Lead practice that supports positive outcomes for child and young person development

Unit Purpose

The purpose of this unit is to provide learners with the knowledge, understanding and skills to lead practice that supports positive outcomes for child and young person development.

Learning Outcome

1 Understand theoretical approaches to child and young person development

1.1 Explain different theories and frameworks of child and young person development

1.2 Explain the potential impact on service provision of different theories and approaches

1.3 Critically analyse the move towards outcomes based services for children and young people.

2 Be able to lead and support developmental assessment of children and young people

2.1 Support use of different methods of developmental assessment and recording for children and young people

2.2 Work in partnership with other professionals in assessing development of children and young people

2.3 Develop strategies to encourage child or young person and carers’ participation in developmental assessment

2.4 Evaluate the effectiveness of strategies to encourage child or young person and carers’ participation in developmental assessment

3 Be able to develop and implement programmes with children or young people requiring developmental support

3.1 Support use of assessments to develop programmes of support

3.2 Explain circumstances where referrals to other agencies may be required

3.3 Explain how referrals to other agencies are managed

3.4 Support use of early interventions to promote positive outcomes for children and young people’s development

3.5 Lead the implementation of a personalised programme of support for children or young people

4 Be able to evaluate programmes for children or young people requiring developmental support

4.1 Review programmes of developmental support

4.2 Implement strategies for improvement for programmes of development support

5 Be able to lead and promote support for children experiencing transitions

5.1 Explain how evidence based practice can be used to support children and young people experiencing transitions

5.2 Lead the implementation of evidence based practice to support children or young people experiencing transition

5.3 Evaluate the implementation of evidence based practice to support children or young people experiencing transitions

6 Be able to lead positive behaviour support

6.1 Support use of evidence based practice with children and young people to encourage positive behaviour

6.2 Critically evaluate different approaches to supporting positive behaviour