Training & Development

These pages have been created to allow Education Welfare Practitioners quick and easy access to information on training and development issues specific to their job and to keep you up to date with new developments. The initial funding to develop and populate these pages was provided by CWDC (Children's Workforce Development Council) as part of their Occupational Grouping Funding stream.

It is important that these pages remain up to date and informative and you can support this in a number of ways.

From time to time NASWE will be canvassing the views of practitioners so please take some time to check out the site and add your views
What's happening in your area? If your local authority or a college near you are delivering relevant training, or your authority is doing something innovative, tell us using the contact box below so that we can let others know.
Are you organising a training event in your area? NASWE are happy to post this on the site free of charge for a not for profit event or for a small fee for profit making events.

REVIEW OF THE FRAMEWORK FOR A FOUNDATION DEGREE FOR INTEGRATED YOUTH SUPPORT

CWDC and the Open University have developed a draft framework for a foundation degree for Integrated Youth Support and would like to seek your feedback on the proposed framework.

The foundation degree framework document is still a ‘working document’ so your input will influence its final shape and content. Our hope is that the framework will be in use and helping to shape programmes from January 2011.

How to participate

We would like you to look through the Foundation Degree document and think about the question areas in the attached Word Document. We would be grateful if you could provide a short paragraph in response to each, and where appropriate state how strongly you agree/disagree to each statement. In order to meet our timescales it is important that your feedback be returned to Claire Brisland c.l.brisland@open.ac.uk by 12 November 2010.

Supplementary questions are given under each of the question areas. We suggest using these to structure your answers.

N.B. If you are not 100% comfortable with emailing in your response you can print off the Word Document and post your reply to: -

Ms Jane Woolford
Children's Workforce Development Council
2nd Floor City Exchange
11 Albion Street
Leeds
LS1 5ES

If you elect to respond by post the closing date to receive submissions is 10th November 2010.

Training & Background

Discover the background and history of training in the Education Welfare Service.

Current Position
Latest Developments
EWS Training

National Occupational Standards

Explore National Occupational Standards and the Children's Workforce Network.

Key sector skill points
Employers information
Children's Workforce Network

National Vocational Qualifications - NVQs

About National Vocational Qualifications.

What are NVQs
How are NVQs achieved
Definition of NVQ levels
Awarding bodies
Learning and Support Services
Course Providers

Higher Education Awards Specific to the EWS

Learn more about higher education diplomas specific to EWS.

Nottingham Trent University
Lancaster University

Foundation Degrees

There are a number of foundation degree courses available in the UK.

What are foundation degrees?
What are the entry requirements?
What are the progression routes from foundation degrees?

If you have any feedback with regard to the content of these pages please use the Contact form to let us know and help keep this resource up to date.

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