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How you’d get it

How you’d get this certificate

  1. Zavmo teaches you. You learn the units one-to-one with an AI tutor, on your own work.
  2. You register with an approved centre. That is a college, training provider or employer NOCN has approved to offer this qualification. Zavmo is not an approved centre, so you register with them, not with us.
  3. The centre assesses, and NOCN awards. A qualified assessor at the centre judges your evidence, and the certificate comes from NOCN.

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01What it is

NOCN offers a broad range of qualifications and alternative routes for both experienced workers and new entrants to the jobs market.

These are the units NOCN 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. Zavmo teaches towards them on your own work.

Zavmo is not an awarding body, is not an approved centre, and is not affiliated with NOCN. It does the teaching and the mapping. NOCN sets this qualification and awards it, and a qualified human assessor makes the assessment decision.

02The units

What each unit actually teaches you to do

Engaging and Communicating with Young People Real unit · NOCN
This unit focuses on building professional relationships and effective communication with young people. You'll understand various engagement methods and how to adapt strategies to meet individual needs, supporting young people's participation in youth work activities.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the importance of building professional relationships with young people in the context of youth work.
  • Understand the different ways of engaging with young people, considering their individual needs and preferences.
  • Understand the importance of good communication skills for effective youth work activities.
  • Communicate effectively with young people to develop a professional and supportive relationship.
  • Support young people in engaging with their local community and accessing available resources.
  • Understand how to support young people's information needs, ensuring they have access to accurate and relevant information.
Safeguarding in a Youth Work Setting Real unit · NOCN
You'll gain knowledge of safeguarding policies and procedures essential for creating safe youth work environments. The unit covers roles and responsibilities, risk assessment, and the consequences of non-compliance within youth work settings.

What you'll be able to do

  • Know about the importance of safeguarding policies and procedures in providing a safe environment for young people in youth work settings.
  • Know about roles and responsibilities in relation to keeping young people, vulnerable adults, self and colleagues safe in youth work settings.
  • Assess risk in a youth work setting, identifying potential hazards and implementing appropriate control measures.
  • Understand how to safeguard young people when using contemporary technologies, including online safety and responsible use of social media.
  • Understand how youth work can help protect young people from harm and promote their well-being.
Theory of Youth Work Real unit · NOCN
You'll explore the purpose, principles, and ethical considerations of youth work, including its role within local communities. The unit covers different models of youth work delivery and the essential skills, knowledge, qualities, and values required for effective practice.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the key purpose and role of youth work in supporting young people's development.
  • Understand the key principles that underpin effective youth work practice.
  • Understand the role of youth work in supporting young people within their local community.
  • Understand different models of youth work delivery and their application in various contexts.
  • 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 and identify areas for personal development.
Young People’s Development Real unit · NOCN
This unit covers the physical, emotional, social, and cognitive development of young people during adolescence. You'll understand how this knowledge informs youth work practice and identify sources of support available to young people during this stage.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand how young people develop during adolescence, including physical, emotional, social, and cognitive development.
  • Understand how knowledge of adolescence impacts on youth work practice, including communication, engagement, and support strategies.
  • Know where young people can get support during adolescence, including statutory services, voluntary organisations, and community groups.
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03The standards

The national standards these units are built against

What the job actually needs, in the words employers and awarding bodies already use for the work itself.

  • Assist young people to learn and engage with the youth work service

    Standard

  • Equip young people with safeguarding techniques

    Standard

  • Initiate, build and maintain relationships with young people

    Standard

  • Monitor and Review Your Organisation’s Policy and Practices for the Protection and Safeguarding of Young People and Self

    Standard

  • Safeguard vulnerable people in the community

    Standard

  • Understanding and engaging your clients

    Standard

  • Work with young people to safeguard their welfare

    Standard
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04The credits

The credits, and who awards them

Level 2 credits are regulated, and they are awarded by NOCN rather than by Zavmo. 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 have covered and what is next.

What you would be collecting

Engaging and Communicating with Young PeopleSafeguarding in a Youth Work SettingTheory of Youth WorkYoung People’s Development

Each one is a real unit registered against this qualification.

How you’d practise it

You don’t watch this. You do it.

You are not assessed on remembering this. You are assessed on applying it, analysing it, evaluating it and producing something. So that is what the practice is: projects, role play and your own live cases, with a tutor in the room.

The Coach The Coach · your practice partner Illustration
The Coach You have to open the conversation in “Safeguarding in a Youth Work Setting”. Say the first line to me, exactly as you would say it to them.
You I wanted to have a quick chat about how things have been going recently.
The Coach That is the warning shot, and they will spend it worrying. Try the version that says what this is about in the first sentence.
The same lesson on the real thing: the conversation in the middle, the thinking ladder on the left, and the criteria each answer is evidencing on the right.
  • Rehearse the conversation Apply

    “Safeguarding in a Youth Work Setting” is a conversation before it is a document. You have it with Zavmo playing the other person, badly at first, then again once you know what you actually want to say.

What you leave holding

The standards this credential builds, in the shape the product keeps them

Nothing here is marked learned. There is no learner on a public page, so the map shows what the qualification covers rather than what anybody has done.

See Your Progress Grow Illustration
NOCN Level 2 Award in Youth Work Principles (England)
  • Assist young people to learn and engage with the youth work service
  • Equip young people with safeguarding techniques
  • Initiate, build and maintain relationships with young people
  • Monitor and Review Your Organisation’s Policy and Practices for the Protection and Safeguarding of Young People and Self
  • Safeguard vulnerable people in the community
  • Understanding and engaging your clients
  • Work with young people to safeguard their welfare
This is your Mind Palace on learn.zavmo.ai. Every skill above comes from this role's own record, not an example borrowed from another job. A node lights up when you evidence it, and what you build stays yours between jobs. That is the part a course cannot do.

How you would learn this

One to one, on the work you already do

A tutor sets the task against your own job and marks the reasoning, at your pace. There is no cohort to fall behind.

A lesson from Engaging and Communicating with Young People, one of this qualification's own units.

Engaging and Communicating with Young People Level 2

Applied to your own work

This unit focuses on building professional relationships and effective communication with young people. Learners will understand various engagement methods and how to adapt strategies to meet individual needs, supporting young people's participation in youth work activities.

How the thinking builds
  1. 1 Remember
  2. 2 Understand
  3. 3 Apply
  4. 4 Analyse
  5. 5 Evaluate
  6. 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.

It is £70 a month, billed monthly. Your free first module is Future Fluency, and you can cancel any time. Teaching towards this qualification begins when you subscribe.

Your Plan Illustration

Built for NOCN Level 2 Award in Youth Work Principles (England)

4 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by NOCN.

  1. Engaging and Communicating with Young People
  2. Safeguarding in a Youth Work Setting
  3. Theory of Youth Work
  4. Young People’s Development
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.

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