Supporting Teaching & Learning in Schools - CACHE Level 2 Certificate (RQF) Course

This unit aims to prepare the learner for working in a school or college. It covers knowledge and understanding of the school and college organisational structure and function.

Learning Outcomes:

• Know the different types of schools and colleges in the education sector
• Understand the organisation of schools and colleges in terms of roles and responsibilities.
• Understand how schools and colleges uphold their aims and values.
• Know about the range and purpose of school and college policies and procedures.

The aim of this unit is to explore holistic development. The unit will also consider effects on development and the role of the support worker to support the child and young person when concerns are raised about an individual’s development.

Learning Outcomes:

• Understand significant stages of development for children and young people from birth to 19 years of age
• Understand the kinds of influences that affect children and young people’s development.
• Understand the potential effects of transitions on children and young people’s development.
• Understand child protection procedures.
• Know about current policies and procedures for confidentiality and sharing information, including data protection.

This unit provides the knowledge and understanding required for safeguarding children and young people.

Learning Outcomes:

• Know about safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
• Understand action to take when children and young people are ill or injured, including emergency procedures.
• Understand child protection procedures.
• Know about current policies and procedures for confidentiality and sharing information, including data protection.

This unit provides knowledge and understanding of policies and practices to promote equality, diversity and inclusion in work with children and young people.

Learning Outcomes:

• Understand the importance of promoting equality and diversity in a learning environment.
• Understand how to contribute to the inclusion of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities.

This unit covers the skills required to maintain relationships with children and young people. It requires demonstration of skills in communicating with children and young people, as well as developing and maintaining relationships with children and young people and others in the learning environment.

Learning Outcomes:

• Understand effective communication with children and young people.
• Understand positive relationships with children and young people.
• Be able to build and maintain professional relationships with children and young people and others in a learning environment.

This unit provides the knowledge, understanding and skills required to support the health and safety of children and young people. It requires demonstration of skills in recognising and dealing with risks in the work setting, as well as supporting children and young people to assess and manage risk for themselves.

Learning Outcomes:

• Understand health and safety legislation in a learning environment
• Be able to contribute to health and safety in a learning environment.

This unit provides the knowledge, understanding and skills required to support children and young people’s positive behaviour in the learning environment. It requires demonstration of skills in supporting positive behaviour and responding to behaviour that challenges.

Learning Outcomes:

• Understand policies and procedures for promoting children and young people’s positive behaviour in a learning environment.
• Be able to support positive behaviour.
• Be able to respond to inappropriate behaviour.

This unit provides knowledge and understanding as well as skills application in relation to how to contribute to teamwork in the learning environment.

Learning Outcomes:

• Understand teamwork in a learning environment.
• Be able to contribute to teamwork.
• Be able to support the work of the team.

This unit provides the knowledge and understanding required to support children and young people’s play and leisure

Learning Outcomes:

• Understand the nature and importance of play and leisure.
• Understand own role in relation to play, leisure and extra-curricular activities.

This unit provides the knowledge, understanding and skills to promote an effective learning environment by supporting learning activities in different learning situations. It requires competence in assisting with the planning and supporting of the delivery of learning activities. It requires competence in monitoring the progress of children and young people in the learning environment.

Learning Outcomes:

• Be able to support the teacher in planning learning activities.
• Be able to support learning activities.
• Be able to monitor children and young people’s participation and progress.
• Be able to support the evaluation of learning activities.

This unit provides the knowledge, understanding and skills required to provide displays in schools and colleges. It requires demonstration of skill in designing, setting up, maintaining and dismantling displays as well as involving learners in the design and development of displays.

Learning Outcomes:

• Be able to plan displays for a learning environment.
• Be able to display information.