What you'll be able to do

• Understand anti-discriminatory practice in youth work, including relevant legislation and ethical considerations.
• Understand how anti-discriminatory practice impacts on youth work delivery, ensuring inclusive and equitable services.
• Understand prejudice and discrimination, including different forms and their impact on young people.
• Understand how to evaluate personal practice in relation to anti-discriminatory practice, identifying areas for development and improvement.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the principles of detached and outreach youth work
• Understand the skills and knowledge required to be a detached and outreach worker
• Understand the importance of power and relationships for detached and outreach youth work
• Understand how practice, legislation and organisational needs affect detached and outreach youth work

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the principles of outcomes-based youth work
• Understand the importance of identifying outcomes for youth work
• Plan, implement and evaluate an outcomes-based youth work programme
• Understand how to communicate the outcomes of a programme to key stakeholders

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the importance of building professional relationships with young people in youth work
• Understand different methods of engaging with young people
• Understand the importance of good communication skills for youth work activities
• Communicate effectively with young people to develop a professional relationship
• Support young people in engaging with the local community
• Understand how to support young people's information needs

What you'll be able to do

• Understand values, beliefs and spiritual development in a youth work setting
• 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
• Understand and evaluate youth work within a faith based context

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the core principles of mentoring young people, including ethical considerations and best practice.
• Understand how to facilitate the learning and development needs of young people through mentoring techniques.
• Support young people to address their individual learning and development needs through targeted mentoring interventions.
• Promote the wellbeing, resilience and achievement of young people through mentoring support.
• Understand the boundaries of a mentoring relationship, including confidentiality and safeguarding responsibilities.
• Understand how to review the effectiveness of the mentoring process and identify areas for improvement.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the benefits of young people participating in trips and residentials for their personal and social development.
• Understand the relevant legislation, organisational policy and safeguarding requirements for planning and delivering youth trips and residentials.
• Plan youth trips or residentials, including risk assessments, budgeting and logistical arrangements.
• Use facilitation and evaluation techniques during trips and residentials to enable learners to self-assess and reframe their learning experiences.
• Work effectively as part of a team during a youth trip or residential, contributing to a positive and supportive environment.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the importance of group membership for young people.
• Understand group work theory and its application in youth work settings.
• Understand the appropriate use of different leadership styles within groups.
• Understand how to manage conflict effectively in a group work setting.
• Evaluate a programme of group work activities, assessing its effectiveness and impact.
• Evaluate own role in the delivery of a programme of group work activities, identifying strengths and areas for development.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand what is meant by youth loneliness and isolation
• Understand how to address youth loneliness and isolation in youth work settings
• Plan and deliver a programme to focus on youth loneliness and isolation with young people as co-designers and co-facilitators
• Evaluate own practice and approaches to tackling youth loneliness and isolation

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the role, functions and processes of management within an organisational context.
• Understand the specific role of management in a youth work setting, including leadership and team development.
• Understand performance management principles and practices in a youth work setting, including setting objectives and providing feedback.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand how to identify budgetary requirements within a youth work setting.
• Set a budget for a specific youth work activity or project.
• Manage a budget effectively, monitoring income and expenditure.
• Evaluate the use of a budget and identify areas for improvement.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the range of issues that may affect young people with regard to relationships and sexual health, including consent, healthy relationships, and sexual health risks.
• Understand how to support young people in regard to relationships and sexual health, including providing accurate information, signposting to relevant services, and promoting healthy decision-making.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand how youth work supports the referral of young people
• Understand the referral options that are available for young people
• Support young people through a referral process

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the principles of reflective practice in youth work and its importance for professional development.
• Undertake self-directed reflection on own practice and continuing professional development, identifying areas for improvement.
• Use reflection to develop own and others' practice, promoting best practice in youth work.
• Maintain continuous professional development opportunities that support own youth work practice, ensuring up-to-date knowledge and skills.

What you'll be able to do

• 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
• 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

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the concept and purpose of Social Action within communities.
• Understand the key elements of successful Social Action Projects with young people, including planning, implementation, and evaluation.
• Understand how to address challenges and overcome barriers when delivering Social Action projects.
• Understand the importance of teamwork and leadership when developing and implementing a Social Action project.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the range of roles and functions of supervision
• Understand organisational arrangements for providing supervision
• Understand the requirements for a successful supervision environment
• Understand the importance of reflective practice and its application to youth work
• Undertake a supervision session in the supervisor role

