Education Courses - IAG Level 4

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City & Guilds – Level 4

The level 4 Diploma in Advice & Guidance is a qualification designed for learners that work directly with clients within organisations providing advice and guidance services, either full or part time, paid or voluntary, permanent or temporary.

It is especially suitable for employees working in career services, youth workers, IAG partnerships, schools, colleges, charitable and voluntary organisations, custodial institutions, human resource departments and health and social care environments.

To achieve the level 4 Diploma in Advice and Guidance, the learner will be required to complete nine units, five of which are mandatory and the other four optional units may be chosen to match their job role as closely as possible.

Mandatory units:

• Understand the importance of legislation and procedures
• Develop interactions with advice and guidance clients
• Manage personal case load
• Evaluate and develop own contribution to the service
• Operate within networks1`

Optional units:

• Advocate on behalf of advice and guidance clients
• Prepare to represent advice and guidance clients in formal proceedings
• Present cases for advice and guidance clients in formal proceedings
• Provide support for other practitioners
• Undertake research for the service and its clients
• Design information materials for use in the service
• Liaise with other services
• Enable advice and guidance clients to access referral opportunities
• Integrate Careers Education Guidance (CEG) within the curriculum
• Negotiate and maintain service agreements
• Prepare and set up mediation
• Provide and maintain information materials for use in the service
• Identify and promote the contribution of Careers Education Guidance (CEG) within the organisation
• Promote Careers Education Guidance (CEG)
• Facilitate learning in groups
• Stage and manage the mediation process

The optional units chosen in conjunction with the assessor will vary in number and subject according to which level is chosen and the job role. The wide choice of optional units gives a high level of flexibility, allowing the qualification to be tailored to meet the varying needs of participants and employers across all employment sectors.

Training/Study Options

Learners will be allocated a personal assessor and supplied with all the necessary reading and assessment material. The assessor will provide personal tutorial support at pre-arranged times and will visit the workplace to carry out assessment activities. In between these visits, tasks will also be given to the learner and they will also be able to contact their assessor by email. Workshops will be provided for training, where scenarios will be conducted, along with discussions and evaluation of best practice of advice and guidance procedures.     

At the outset of the course, a skills analysis will be carried out to determine the learner’s current skills level which will enable a judgement to be made as to any training that might be required. This training will include sessions run within our training centres, to cover the underpinning knowledge requirements of the qualification. This training will be provided in one of the following ways:

• Option A: 6 consecutive days training course (Monday to Saturday) (plus three workplace visits)
             
  
  
• Option B: 6 days across three weekends (Friday & Saturday) (plus three workplace visits)
             
  
  
• Option C:  1 day per week over six weeks (plus three workplace visits)

This qualification is assessed in a number of different ways i.e. assignments, observations, practical assessments, video and photographic evidence etc. Submission dates will be set and you will get feedback on your work which will enable you to complete your units.        

If you wish to enrol 6 or more learners from a single organisation, we can arrange to come to your own premises to deliver the necessary assessment and training days.

As a large part of the course involves collecting evidence and assessment, learners will need to be in a real working environment where this can be done.  They will also need to allocate some time for organising and planning their course work and progression.

At level 4, the learner’s job role should involve providing specialist advice and guidance with clients, reporting to senior management and networking with associated services, and managing, negotiating, training, evaluating and developing the service provision.

Good levels of English and Maths would also be desirable. Age restriction 18+

Training would be delivered within one of our training centres:

• Rayleigh
• Chelmsford

It is anticipated that the length of the programme will be 4 to 9 months although this will depend on the learner’s progress through the course.

Level 6 Diploma in Career Guidance Development

How to Apply

For more information or to apply in person, call (01268) 330660 or email: [email protected].

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Price

£1495.00