Common use of Recognised Qualifications Clause in Contracts

Recognised Qualifications. The key concept is that a post holder appointed to a particular range must be able to demonstrate competence to fulfil the duties and responsibilities of the post. Employers will need to take care in drawing up job descriptions to ensure that the skills and expertise required of workers match the requirements of the posts. To assist employers, the NYA and the Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) through their respective ETS committees, operate a process of professional validation/endorsement of HE undergraduate and postgraduate youth work courses. Validation/endorsement by an ETS Committee confers recognition that HE courses have met the required standard for professional formation of youth work students as recognised by the JNC. Scotland has a separate but similar process for the approval of higher education programmes, which is carried out by the Community Learning and Development (CLD) Standards Council. Similarly, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland operate an endorsement process for HE courses through the North/South Education and Training Standards Committee (NSETS). The ETS committees across the UK and Ireland come together as the Joint ETS to share information, discuss issues relating to professional endorsement and to agree protocols for working practices. The ETS committees in England and Wales also endorse OFQUAL approved Awarding Organisations (AOs) for the delivery of QCF youth support work vocational qualifications. Employers are guided to specified youth work programmes, which are accredited through one of these endorsed AOs as the endorsement process is based on a relationship between AOs and ETS to secure standards against the JNC framework. A full list of recognised courses can be found in Appendix I of the JNC Agreement and the updated list can be accessed from the following websites: • ETS England: xxx.xxx.xxx.xx • ETS Wales: xxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx.xx Linking the JNC framework and qualifications The following table links the key grading criteria in the JNC framework with the recognised qualifications described above. JNC FRAMEWORK MINIMUM QUALIFICATION Youth and Community Support Worker Range The JNC recommends that employers provide newly appointed workers with induction and introduction training as appropriate. Approved courses in youth support work are endorsed by the ETS committees on the basis that when qualified, workers can demonstrate that they can deliver the skills and competences outlined in the National Occupational Standards for Youth Work1 at the appropriate level. The early part of this range provides the salary grades for youth and community support workers who assist in the delivery of operational youth and community work. Workers with these responsibilities will receive leadership and operational guidance from professionally qualified youth and community workers, or where appropriate from those youth and community support workers who carry supervisory responsibility for small projects, such as one night a week clubs (see below). The later part of this range provides the salary grades for youth and community support workers who work on their own initiative or who carry supervisory responsibility for small projects, such as one night a week clubs. Workers with these responsibilities will receive leadership and operational guidance from professionally qualified youth and community workers. JNC expects that youth work staff have access to appropriate professional youth work supervision. Whilst JNC have identified the minimum qualification appropriate, employers are strongly encouraged to also offer CPD to employees within this range, specifically utilising the available Level 3 Diploma in Youth Work Practice. CPD applied in this way can support those employees wishing to pursue a career pathway in youth work and facilitate transition to professional qualification programmes provided through Higher Education. QCF Level 2 Certificate in Youth Support Work. (minimum 23 credits) Achievement at level 2 reflects the ability to select and use relevant knowledge, ideas, skills and procedures to complete well-defined tasks and address straightforward problems. It includes taking responsibility for completing tasks and procedures and exercising autonomy and judgement subject to overall direction or guidance QCF Level 3 Certificate in Youth Support Work. (Minimum 24 credits) Achievement at level 3 reflects the ability to identify and use relevant understanding, methods and skills to complete tasks and address problems that, while well defined, have a measure of complexity. It includes taking responsibility for initiating and completing tasks and procedures as well as exercising autonomy and judgement within limited parameters Professionally qualified Youth and Community Worker Range This range provides the salary grades for professionally qualified youth and community workers who carry responsibility for the delivery, design, and development of youth work. Professionally qualified youth and community workers can also be expected to carry operational management responsibilities. Recognised courses are validated/endorsed by the ETS committees on the basis that qualified workers can demonstrate that they can deliver the skills and competences outlined in the National Occupational Standards for Youth Work1 and the Subject Benchmarks for Youth and Community Work4. FHEQ Level 6 Bachelor's degrees with honours are awarded to students who have demonstrated: • a systematic understanding of key aspects of their field of study, including acquisition of coherent and detailed knowledge, at least some of which is at, or informed by, the forefront of defined aspects of a discipline; • an ability to deploy accurately established techniques of analysis and enquiry within a discipline; • a conceptual understanding that enables the student to be able to devise and sustain arguments, and/or to solve problems, using ideas and techniques, some of which are at the forefront of a discipline: • an ability to describe and comment upon particular aspects of current research, or equivalent advanced scholarship, in the discipline an appreciation of the uncertainty, ambiguity and limits of knowledge: • the ability to manage their own learning and to make use of scholarly reviews and primary sources (for example, refereed research articles and/or original materials appropriate to the discipline).

