Awards Network for Parents and Carers
Parents and carers are at the centre of learning for young people. Youth awards can make a positive difference to your family:
The Curriculum for Excellence requires schools to recognise the breadth of young people’s achievement, to include achievements gained outside of school through e.g. youth work, volunteering and hobbies, and not simply their ability to pass exams. This means that there is a growing role for community activities to support and complement school based learning.
Employers say:
Business is clear – we need an education system which develops rigorous, rounded and grounded young people. This means a system which focuses as much on the development of key attitudes and attributes – such as confidence, resilience, enterprise, ambition – as on academic progression and attainment.
– Delivering Excellence – an approach for schools in Scotland, CBI, 3/2015
Any job requires a set of technical skills, but employees also need a range of ‘soft skills’. Employers increasingly recognise how youth work awards help young people develop these ‘soft skills’, and consequently make them more valuable as employees in the workplace.
Provider: YouthLink Scotland
The Participative Democracy Certificate (PDC) is an award that provides accreditation to young people actively involved in decision-making in groups. It gives… more
Provider: CVQO
CVQO’s BTEC Diploma in Music for Practical Performance is a qualification that focuses on particular aspects of employment within the music sector. As… more
Provider: Boys’ Brigade in Scotland
The aim of the award is to recognise young people's achievements during their time in the BB, developing skills in leadership, communication, outdoor… more
Provider: The Wood Foundation / YPI Scotland
The Wood Founadtion / YPI Scotland is an Awards Network Strategic Partner. Wood Foundation Deputy UK Director Jonathan Christie said, 'Like the… more
Understanding the SCQF can help you support your child's learning journey
Understand qualification levels, where awards and qualifications sit and how they equate
A tool to help young people to identify and articulate the skills they develop and apply through youth work and related non-formal learning activity
A simple explanation of Wider Achievement from The National Parents Forum of Scotland with examples of opportunities and related awards and qualifications
The importance of achievement, outlined in Educations Scotland’s Parentzone