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the relevant legislation and policies that affect young people’s education and learning.
• Support young people to learn and achieve their individual learning potential.
• Understand how to work collaboratively with others to support young people to achieve their learning outcomes.
• Work with young people to make the most of available learning opportunities.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the specific issues affecting young people who are looked after or leaving care.
• Provide appropriate support to young people who are looked after or leaving care.
• Know about the statutory and legal frameworks that apply in relation to young people who are looked after or leaving care.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the issues affecting young people who are refugees or seeking asylum
• Understand how to support young people who are refugees or seeking asylum
• Understand the statutory and legal frameworks in relation to protecting young people who are refugees or seeking asylum

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the issues affecting young people not in education, employment, or training (NEET) or those who have been excluded from school.
• Support young people who are not in employment, education, or training or who have been excluded from school.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the ways in which young people move from dependence to independence.
• Understand how to support young people to prepare for the practical challenges of independence.
• Understand how to prepare young people for the emotional challenges of independence.
• Prepare young people to assess personal risks and protect themselves.
• Understand how to support young people’s information and guidance needs when moving toward independence.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the diverse needs of young people with disabilities and/or diverse learning needs within a youth work setting.
• Know the rights of young people with disabilities and those with diverse learning needs, ensuring these are upheld.
• Contribute effectively to the inclusion of young people with disabilities and diverse learning needs in the youth work setting.
• Support young people with disabilities and those with diverse learning needs to participate fully in a range of activities and experiences.

What you'll be able to do

• 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

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the potential effects of trauma on young people.
• Understand the principle concepts underpinning trauma-informed practice.
• Understand the term ‘Adverse Childhood Experiences’ (ACEs) and their potential impact.
• Understand how to create open dialogue and engage sensitively with a young person according to their individual needs and experiences.
• Understand how to utilise trauma-informed approaches to encourage the development of resilience and self-esteem in young people.
• Understand the potential impact of secondary trauma on practitioners.
• Understand how to facilitate empowerment in young people who have experienced trauma.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the issues that affect young people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or questioning (LGBTQ+).
• Understand how youth work can support young people who are LGBTQ+, promoting inclusivity and well-being.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the nature and prevalence of substance misuse amongst young people.
• Understand the impact of substance misuse on young people and the youth work provision, including potential risks and challenges.
• Understand how youth work supports young people who misuse substances, including referral pathways and support strategies.
• Understand the boundaries that apply to youth workers when working with young people who misuse substances, including confidentiality and safeguarding.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the various factors that can affect young people in relation to poverty.
• Understand how youth work interventions can effectively support young people experiencing poverty.
• Understand how poverty may impact young people’s development across different life stages.
• Understand how young people can be supported in relation to poverty, including signposting to relevant services.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the issues affecting young people’s mental health and wellbeing, including common mental health conditions and risk factors.
• Understand how to support young people’s mental health and wellbeing, promoting resilience and positive coping strategies.
• Know about the statutory and legal frameworks in relation to young people’s mental health and wellbeing, including safeguarding procedures.
• Understand the role of the youth worker to support young people’s mental health and wellbeing, including signposting to specialist services.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the principles of staff management in a youth work setting
• Understand how to manage conflict within a team
• Understand how to manage staff and volunteers in a youth work setting
• Understand how to review own management role and areas for development

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the underlying issues that contribute to young people's involvement in, or impact from, youth violence and/or criminal activities.
• Understand how to utilise youth work skills to support young people impacted by youth violence, child criminal exploitation and child sexual exploitation.
• Evidence understanding of the impact of youth violence, youth criminal activity, child criminal exploitation and child sexual exploitation on young people.
• Understand the local and national frameworks for working with young people involved in youth violence, criminal activity, child criminal exploitation or child sexual exploitation.

What you'll be able to do

• Use the principles and practice of participation and empowerment to plan activities with young people in a work-based setting.
• Understand the structure of a specific group of young people in a work-based setting, including their needs and dynamics.
• Deliver a youth work programme based on participation processes, ensuring young people's voices are heard and valued.
• Work effectively within a group activity, collaborating with colleagues and young people to achieve common goals.
• Evaluate practice following the delivery of youth work programmes, identifying areas for improvement and future development.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand what is meant by conflict and challenging behaviour in a youth work setting.
• 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 in a youth work setting.
• Develop own practice in relation to conflict and behaviour that challenges.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand how young people develop during adolescence
• Understand how knowledge of adolescence impacts on youth work practice
• Know where young people can access support during adolescence

What you'll be able to do

• Understand young people’s participation in a youth work setting
• Understand how young people’s participation is evidenced in youth work
• Support and promote young people’s participation in youth work
• Evaluate personal practice in relation to young people’s participation

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the nature and characteristics of digital communities
• Understand how digitalisation and digital transformation impacts young people
• Understand how digitalisation and digital transformation impacts the youth work sector
• Understand how digitalisation and digital transformation impacts youth work practice