2. Update on NOS
• Standards now approved and ready for implementation into qualification
structures
• Many have titles and general content same or similar to their predecessor
NOS
• They have been put into a new format which sets things out in a different
order to previous NOS
• Items of additional information, such as definitions, are now given just
once within any one NOS, rather than being duplicated in different
sections
• Knowledge statements that need to be repeated in different NOS are now
always presented in the same words and in the same order, to make them
easier to map across
• A small number of new NOS have been introduced because of new
developments in the sector
3. Update on NOS (cont)
• 148 new or revised NOS designated as ‘HSC’ and 65 new or revised CCLD
NOS, the remainder of NOS in the suites are imported from other sector
skills council
• A set of ‘knowledge compendia’ to be used across the NOS, to reflect
levels and the contexts within the suites
• Links between the two suites are strengthened allowing for mobility of
the workforce and flexible qualifications in future
4. SVQ Level 2
• Continue to have separate awards for CCLD
and HSC
• Propose that CCLD structure change to reflect
HSC structure - 4 mandatory and two optional
units
• HSC to continue to be 4 mandatory (core)
units and 2 optional units
5. Proposals for SVQ level 3 and 4
• Proposals based on feasibility study carried out by the SSSC in 2011
• Sector feedback from the feasibility study indicated it was feasible and
desirable for merging Health and Social care (Children/Young People)
and CCLD
• Proposal would provide greater flexibility for individuals wishing to move
between sectors
• NOS review has provided greater number of common standards between
HSC and CCLD
• If proposal was accepted it would allow candidates to achieve a named
qualification relating to practice in either Adult or Children/Young People
• Structure would allow scope for candidates to move across sector and gain
second qualification through CPD as they will have already achieved core
units and potentially some of the optional units
6. SVQ 3 (proposal 1)
This proposal would require candidates to complete 8 units
with the following configuration of two award routes either
adult or children/young people :
-2 shared core (red text) PLUS
-2 core (Children/Young People route or Adult route ) PLUS
-2 restricted optional (CCLD or C/YP or Adults) PLUS
- 2 optional.
(Guidance would be provided on the optional units
appropriate for individual route e.g. based on skills sets
identified with sector)
7. SVQ 3 (Proposal 1)
Children/Young People route Adult route
Core Core
- Promote health safety and - Promote health safety and
security in the work setting security in the work setting
-Develop your practice through -Develop your practice through
reflection and learning reflection and learning
-Promote effective - Promote effective
communication(tailored) communication
- Promote the safeguarding of - Promote the safeguarding of
c/yp individuals
2 X Restricted Optional 2 X Restricted Optional
CCLD C/YP 2 X Restricted Optional
PLUS PLUS Adults
2 X Optional 2 X Optional PLUS
2 X Optional
8. SVQ 3 (Proposal 2)
This proposal would require candidates to complete 8 units
with the following configuration of two awards routes either
adult or children/young people :
-2 shared core (Red text) PLUS
-2 core (Children/Young People route or Adult route ) PLUS
-4 optional (C/YP or Adults)
(Guidance would be provided on the optional units appropriate
for individual route e.g. based on skills sets identified with
sector)
9. SVQ 3 (Proposal 2)
Children/Young People route Adult route
Core Core
- Promote health safety and security - Promote health safety and security
in the work setting in the work setting
-Develop your practice through -Develop your practice through
reflection and learning reflection and learning
-Promote effective - Promote effective communication
communication(tailored) - Promote the safeguarding of
- Promote the safeguarding of c/yp individuals
Optional X4
CCLD &C/YP Optional X4
Adults & C/YP
10. SVQ 4 (Proposal 1)
This proposal would require candidates to complete 8 units
with the following configuration of two awards routes either
adult or children/young people :
- 2 core (Red text) PLUS
-2 core (Children/Young People route or Adult route ) PLUS
-2 Restricted optional (CCLD or C/YP or Adults) PLUS
- 2 optional
(Guidance would be provided on the optional units
appropriate for individual route e.g. based on skills sets
identified with sector)
11. SVQ level 4 (Proposal 1)
Children/Young People route Adult route
Core Core
Take responsibility for CPD of Take responsibility for CPD of
yourself and others yourself and others
-Lead practice for health +safety -Lead practice for health +safety in
in the work setting the work setting
-Maintain effective -Maintain effective communication
communication systems and systems and practice
practice(tailored)
-Lead practice that promotes the
-Lead practice that promotes the safeguarding of individuals
safeguarding of c/yp
2 X Restricted 2 X Restricted 2 X Restricted
Optional Optional Optional
CCLD C/YP Adults
PLUS PLUS PLUS
2 X Optional 2 X Optional 2 X Optional
12. SVQ 4 (Proposal 2)
This proposal would require candidates to complete 8 units
with the following configuration of two award routes either
adult or children/young people :
- 2 core (Red text) PLUS
-2 core (Children/Young People route or Adult route ) PLUS
- 4 optional.
(Guidance would be provided on the optional units
appropriate for individual route e.g. based on skills sets
identified with sector)
13. SVQ Level 4 (Proposal 2)
Children/Young People route Adult route
Core Core
-Take responsibility for CPD of yourself and -Take responsibility for CPD of yourself
others and others
-Lead practice for health +safety in the -Lead practice for health +safety in the
work setting work setting
-Maintain effective communication -Maintain effective communication
systems and practice(tailored) systems and practice
-Lead practice that promotes the -Lead practice that promotes the
safeguarding of c/yp safeguarding of individuals
Optional X4
Optional X4
CCLD and C/YP
Adults and C/YP
14. SVQ Levels 3 and 4 - Proposal 3
Maintain status quo
15. Maintain current
qualification structures
Disadvantages
• Does not reflect views of sector presented in
the feasibility study
• Limits opportunities for candidates to move
across parts of the sector
• Does not support the need for flexibility of the
workforce expressed by employers
16. Time for a change?
• The recent review of NOS in HSC and CCLD is a key component in achieving the strategic aim
of the SSSC and our UK partners in having 'a skilled workforce with the skills, knowledge and
values to deliver safe, high quality and professional services that promote public trust and
confidence'.
• The proposals 1 and 2 are based on feedback from the sector in 2011 when a feasibility
study was carried out on the merging of SVQ level 3 and 4 Children’s Care Learning and
Development with the Children and Young People standards in Health and Social Care
• Feedback from the feasibility study indicated the sector considered it ‘feasible and desirable’
for merging SVQ qualification structures with named qualification structures as follows:
- CCLD/Children and Young People
- HSC(Adults)
• The proposals would provide greater consistency across adult and children/young people
sectors and greater flexibility for individuals wishing to move between sectors
• The NOS review has provided greater number of common standards between HSC and CCLD
which would facilitate these proposals
