New QCF Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People's Services is ready for registration now!!
The New QCF awards have replaced the following NVQs with:
QCF - A brief Introduction
QCF stands for The Qualifications & Credit Framework.
- Frameworks are being developed throughout Europe to demonstrate values of qualifications in relation to others achieved in various countries.
- NVQs have been integrated onto the framework – and will appear as Certificates at Level 2 and Diplomas at Level 3.
- Level 4 NVQs in Health & Social Care and Childrens Workforce will appear as Diplomas at Level 5 on the framework.
- The Diplomas/Certificates will continue to be VOCATIONAL. All evidence can be achieved in the workplace.
- Evidence will continue to be collected holistically – and assessed by Work Based Assessors as per NVQ.
- NVQ Academy systems and paperwork will be minimally adjusted to embrace the requirements of the new Awards.
- NVQ Academy will continue to offer Work-Based Assessor Training and Qualification FREE of charge – one of the very few Training Organisations/Assessment Centres to do this.
- The new and replacement qualifications will be made available by NVQ Academy as soon as they are officially launched.
- Registration for NVQ Level 3 closed at the end of December 2010. NVQ Level 4 was closed on 31 march 2011.
- The whole qualification – and its parts (units) carry a credit rating to show overall value and status.
- The credits can be earned and collected by learners Credits will be entered on to the Learner's Personal Learning Record (available since September 2010).
- Learners will be issued with a Unique Learner Number (ULN) to ensure QCF achievement information will be held on the Personal Learning Record.
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