Recognised Qualifications. The key concept is that a post holder appointed to a particular range must be able to demonstrate competence to fulfil the duties and responsibilities of the post. Employers will need to take care in drawing up job descriptions to ensure that the skills and expertise required of workers match the requirements of the posts. To assist employers, the NYA and the Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) through their respective ETS committees, operate a process of professional validation/endorsement of HE undergraduate and postgraduate youth work courses. Validation/endorsement by an ETS Committee confers recognition that HE courses have met the required standard for professional formation of youth work students as recognised by the JNC. Scotland has a separate but similar process for the approval of higher education programmes, which is carried out by the Community Learning and Development (CLD) Standards Council. Similarly, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland operate an endorsement process for HE courses through the North/South Education and Training Standards Committee (NSETS). The ETS committees across the UK and Ireland come together as the Joint ETS to share information, discuss issues relating to professional endorsement and to agree protocols for working practices. The ETS committees in England and Wales also endorse OFQUAL approved Awarding Organisations (AOs) for the delivery of QCF youth support work vocational qualifications. Employers are guided to specified youth work programmes, which are accredited through one of these endorsed AOs as the endorsement process is based on a relationship between AOs and ETS to secure standards against the JNC framework. A full list of recognised courses can be found in Appendix I of the JNC Agreement and the updated list can be accessed from the following websites: • ETS England: xxx.xxx.xxx.xx • ETS Wales: xxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx.xx Linking the JNC framework and qualifications The following table links the key grading criteria in the JNC framework with the recognised qualifications described above. JNC FRAMEWORK MINIMUM QUALIFICATION Youth and Community Support Worker Range The JNC recommends that employers Range provide newly appointed workers with induction and introduction training as appropriate. Approved courses in youth support work are endorsed by the ETS committees on the basis that when qualified, workers can demonstrate that they can deliver the skills and competences outlined in the National Occupational Standards for Youth Work1 at the appropriate level. The early part of this range provides the salary grades for youth and community support workers who assist in the delivery of operational youth and community work. Workers with these responsibilities will receive leadership and operational guidance from professionally qualified youth and community workers, or where appropriate from those youth and community support workers who carry supervisory responsibility for small projects, such as one night a week clubs (see below). QCF Level 2 Certificate in Youth Support Work. (minimum 23 credits) Achievement at level 2 reflects the ability to select and use relevant knowledge, ideas, skills and procedures to complete well-defined tasks and address straightforward problems. It includes taking responsibility for completing tasks and procedures and exercising autonomy and judgement subject to overall direction or guidance The later part of this range provides the salary grades for youth and community support workers who work on their own initiative or who carry supervisory responsibility for small projects, such as one night a week clubs. Workers with these responsibilities will receive leadership and operational guidance from professionally qualified youth and community workers. JNC expects that youth work staff have access to appropriate professional youth work supervision. Whilst JNC have identified the minimum qualification appropriate, employers are strongly encouraged to also offer CPD to employees within this range, specifically utilising the available Level 3 Diploma in Youth Work Practice. CPD applied in this way can support those employees wishing to pursue a career pathway in youth work and facilitate transition to professional qualification programmes provided through Higher Education. QCF Level 2 Certificate in Youth Support Work. (minimum 23 credits) Achievement at level 2 reflects the ability to select and use relevant knowledge, ideas, skills and procedures to complete well-defined