational DevelopmentGroup work and Collective ActionUnderstand and Engage with CommunitiesUnderstanding Community Development Practice

Each stamp is a real unit registered against this qualification.

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Where this connects

Where these credits take you

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OCN NI Level 2 Award in Community Development
  • Advise on organisational structures to support community development
  • Develop and sustain cross-sectoral collaborative working for health and wellbeing
  • Encourage and support public bodies to build effective relationships with communities
  • Encourage and support public bodies to build relationships with communities
  • Facilitate community learning for social and political development
  • Get to know a community
  • Manage internal organisational development and external relationships
  • Promote and support effective relationships between communities and public bodies and other agencies
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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.

Advise on organisational structures to support community developmentAdvise on organisational structures to support community developmentDevelop and sustain cross-sectoral collaborative working for health and wellbeingEncourage and support public bodies to build effective relationships with communitiesEncourage and support public bodies to build relationships with communitiesFacilitate community learning for social and political developmentGet to know a communityGet to know a communityManage internal organisational development and external relationshipsPromote and support effective relationships between communities and public bodies and other agenciesPromote and support effective relationships between communities and public bodies and other agenciesPromote opportunities for community development learningPromote opportunities for community development learningRelate to Different CommunitiesStrategically Co-ordinate Networks and PartnershipsStrategically Co-ordinate Networks and PartnershipsStrengthen the Organisational Development of GroupsStrengthen the organisational development of groups+4 more

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.
Collaborative and Cross-sectoral WorkLevel 2

Applied to your own work

Learners will gain knowledge of political and civic structures that support communities and the role of public bodies. The unit covers collabourative and partnership working, enabling learners to engage effectively with these structures to achieve community goals and address issues.

How the thinking builds
  1. Remember
  2. Understand
  3. Apply
  4. Analyse
  5. Evaluate
  6. Create
An illustration of a Zavmo lesson, built from this role’s own route. The unit, its objective and every criterion above are the awarding body’s own words, not an example.
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Built for OCN NI Level 2 Award in Community Development

6 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Open College Network Northern Ireland.

  1. Collaborative and Cross-sectoral Work
  2. Community Learning for Social Change
  3. Governance and Organisational Development
  4. Group work and Collective Action
  5. Understand and Engage with Communities
  6. Understanding Community Development Practice
These are the real units of this credential, in its own order. Nothing here is marked done, because this plan has not been started by anyone yet. Yours would fill in as you go.

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.

  1. Your actual work Every unit is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.

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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.

  1. 6CreateThe Creative Catalyst
  2. 5EvaluateThe Evidence Evaluator
  3. 4AnalyseThe Analyst
  4. 3ApplyThe Coach
  5. 2UnderstandThe Connector
  6. 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.

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