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WORKING WITH TRAUMATISED CHILDREN

A groundbreaking multi-agency qualification for all professionals who work with traumatised children and young people.

This Level 4 BTEC Certificate is a groundbreaking multi-agency qualification designed to provide continuing professional development to anyone working with traumatised children and young people.

The course is delivered using the internet in our pioneering Online Learning Environment. This offers maximum flexibility to students and agencies and means that people can study where they want, when they want and at their own pace.

Level: 4

Target Audience

This course is appropriate for:

• Teachers - especially Special Educational Needs Co-ordinators and Designated Teachers for Looked After Children
• Social workers
• Staff from Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
• Foster carers
• Workers in Youth Offending Teams
• Anyone working at a professional level with children and young people who have been traumatised by childhood experiences

Students must hold a qualification at Level 3 or equivalent, or be able to show that their academic or vocational experience equips them to study at Level 4.

Benefits

• The flexibility to train whenever and wherever is convenient
• Course content written by child care experts
• A lively learning community sharing ideas and experience
• Easy access to academic, administrative and technical support
• An accredited qualification mapped to:
  • The GSCC Post-Qualifying framework
  • The Caring for Children and Young People NVQ
  • The Children's Care, Learning & Development NVQ
  • The Registered Manager (Children) award
  • The Youth Justice framework

Content and Structure

• The course provides a notional 120 hours of learning, 30 hours per unit
• Students complete three core units and one option unit to achieve the full qualification

• Core Units:
  • Analysing the needs of traumatised children
  • Developing strategic interventions to address secondary trauma
  • Developing strategic approaches to intervention with traumatised children
  
  
• Option Units:
  • Developing professional practice in working with sexually traumatised children
  • Developing professional practice in working with disabled and traumatised children
  • Addressing addictive and self-harming behaviour
  • Caring for children with specific impairments
  • Basic law for foster care practitioners
  • Basic law for foster care practitioners (Scotland)

Assessment

For each unit, students are assigned a personal tutor who provides guidance and support as well as assessment of written assignments. To demonstrate learning and the ability to apply theory to practice, students complete a written task at the end of each module and a longer assignment at the end of each unit.

Key Features

• Students receive a comprehensive user manual as well as online guidance
• The friendly Akamas team is always available to provide support by telephone or email
• A public forum allows students to share support, experiences and insights
• Agencies obtain clear feedback on the progress of each student

Booking Information

If you have any questions or would like to request details by post, please complete our Enquiry Form or call 01453 541860.

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