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Society, Health and Development
Diploma
Rosemarie T Humphreys
Skills for Care
Diploma Development
Partnership
Led by Skills for Health with members from
o Skills Active – Young people and wider children's
workforce
o Skills for Care
o Skills for Justice
o Employers
o Learning providers
The Availability of Workforce
UK Baby boom 1945-71
1,100,000
60 years old
in 2007
Births 100,000s
900,000
16 years old in 2007
55 years old
in 2007
700,000
500,000
300,000
1938
1948
1958
1968
1978
1988
1998
Why the SHD Diploma is
important
o Unique opportunity to introduce students to a
career in working with adults in social care,
children and young people and other options
o Preparation for work (but not work ready)
o Route to further training and qualifications in
working with adults and children
o Route into HE
The Vision
“The intrinsic value of human beings throughout
life is at the heart of the Society, Health and
Development Diploma. It provides a unique
opportunity to bring together the adult social
care, children and young people’s, community
justice and health workforces within one
qualification.
It puts young people at the centre of the
learning experience through informed choice.”
The Young Person at the
Centre of the Diploma
Independent enquirers
Team workers
Self-managers
Project
Work placement
Classroom setting
Voluntary work
Creative thinkers
Reflective learners
Effective participators
The young person at the centre of the learning is one of
the unique selling points of the diploma – look for potential
opportunities to achieve PLTS
Diploma Development Process
Engage employers in early dialogue PLTS
SHD Diploma Design Process
Summary
Principal
Learning
Employer
Requirements
Consultation
Mapping
NOS / KSF / Functional Map
Induction Standards
Children’s common core
Research
Applied learning
Progression
Research
Existing
Qualifications
Learning
Objectives
Generic
Learning
Additional/
Specialist
Learning
Curriculum
CAB
Mapping
Requirement against
existing qualifications
New
qualifications
designed
Existing
qualifications
approved
Diploma Structure
Other
National
Curriculum
Entitlement
14-16
Level
Principal Learning
(mandatory)
Additional
Specialist
Learning
1
8 integrated/cross
sector topics
At levels 1 & 2
learner choice
2
5 integrated/cross
sector topics, 4 sector
- specific units
3
6 integrated/cross sector
topics including sector
based context placement
At Level 3 Young
person
- choice from
15 Specialist
units and /or
Additional
qualifications
Personal Learning and Thinking Skills • (PLTS)Functional Maths,
English & ICT • Project • Work Experience Placement
A clear choice ofProgression
qualification routes
Degree
GCE
A levels
Diploma
Level 3
GCSE
A* -C
Diploma
Level 2
GCSE D -G
Diploma
Level 1
+other provision
Traditional
route
Advanced
Apprenticeship
Diploma
Young
Apprenticeship
Level Level Level Level
4
3
2
1
Foundation Degree
1
Diploma
14-19 Qualifications
1
PreApprenticeship
Diploma in [occupation]
Level 4
Diploma in
[occupation]
Level 3
Diploma in
[occupation]
Level 2
Diploma in
[occupation]
Level 1
Certificate in
[occupation]
Award in
[occupation]
Certificate in
[occupation]
Award in
[occupation]
Certificate in
[occupation]
Award in
[occupation]
Apprenticeship
route
Occupational route
Mostly 16 +
Adult 16+ QCF
Specialist Learning:
Advanced Level
o Infection prevention
and control
o Health, wellbeing and lifestyle
o Addressing needs
o Supporting adults through
transitions
o Causes of and responses
to offending behaviour
o Impact of offending behaviour
on individuals & communities
o Supporting children and
young people’s development
o Play and learning
o Supporting children
& young people through
transitional processes
o Health conditions and
treatments
o Nutrition and health
o Specialist study area
in adult social care
o Group work
o Leadership &
management
o Ethical dilemmas,
judgments & decision
making in social
care practice
Named Pathways
o General – available from 2008
Available from 2009
o Children’s Workforce
o Health
o Adult Social Care
o Community Justice
Awarding Bodies
o Edexcel - approved for 2008
o OCR – working towards 2009
o C&G/AQA – working towards 2009
o EDI – working towards 2009
o CACHE – plan to deliver specialist
learning
Assessment
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Foundation: 30 GLH externally assessed
Higher: 60 GLH externally assessed
Advanced:180 GLH externally assessed
Extended project guidance as for A levels
Graded
UCAS points – Advanced level equivalent to
3.5 A levels
The Role of Employers
o Support local consortia strategically
o Provide work shadowing experience for
teaching staff
o Be a guest speaker
o Be a student mentor
o Provide work experience for students
o Support students with their projects –
extended project at advanced level
o Become a Diploma champion
Quotes “It goes straight to the heart
of what it is to be a community”
o Barnados, Deputy Chief Constable Hogg of
Cleveland Police, Mandy Pointon: National
Offender Management Service (NOMS)/Home
Office; Harbinder Kaur, Phoenix Futures: Bill
McClimont, UK Homecare Association; Steve Day
Assistant Director Brandon Trust; Paul Ennals:
Chief Executive, National Children’s Bureau
Royal Liverpool Children’s; Julian Hartley Chief
Executive, Blackpool Fylde and Wyre Hospitals;
Ashton Leigh and Wigan NHS Trusts; Susan
Goldstein, North East Strategic Health Authority;
David H Griffith, HR Lead, Homerton University
Hospital NHS Foundation Trust……………..
On Going Development
o To June 2008: support qualification
development by ABs
o Consider need for additional/specialist
learning content especially for the adult
social care and children’s workforce
o Ongoing support for learning providers
The Future
o 42 consortia approved for SHD first
teaching in 2008, 60 for 2009
o Phase 2 Diplomas, first teaching 2009
o Phase 3 Diplomas, first teaching 2010 –
includes Sport and Active Leisure
o Languages, science and humanities, first
teaching 2011
o National entitlement for all 17 diplomas
from 2013
HEI Involvement:
o Champion (Professor
Deian Hopkins – VC
London South Bank)
o Diploma Development
Partnership
o Curriculum Advisory
Board
o Reader Panel
o Gateway
o UCAS
o Other Diplomas
o HEI Forum
o Qualification Quality
Assurance Group
o HEI or faculty
endorsement
o Advocate
www.skillsforhealth.org.uk/diploma
[email protected]