tasks and address straightforward problems. It includes taking responsibility for completing tasks and procedures and exercising autonomy and judgement subject to overall direction or guidance QCF Level 3 Certificate in Youth Support Work. (Minimum 24 credits) Achievement at level 3 reflects the ability to identify and use relevant understanding, methods and skills to complete tasks and address problems that, while well defined, have a measure of complexity. It includes taking responsibility for initiating and completing tasks and procedures as well as exercising autonomy and judgement within limited parameters Whilst JNC have identified the minimum qualification appropriate, employers are strongly encouraged to also offer CPD to employees within this range, specifically utilising the available Level 3 Diploma in Youth Work Practice. CPD applied in this way can support those employees wishing to pursue a career pathway in youth work and facilitate transition to professional qualification programmes provided through Higher Education. Professionally qualified Youth and Community Worker Range This range provides the salary grades for professionally qualified youth and community workers who carry responsibility for the delivery, design, and development of youth work. Professionally qualified youth and community workers can also be expected to carry operational management responsibilities. Recognised courses are validated/endorsed by the ETS committees on the basis that qualified workers can demonstrate that they can deliver the skills and competences outlined in the National Occupational Standards for Youth Work1 and the Subject Benchmarks for Youth and Community Work4. FHEQ Level 6 Bachelor's degrees with honours are awarded to students who have demonstrated: • a systematic understanding of key aspects of their field of study, including acquisition of coherent and detailed knowledge, at least some of which is at, or informed by, the forefront of defined aspects of a discipline; • an ability to deploy accurately established techniques of analysis and enquiry within a discipline; • a conceptual understanding that enables the student to be able to devise and sustain arguments, and/or to solve problems, using ideas and techniques, some of which are at the forefront of a discipline: • an ability to describe and comment upon particular aspects of current research, or equivalent advanced scholarship, in the discipline an appreciation of the uncertainty, ambiguity and limits of knowledge: • the ability to manage their own learning and to make use of scholarly reviews and primary sources (for example, refereed research articles and/or original materials appropriate to the discipline).

Recognised Qualifications. The key concept is that a post holder appointed to a particular range must be able to demonstrate competence to fulfil the duties and responsibilities of the post. Employers will need to take care in drawing up job descriptions to ensure that the skills and expertise required of workers match the requirements of the posts. To assist employers, the NYA and the Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) through their respective ETS committees, operate a process of professional validation/endorsement of HE undergraduate and postgraduate youth work courses. Validation/endorsement by an ETS Committee confers recognition that HE courses have met the required standard for professional formation of youth work students as recognised by the JNC. Scotland has a separate but similar process for the approval of higher education programmes, which is carried out by the Community Learning and Development (CLD) Standards Council. Similarly, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland operate an endorsement process for HE courses through the North/South Education and Training Standards Committee (NSETS). The ETS committees across the UK and Ireland come together as the Joint ETS to share information, discuss issues relating to professional endorsement and to agree protocols for working practices. The ETS committees in England and Wales also endorse OFQUAL approved Awarding Organisations (AOs) for the delivery of QCF youth support work vocational qualifications. Employers are guided to specified youth work programmes, which are accredited through one of these endorsed AOs as the endorsement process is based on a relationship between AOs and ETS to secure standards against the JNC framework. A full list of recognised courses can be found in Appendix I of the JNC Agreement and the updated list can be accessed from the following websites: •  ETS England: xxx.xxx.xxx.xx •  ETS Wales: xxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx.xx Linking the JNC framework and qualifications The following table links the key grading criteria in the JNC framework with the recognised qualifications described above. JNC FRAMEWORK MINIMUM QUALIFICATION Youth and Community Support Worker Range The JNC recommends that employers provide newly appointed workers with induction and introduction training as appropriate. Approved courses in youth support work are endorsed by the ETS committees on the basis that when qualified, workers can demonstrate that they can deliver the skills and competences outlined in the National Occupational Standards for Youth Work1 at the appropriate level. The early part of this range provides the salary grades for youth and community support workers who assist in the delivery of operational youth and community work. Workers with these responsibilities will receive leadership and operational guidance from professionally qualified youth and community workers, or where appropriate from those youth and community support workers who carry supervisory responsibility for small projects, such as one night a week clubs (see below). The later part of this range provides the salary grades for youth and community support workers who work on their own initiative or who carry supervisory responsibility for small projects, such as one night a week clubs. Workers with these responsibilities will receive leadership and operational guidance from professionally qualified youth and community workers. JNC expects that youth work staff have access to appropriate professional youth work supervision. Whilst JNC have identified the minimum qualification appropriate, employers are strongly encouraged to also offer CPD to employees within this range, specifically utilising the available Level 3 Diploma in Youth Work Practice. CPD applied in this way can support those employees wishing to pursue a career pathway in youth work and facilitate transition to professional qualification programmes provided through Higher Education. QCF Level 2 Certificate in Youth Support Work. (minimum 23 credits) Achievement at level 2 reflects the ability to select and use relevant knowledge, ideas, skills and procedures to complete well-defined tasks and address straightforward problems. It includes taking responsibility for completing tasks and procedures and exercising autonomy and judgement subject to overall direction or guidance QCF Level 3 Certificate in Youth Support Work. (Minimum 24 credits) Achievement at level 3 reflects the ability to identify and use relevant understanding, methods and skills to complete tasks and address problems that, while well defined, have a measure of complexity. It includes taking responsibility for initiating and completing tasks and procedures as well as exercising autonomy and judgement within limited parameters Professionally qualified Youth and Community Worker Range This range provides the salary grades for professionally qualified youth and community workers who carry responsibility for the delivery, design, and development of youth work. Professionally qualified youth and community workers can also be expected to carry operational management responsibilities. Recognised courses are validated/endorsed by the ETS committees on the basis that qualified workers can demonstrate that they can deliver the skills and competences outlined in the National Occupational Standards for Youth Work1 and the Subject Benchmarks for Youth and Community Work4. FHEQ Level 6 Bachelor's degrees with honours are awarded to students who have demonstrated: •  a systematic understanding of key aspects of their field of study, including acquisition of coherent and detailed knowledge, at least some of which is at, or informed by, the forefront of defined aspects of a discipline; •  an ability to deploy accurately established techniques of analysis and enquiry within a discipline; •  a conceptual understanding that enables the student to be able to devise and sustain arguments, and/or to solve problems, using ideas and techniques, some of which are at the forefront of a discipline: •  an ability to describe and comment upon particular aspects of current research, or equivalent advanced scholarship, in the discipline an appreciation of the uncertainty, ambiguity and limits of knowledge: •  the ability to manage their own learning and to make use of scholarly reviews and primary sources (for example, refereed research articles and/or original materials appropriate to the discipline).

