Vocational Training

Vocational Qualifications

Aquila Alternatives provide a range of nationally recognised vocational qualifications for staff working with children and young people. We are committed to providing a wide range of  qualifications for the children’s workforce that are recognised by the Qualification Credit Framework (QCF)

We currently offer a range of qualifications for the social care sector including management qualifications and qualifications for assessors and trainers. We are currently developing a much larger range of NVQ qualifications and BTEC qualifications that will support our short course training programme.

Our current QCF portfolio includes:

• Level 3 Diploma for the Children and Young People's Workforce
  -  There are three specialist pathways for this award:
• The Children and Young Peoples Social Care Pathway
• The Early Years and Childcare Pathway
• The Learning and Development and Support Services Pathway
• Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children
  and Young People's Services (England) (QCF)
  -  There are three specialist Pathways for this award:
• The Children and Young People's Residential Management Pathway
• The Children and Young People's Management Pathway
• The Children and Young People's Advanced Practice Pathway (also available unit by unit)
• Level 5 Diploma in Management
• A range of Assessor and Verifier Awards
• Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector (PTLLS)

We are continually adding to our suite of qualifications and would be pleased to hear from you if you have any particular requirements.

We are an approved centre for both EDEXCEL and City & Guilds.  We always employ skilled, qualified, occupationally experienced and competent Assessors, Verifiers and Trainers. The majority of whom are existing or very recent practitioners; we feel this is crucial in order to understand the worker’s role, challenges and day to day demands.

We have various options available for delivering our QCF training, including fixed or flexible assessor hours, fixed or variable costs and fixed or variable support packages.

All QCF learners will be initially assessed and will be continually guided and supported throughout the process.  We have access to numerous resources to simplify the evidence gathering and portfolio building. In addition, we can offer underpinning knowledge study days for the individual awards and specific units of competence.