Children, Young People and Families Manager

On a children, young people and families manager apprenticeship course, you’ll help children, young people, and families aspire to do their best and achieve sustainable change.

As an apprentice management professional for children, young people, and families, you will aim to form teams, manage resources, and lead creative approaches to working for practices that produce better outcomes and put the child, young person, or family at the centre of practise.

After finishing this apprenticeship, you will motivate practitioners to actively help each child, young person, young adult, and family to realise their full potential, focusing on quality in practice and improved performance.

You’ll be able to inform and improve practise by acting on research and new findings on successfully addressing the needs of children, youth, and families. In addition, you will be a role model for behaviours that encourage reflective practice, professional confidence, and humility.

What you’ll learn

On a children, young people and families manager apprenticeship course, you’ll learn to:

• Maintain and develop a leadership style that defines the organisation’s culture, objectives, and strategy.
• Create and implement high-quality monitoring and decision-making procedures.
• Demonstrate evidence-based practice and the practical application of current research and concepts.
• Monitor, analyse and improve the workplace to ensure its safety.
• Establish clear, measurable objectives
• Improve working processes through developing, promoting, and leading changes that result in improved outcomes.
• Encourage children, youth, and families to participate in service enhancement actively.
• Manage the service’s quality assurance and provide recommendations for improvement.
• Manage and deploy all resources (e.g., people, money, and IT property) to get the best outcomes feasible.
• Manage resources and mobilise collaborative action across service boundaries and within the community.
• Collaborate with other agencies to solve complex issues and get the best possible outcomes.
• Participate in reflective practice and promote a learning culture among team members.

Entry requirements

You’ll usually need:

• 5 GCSEs at grades 9 to 4 (A* to C), or equivalent, including English and maths, for an advanced apprenticeship.
• Apprentices without level 2 English and maths will need to achieve this before taking the end-point assessment.

Assessment methods

The End Point Assessment comprises two distinct assessment methods: 

• Situational Judgement Test
• Competence Interview

Duration, level, subjects and potential salary upon completion

Apprenticeship standard

More information about the Level 2 Children, Young People and Families Manager Apprenticeship standard can be found here.

Apprenticeship end point assessment

For more information about the End Point Assessment Process, please read the Institute of Apprenticeships’ information page.