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What You’ll Gain As An Learner
Through expert teaching, quality resources and ongoing support from industry professionals, you will gain the skills, knowledge and behaviours needed to work with children, young people and their families in residential settings. You will also learn how to support children and young people with additional needs, like Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). With nearly 20 years of training expertise and a 99% learner success rate, we are your trusted partner in supporting your career growth and helping you empower young lives.
What You’ll Gain As An Employer
We provide expert teaching through quality resources and ongoing support to take your staff to the next level as they progress in their childcare career and learn how to support children and young people living with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and other additional needs, as well as their families. With nearly 20 years of training expertise and a 99% learner success rate, leave the teaching to us as we support the next generation of teaching professionals on their journey to empowering the lives of children and young people.
Frequently Asked Questions
The Level 5 Children, Young People and Families Manager (Community) apprenticeship is designed for those managing services that support children, young people and families in community-based settings, such as fostering or adoption services. It develops the knowledge, skills and behaviours needed to lead teams, manage services and drive positive outcomes and long-term change. On completion, you’ll achieve a Level 5 TQUK Diploma in Leadership and Management.
This apprenticeship is a good choice if you are a deputy manager, manager or senior practitioner in a community-based service. If you’re responsible for leading teams, supporting families and improving service delivery, this programme can help you strengthen your leadership skills and progress your career. It’s particularly suited to those working in areas such as fostering, adoption or family support services.
You’ll typically need to be working in a relevant role with leadership or management responsibilities in a community setting to ensure can apply your learning in practice and meet the programme requirements. Experience working with children, young people and families, along with the ability to support and manage others, will help you get the most from the apprenticeship.
The apprenticeship usually takes around 18 months to complete. You’ll take part in a blend of face-to-face and online learning alongside your job role. You must also complete at least six hours per week of off-the-job training, through digital learning, workplace assessments and one-to-one support. The programme concludes with an end-point assessment
You will develop advanced leadership and management skills to support children, young people and families effectively. This includes assessing needs, managing services, leading teams, developing partnerships and responding to complex situations. You will also learn about safeguarding, legislation, change management, quality assurance and reflective practice, enabling you to lead high-quality, person-centred services in community settings.
Off-the-job training is structured learning that takes place during your paid working hours but is separate from your normal day-to-day duties. You’re required to complete a minimum of six hours per week of this training to develop the knowledge, skills and behaviours needed for your apprenticeship. Activities can include online learning, workshops, research, mentoring and other development tasks relevant to your role.
You can also use our Learner Enrichment Calendar to help plan and log suitable off-the-job activities that count towards your training hours, giving you a variety of ways to grow your skills throughout the programme.
All off-the-job training hours must be recorded on your e-portfolio system, Aptem, to ensure your progress is tracked throughout your apprenticeship.
Once you’ve completed the Level 5 Children, Young People and Families Manager (Community Pathway) apprenticeship, you can continue to build your skills and progress your career into more senior leadership and management roles within adoption, fostering, social care and wider community-based services.
A common next step for further academic and professional development is to progress onto a degree-level programme, such as a bachelor’s degree or a degree apprenticeship in areas like social work, leadership and management, or children and young people’s services. Degree apprenticeships are typically delivered by universities and employers, and while we do not deliver these programmes directly, they are widely available across England through higher education providers.
This Level 5 programme equips you with the leadership, knowledge and practical experience needed to take on senior roles and provides a strong foundation if you choose to pursue degree-level study in the future, supporting your continued progression within the sector.
For the learner, there is no cost.
For employers, the cost depends on whether you pay the apprenticeship levy:
- Levy-paying employers: You can use your apprenticeship levy funds to cover the full cost of the programme. These funds are accessed through your digital apprenticeship service account.
- Non-levy employers: The government will fund 95% of the training cost, meaning you only pay the remaining 5%. Based on the £6,000 funding band, this equates to just £300.
This makes apprenticeships a highly cost-effective way to develop your workforce, with the majority of training costs covered through government support.
