Children, Young People & Families Manager
As a Children, Young People and Family Manager you will ensure direction, alignment and commitment within your own practice, your team(s), your organisation and across partnerships to help children, young people and families aspire to do their best and achieve sustainable change. You will build teams, manage resources and lead new approaches to working practices that deliver improved outcomes and put the child, young person or family at the centre of practice.
You may work either as a Manager in Children's Residential Care or as a Children, Young People and Families Manager in the Community in a range of settings in local authorities, within health organisations, educational and early years settings or children's centres, as well as a wide range of private voluntary and community organisations. You could be solely responsible for the management of a team or service, or be part of a management team. To deliver effectively on a wide range of outcomes you will work on a multi agency basis with professionals from a wide range of backgrounds, as well as team leaders and managers from your own organisation.
With a focus on excellence in practice and improved performance, you will encourage Children, Young People and Family Practitioners to gain the skills, knowledge, attitudes and behaviours that will enable them to actively support each child, young person, young adult and family to achieve their potential. You will inform and improve practice by acting on research and new developments into how the needs of children, young people and families are best met. You will model the behaviours that encourage reflective practice, professional confidence and humility. You will challenge and support practitioners and ensure their practice is safe. You will develop and lead an ethos that will enable and inspire practitioners to make a real difference to the lives of children, young people and families.
PATHWAY 1: Manager in Children's Residential Care
Plays a leading role in developing the ethos of the home and creates a sense of purpose and clarity for the long term care and support of children and young people in residential care.
Knowledge Included:
PATHWAY 2: Children, Young People and Families Manager within the Community
Creates an environment that promotes partnership working within a specific working context (e.g. early years, youth, youth justice, family work, special educational needs and disability etc.) and builds consensus and support for improving outcomes together.
Leads and supports practice development in the care and support of children young people and their families and carers, within contemporary society.
Knowledge Included:
Entry Requirements:
Undertake the Disclosure and Barring Service process and provide the result.
Apprentices without level 2 English and Maths will need to achieve this level prior to taking their end-point assessment.
Duration:
The duration of this apprenticeship is typically 18-24 months.
You may work either as a Manager in Children's Residential Care or as a Children, Young People and Families Manager in the Community in a range of settings in local authorities, within health organisations, educational and early years settings or children's centres, as well as a wide range of private voluntary and community organisations. You could be solely responsible for the management of a team or service, or be part of a management team. To deliver effectively on a wide range of outcomes you will work on a multi agency basis with professionals from a wide range of backgrounds, as well as team leaders and managers from your own organisation.
With a focus on excellence in practice and improved performance, you will encourage Children, Young People and Family Practitioners to gain the skills, knowledge, attitudes and behaviours that will enable them to actively support each child, young person, young adult and family to achieve their potential. You will inform and improve practice by acting on research and new developments into how the needs of children, young people and families are best met. You will model the behaviours that encourage reflective practice, professional confidence and humility. You will challenge and support practitioners and ensure their practice is safe. You will develop and lead an ethos that will enable and inspire practitioners to make a real difference to the lives of children, young people and families.
PATHWAY 1: Manager in Children's Residential Care
Plays a leading role in developing the ethos of the home and creates a sense of purpose and clarity for the long term care and support of children and young people in residential care.
Knowledge Included:
- The principles of long term care and support for children and young people
- The legislation, the theoretical approaches and the compliance requirements for running a residential care home for the care and support of children and young people
- The theory and best practice in the use of restraint
- Ensures each child receives the care and that the continuity of care for each child is in place
- Models the behaviour expected from staff and communicates a clear message about the responsibilities required in the care and support of children
- Manages and monitors safe systems of physical restraint
PATHWAY 2: Children, Young People and Families Manager within the Community
Creates an environment that promotes partnership working within a specific working context (e.g. early years, youth, youth justice, family work, special educational needs and disability etc.) and builds consensus and support for improving outcomes together.
Leads and supports practice development in the care and support of children young people and their families and carers, within contemporary society.
Knowledge Included:
- The national systems of social welfare
- Local agencies and community groups
- Theoretical approaches to the practice and principles of effective multi-agency working
- Theoretical approaches to contemporary social issues that affect family life and the care of children and young people
- The priority practice areas in the specific context and their responsibilities within it
- Ethical and professional approaches to practice in a partnership context
- Proactively develops and sustains strategies for joint working , to improve outcomes
- Demonstrates good awareness of stakeholders
- Contributes to and initiates appropriate joint budget arrangements
- Leads, implements and evaluates effective approaches to practice in specific contexts
- Audits and measures performance effectively within a multi-agency context
- Effectively uses and shares information and data
- Leads and develops new approaches to early intervention in a partnership practice
Entry Requirements:
Undertake the Disclosure and Barring Service process and provide the result.
Apprentices without level 2 English and Maths will need to achieve this level prior to taking their end-point assessment.
Duration:
The duration of this apprenticeship is typically 18-24 months.
PATHWAY 1: Manager in Children's Residential Care
Standard Code |
Apprenticeship Level |
Standard Components |
LARS No. |
Standard ID |
308 |
Higher (Level 5) |
60154019 |
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Z0001981 |
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Functional Skills Maths Level 2 |
60342687 |
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Functional Skills English Level 2 |
60342900 |
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Disclosure Barring Service |
n/a |
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n/a |
PATHWAY 2: Children, Young People and Families Manager with the Community
Standard Code |
Apprenticeship Level |
Standard Components |
LARS No. |
Standard ID |
308 |
Higher (Level 5) |
60144385 |
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Z0001981 |
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Functional Skills Maths Level 2 |
60342687 |
|||
Functional Skills English Level 2 |
60342900 |
|||
Disclosure Barring Service |
n/a |
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n/a |