Recognised Qualifications. The key concept is that a post holder appointed to a particular range must be able to demonstrate competence to fulfil the duties and responsibilities of the post. Employers will need to take care in drawing up job descriptions to ensure that the skills and expertise required of workers match the requirements of the posts. To assist employers, the NYA and the Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) through their respective ETS committees, operate a process of professional validation/endorsement of HE undergraduate and postgraduate youth work courses. Validation/endorsement by an ETS Committee confers recognition that HE courses have met the required standard for professional formation of youth work students as recognised by the JNC. Scotland has a separate but similar process for the approval of higher education programmes, which is carried out by the Community Learning and Development (CLD) Standards Council. Similarly, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland operate an endorsement process for HE courses through the North/South Education and Training Standards Committee (NSETS). The ETS committees across the UK and Ireland come together as the Joint ETS to share information, discuss issues relating to professional endorsement and to agree protocols for working practices. The ETS committees in England and Wales also endorse OFQUAL approved Awarding Organisations (AOs) for the delivery of QCF youth support work vocational qualifications. Employers are guided to specified youth work programmes, which are accredited through one of these endorsed AOs as the endorsement process is based on a relationship between AOs and ETS to secure standards against the JNC framework. A full list of recognised courses can be found in Appendix I of the JNC Agreement and the updated list can be accessed from the following websites: •  ETS England: xxx.xxx.xxx.xx •  ETS Wales: xxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx.xx Linking the JNC framework and qualifications The following table links the key grading criteria in the JNC framework with the recognised qualifications described above. JNC FRAMEWORK MINIMUM QUALIFICATION Youth and Community Support Worker Range The JNC recommends that employers provide newly appointed workers with induction and introduction training as appropriate. Approved courses in youth support work are endorsed by the ETS committees on the basis that when qualified, workers can demonstrate that they can deliver the skills and competences outlined in the National Occupational Standards for Youth Work1 at the appropriate level. The early part of this range provides the salary grades for youth and community support workers who assist in the delivery of QCF Level 2 Certificate in Youth Support Work. (minimum 23 operational youth and community work. Workers with these responsibilities will receive leadership and operational guidance from professionally qualified youth and community workers, or where appropriate from those youth and community support workers who carry supervisory responsibility for small projects, such as one night a week clubs (see below). credits) Achievement at level 2 reflects the ability to select and use relevant knowledge, ideas, skills and procedures to complete well-defined tasks and address straightforward problems. It includes taking responsibility for completing tasks and procedures and exercising autonomy and judgement subject to overall direction or guidance The later latter part of this range provides the salary grades for youth and community support workers who work on their own initiative or who carry supervisory responsibility for small projects, such as one night a week clubs. Workers with these responsibilities will receive leadership and operational guidance from professionally qualified youth and community workers. JNC expects that youth work staff have access to appropriate professional youth work supervision. Whilst JNC have identified the minimum qualification appropriate, employers are strongly encouraged to also offer CPD to employees within this range, specifically utilising the available Level 3 Diploma in Youth Work Practice. CPD applied in this way can support those employees wishing to pursue a career pathway in youth work and facilitate transition to professional qualification programmes provided through Higher Education. QCF Level 2 Certificate in Youth Support Work. (minimum 23 credits) Achievement at level 2 reflects the ability to select and use relevant knowledge, ideas, skills and procedures to complete well-defined tasks and address straightforward problems. It includes taking responsibility for completing tasks and procedures and exercising autonomy and judgement subject to overall direction or guidance QCF Level 3 Certificate in Youth Support Work. (Minimum 24 credits) Achievement at level 3 reflects the ability to identify and use relevant understanding, methods and skills to complete tasks and address problems that, while well defined, have a measure of complexity. It includes taking responsibility for initiating and completing tasks and procedures as well as exercising autonomy and judgement within limited parameters Professionally qualified Youth and Community Worker Range This range provides the salary grades for professionally qualified youth and community workers who carry responsibility for the delivery, design, and development of youth work. Professionally qualified youth and community workers can also be expected to carry operational management responsibilities. Recognised courses are validated/endorsed by the ETS committees on the basis that qualified workers can demonstrate that they can deliver the skills and competences outlined in the National Occupational Standards for Youth Work1 and the Subject Benchmarks for Youth and Community Work4. FHEQ Level 6 Bachelor's degrees with honours are awarded to students who have demonstrated: •  a systematic understanding of key aspects of their field of study, including acquisition of coherent and detailed knowledge, at least some of which is at, or informed by, the forefront of defined aspects of a discipline; •  an ability to deploy accurately established techniques of analysis and enquiry within a discipline; •  a conceptual understanding that enables the student to be able to devise and sustain arguments, and/or to solve problems, using ideas and techniques, some of which are at the forefront of a discipline: •  an ability to describe and comment upon particular aspects of current research, or equivalent advanced scholarship, in the discipline an appreciation of the uncertainty, ambiguity and limits of knowledge: •  the ability to manage their own learning and to make use of scholarly reviews and primary sources (for example, refereed research articles and/or original materials appropriate to the discipline).