*This qualification closed to new learners in 2021*

We currently offer the following City & Guilds Work with Parents Qualifications:

• Level 3 Award in Work with Parents
• Level 3 Certificate in Work with Parents

 

The Award and Certificate in Work with Parents have been designed to equip those working with parents with the necessary skills and knowledge required to work effectively with parents, helping them to understand their role and meet their children’s social, emotional, intellectual and physical needs in family life.

A Level 3 Award or Certificate in Work with Parents is for anybody supporting and working with parents and children in a variety of settings and can help you start your career in the work with parents sector or progress within the industry. You can use these qualifications to work with parents in roles such as; Parent liaison officer, Home school support advisor, Parent support advisor, Parenting group leader/Facilitator, Parenting support/Home visitor, Senior support worker, Child care practitioner, Family support worker, Health visitor, Social worker, etc.

Age Group – 18 or older

You will need to complete just one mandatory unit (6 credits), this is:

• Build and maintain relationships in work with parents

Plus 6 credits from a range of optional units

Full qualification guidance – L3 Award & Certificate in Work with Parents v4-1 (Apr 18) – 3599

12 credits / TQT 120

You will need to complete seven mandatory units, (30 credits) these are:

• Build and maintain relationships in work with parents
• Work with parents to meet their children’s needs
• Enable parents to develop ways of handling relationships and behaviour that contribute to everyday life with children
• Enable parents to reflect on the influences in parenting and the parent-child relationship
• Effective communication with parents
• Work in partnership with parents to engage them with their children’s learning and development in school
• Schools as organisations

Full qualification guidance – L3 Award & Certificate in Work with Parents v4-1 (Apr 18) – 3599

30 credits / TQT 300

All learners vary on the timescale to complete their qualification.
When you register, you will be given a specified target date in which to achieve your qualification, you can complete your qualification sooner than the target date if you are able to submit work regularly and at a good pace. Specific target dates can be discussed and agreed with your Assessor.

Total Qualification Time (TQT) ranges from 120 – 300 hrs, depending on the qualification being undertaken, these are based on the average amount of time taken to achieve these qualifications, over an average completion period of 6 – 12 months.

 

(including Registration, Learner Pack, Assessment and Certification) from:

• Level 3 Award in Work with Parents – £1,041.
• Level 3 Certificate in Work with Parents – £1,449.

These prices are reduced significantly for learners and organisations with their own in-house assessor support.
Registration only from:

• Level 3 Award in Work with Parents – £246.
• Level 3 Certificate in Work with Parents – £554.

*ARC members benefit from reduced costs

To register for any of these qualifications, you need to complete the necessary registration forms. This will prompt support for you to consider all the aspects involved in undertaking the qualification and ensure the right one is selected for you. You will also need to seek permission from your organisation to collect evidence in the workplace.

To find out more about registering please click here ‘How to Register’.

All ARC learner documentation is included in our learner portfolios, these can also be accessed via our ‘’Documentation, Guidance & Policies’ section in word and .pdf format.

Awarding Organisation guidance is available via the same page.