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"As a Children, Young People and Family Manager you will ensure direction, alignment and commitment within your own practice, your team(s), your organisation and across partnerships to help children, young people and families aspire to do their best and achieve sustainable change. You will build teams, manage resources and lead new approaches to working practices that deliver improved outcomes and put the child, young person or family at the centre of practice. 
You may work either as a Manager in Children's Residential Care or as a Children, Young People and Families Manager in the Community in a range of settings in local authorities, within health organisations, educational and early years settings or children's centres, as well as a wide range of private voluntary and community organisations. You could be solely responsible for the management of a team or service, or be part of a management team. To deliver effectively on a wide range of outcomes you will work on a multi agency basis with professionals from a wide range of backgrounds, as well as team leaders and managers from your own organisation.
With a focus on excellence in practice and improved performance, you will encourage Children, Young People and Family Practitioners to gain the skills, knowledge, attitudes and behaviours that will enable them to actively support each child, young person, young adult and family to achieve their potential. You will inform and improve practice by acting on research and new developments into how the needs of children, young people and families are best met. You will model the behaviours that encourage reflective practice, professional confidence and humility. You will challenge and support practitioners and ensure their practice is safe. You will develop and lead an ethos that will enable and inspire practitioners to make a real difference to the lives of children, young people and families. "

Learning Objectives

Duties of the job role covered as part of the Apprenticeship:
"Duty 1: Leading and working a cohesive team that exemplifes the ethos of the home and has a sense of purpose and clarity for the long term care and support of children and young people in residential care  (Core 1 and Option 1a).
RCC 5.9 Lead practice to achieve positive outcomes for children and young people in residential childcare
RCC 5.11 Lead practice to support the well-being and resilience of children and young people in residential childcare
RCC 5.17 Lead practice to support young people leaving care
RCC 3.18 Understand the youth justice system as it relates to residential childcare"																																
"Duty 2: Implementing a working environment to support dignity and human rights (Core 2).
RCC 5.10: Implement a Positive Relationship Policy in residential childcare
RCC 5.14 Lead practice to promote the rights, diversity and equality of children and young people in residential childcare
RCC 3.17: Understand the care system and its impact on children and young people"																																
"Duty 3: Supporting children and young people to work throughchallenges and keep them safe (Core 3).
RCC 5.2: Understand support for children and young people who are vulnerable and disadvantaged
RCC 5.4 Lead practice to support the safeguarding and protection of children and young people in residential childcare
RCC 5.6 Manage risk in residential childcare
RCC 5.8 Lead a service that can support children or young people who have experienced harm or abuse
RCC 5.12 Lead practice in safe use of digital, internet and mobile technology with children and young people"																																
"Duty 4: Focussing on and achieving improved outcomes for children and young people (Core 4).
RCC 5.9 Lead practice to achieve positive outcomes for children and young people in residential childcare
RCC 5.11 Lead practice to support the well-being and resilience of children and young people in residential childcare
RCC 5.17 Lead practice to support young people leaving care
RCC 3.18 Understand the youth justice system as it relates to residential childcare"																																
"Duty 5: Managing and making best use of resources (Core 5).
RCC 5.3: Lead and manage a team within a residential childcare setting
RCC 5.17 Lead practice to support young people leaving care"																																
"Task 6: Building relationships with others that ensuring effective communication and partnership working (Core 6).
RCC 5.5 Lead practice for communication and information management in residential childcare settings
RCC 5.15: Lead networks and multi-agency work to benefit children and young people in residential childcare"																																
"Task 7: Leading a culture of continuing professional development (Core 7).
RCC 5.13: Undertake professional development in residential childcare settings"

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For apprentices aged 16-21 the training costs are fully funded by the government. For apprentices aged over 21, there is a 5% co-investment which would be paid by the employer. Alternatively, the training costs can be covered by utilising the Apprenticeship Levy Fund.

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Applicant must be eligible for ESFA funding and in a job role where the duties in learning objectives can be undertaken as part of normal day to day activities

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