Qualification Level: 2
Awarding Body: CACHE
Regulated Qualification (QRN) Number: 603/2476/4
Placement Required: Yes
Recognised Qualification: Yes. RQF
Entry Requirements: L2 Literacy and Numeracy preferred
Minimum Age: 16 Years
Pre-requisites: None.
Payment types: Instalments available Payment types: Instalments available.
Resources included: Full tutor support, workplace observation and assessment, Hodder/CACHE digital textbook, online learning materials and student support forum
This qualification is designed for individuals wanting to work in school or college settings, and not early years settings. Please note, Reception classes, Year R, Foundation 2 or similar are early years environments, and this course is not suitable. You may prefer to look at our Early Years Practitioner or Early Years Educator qualifications instead.
Awarding Body: CACHE
Regulated Qualification (QRN) Number: 603/2476/4
Placement Required: Yes
Recognised Qualification: Yes. RQF
Entry Requirements: L2 Literacy and Numeracy preferred
Minimum Age: 16 Years
Pre-requisites: None.
Payment types: Instalments available Payment types: Instalments available.
Resources included: Full tutor support, workplace observation and assessment, Hodder/CACHE digital textbook, online learning materials and student support forum
This qualification is designed for individuals wanting to work in school or college settings, and not early years settings. Please note, Reception classes, Year R, Foundation 2 or similar are early years environments, and this course is not suitable. You may prefer to look at our Early Years Practitioner or Early Years Educator qualifications instead.
The Level 2 Certificate in Supporting Teaching and Learning has been designed to provide learners with an understanding of the knowledge and skills needed when working directly with children and young people in school or college environments. It covers a wide range of areas including children and young people’s development, supporting children and young people’s positive behaviour and communication and professional relationships.
It is aimed at learners working in roles that support pupils’ learning in primary, secondary or special schools, as well as colleges.
Kick start your rewarding career by learning about the importance of play in learning, child development and your role in caring for and educating children and promoting their welfare and well-being. This course has a very practical element to it, meaning you will need to complete some tasks within a voluntary or paid placement. The knowledge parts of your course are studied via a range of optional online group sessions, on-demand learning module accessed online, and through on-going support with your tutor through our learning portal.
It is aimed at learners working in roles that support pupils’ learning in primary, secondary or special schools, as well as colleges.
Kick start your rewarding career by learning about the importance of play in learning, child development and your role in caring for and educating children and promoting their welfare and well-being. This course has a very practical element to it, meaning you will need to complete some tasks within a voluntary or paid placement. The knowledge parts of your course are studied via a range of optional online group sessions, on-demand learning module accessed online, and through on-going support with your tutor through our learning portal.
The course is formed of 11 units, which are accumulated through a range of knowledge based and practical tasks. The units are as follows:
SWSC1: Understand schools and colleges as organisations: 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.
SWSC2: Understand children and young people’s development: 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.
SWSC5: Safeguarding children and young people: This unit provides the knowledge and understanding required for safeguarding children and young people.
STL2C4: Equality, diversity and inclusion in a learning environment for children and young people: This unit provides knowledge and understanding of policies and practices to promote equality, diversity and inclusion in work with children and young people.
STL2C5: Maintain relationships with children and young people: 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.
STL2C6: Support the health and safety of children and young people: 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.
STL2C7: Support positive behaviour in a learning environment for children and young people: 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.
STL2C8: Contribute to teamwork in a learning environment: This unit provides knowledge and understanding as well as skills application in relation to how to contribute to teamwork in the learning environment.
TL2C9: Understand children and young people’s play and leisure: This unit provides the knowledge and understanding required to support children and young people’s play and leisure.
STL2C10: Promote an effective learning environment: 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.
STL2C11: Provide displays in a learning environment: 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.
SWSC1: Understand schools and colleges as organisations: 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.
SWSC2: Understand children and young people’s development: 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.
SWSC5: Safeguarding children and young people: This unit provides the knowledge and understanding required for safeguarding children and young people.
STL2C4: Equality, diversity and inclusion in a learning environment for children and young people: This unit provides knowledge and understanding of policies and practices to promote equality, diversity and inclusion in work with children and young people.
STL2C5: Maintain relationships with children and young people: 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.
STL2C6: Support the health and safety of children and young people: 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.
STL2C7: Support positive behaviour in a learning environment for children and young people: 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.
STL2C8: Contribute to teamwork in a learning environment: This unit provides knowledge and understanding as well as skills application in relation to how to contribute to teamwork in the learning environment.
TL2C9: Understand children and young people’s play and leisure: This unit provides the knowledge and understanding required to support children and young people’s play and leisure.
STL2C10: Promote an effective learning environment: 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.
STL2C11: Provide displays in a learning environment: 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.
You will need to record a minimum of 75 hours in a placement environment. This is the minimum- you may need to gain additional hours to complete any placement tasks.
Learners can progress onto the Level 3 Certificate or Diploma in Supporting Teaching and Learning, or into the workforce.
