Social Care with Children and Families

Social Care with Children and Families

About the Level 4 Social Care with Children and Families Certificate

If you want to work with children and their families to make society a better place, this could be the course for you. At learndirect, our Level 4 Social Care with Children and Families certificate has been designed to educate our students about social care theory and practice in the UK. Study online from the comfort of your own home and you can help improve the lives of vulnerable children.

Altogether the course has 12 engaging units. These easy to understand online modules cover topics including: the principles and processes of social work; working with adults in the family; immediate child protection; children and families with special needs and empowerment and partnership in work with children and families.

Who should study this course?

This home learning course is aimed at individuals with an interest in social care. Whether you are an aspiring social worker, or you already work in care and want to expand your knowledge, this home study qualification will help you to unlock doors.

At learndirect, we do not ask for any previous qualifications or experience. In order to enrol on this social care course, all you will need is access to the internet, a touch of motivation and the desire to help vulnerable people in the UK.

What happens after the course?

On successful completion of this course you will have a fundamental understanding of the British social care system. You will be able to use your new found knowledge in many ways. If you want to be a social worker you will have to complete a university degree.

There are a diverse range of jobs available in the social care sector. You could be working with individuals from all different walks of life and genuinely making the world a better place. Your opportunities include but are not limited to:

• Social worker
• Youth worker
• Family counsellor

For more information about this course, give us a call on this number: 01202 006 464

Modules

The Social and Political Context of Social Work with Children and Families

Principles of Social Work with Children and Families

The Process of Social Work with Children and Families

Direct Work with Children and Young People in the Family

Working with Adults in the Family

Working with the Family as a Group

Immediate Protection of the Child

Protecting Children 2: Ensuring the Child's Future Welfare

Working with Children being Looked after by the Local Authority

Social Work with Families through Transitions, Loss and Gain

Children and Families and Special Needs

Empowerment and Partnership in Work with Children and Families

For a more detailed syllabus on this course, click here

Entry Requirements

There is no experience or previous qualifications required for enrolment on this course. It is available to all students, of all academic backgrounds.

All course fees, inclusive of all payment plans including our Premium Credit Limited option, must be settled before certification can be ordered.

*You will have access to the course for 24 months.

At the end of this course successful learners will be given the option to receive a Certificate of Achievement from the Quality Licence Scheme and a Learner Unit Summary (which lists the components the learner has completed as part of the course).

Level 4 Social Care with Children and Families Certificate of Achievement

The course has been endorsed under the Quality Licence Scheme. This means that learndirect has undergone an external quality check to ensure that the organisation and the courses it offers, meet defined quality criteria. The completion of this course alone does not lead to a regulated qualification* but may be used as evidence of knowledge and skills gained. The Learner Unit Summary may be used as evidence towards Recognition of Prior Learning if you wish to progress your studies in this subject. To this end the learning outcomes of the course have been benchmarked at Level 4 against level descriptors published by Ofqual, to indicate the depth of study and level of demand/complexity involved in successful completion by the learner.

The course itself has been designed learndirect to meet specific learners’ and/or employers’ requirements which cannot be satisfied through current regulated qualifications. The Quality Licence Scheme endorsement involves robust and rigorous quality audits by external auditors to ensure quality is continually met. A review of courses is carried out as part of the endorsement process.

The Quality Licence Scheme is part of the Skills and Education Group, a charitable organisation that unites education and skills-orientated organisations that share similar values and objectives. With more than 100 years of collective experience, the Skills and Education Group’s strategic partnerships create opportunities to inform, influence and represent the wider education and skills sector.

The Skills and Education Group also includes two nationally recognised awarding organisations; Skills and Education Group Awards and Skills and Education Group Access. Through our awarding organisations we have developed a reputation for providing high-quality qualifications and assessments for the education and skills sector. We are committed to helping employers, organisations and learners cultivate the relevant skills for learning, skills for employment, and skills for life.

Our knowledge and experience of working within the awarding sector enables us to work with training providers, through the Quality Licence Scheme, to help them develop high-quality courses and/or training programmes for the non-regulated market.

*Regulated qualification refers to those qualifications that are regulated by Ofqual / CCEA / Qualification Wales

To view a sample of the Certificate of Achievement, please click here.