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CPD Diploma · 23.2 estimated hours

Level 3 Diploma in Supporting Children and Young People

Connect safeguarding, relationships and thoughtful everyday practice in children and young people's services.

Your programme

  1. Introduction to Working in a Children's Home
  2. Introduction to Working in Supported Accommodation
  3. Safeguarding Children and Young People
  4. Professional Boundaries and Safer Working Practice
  5. Children's Rights, Advocacy and Making Their Voice Heard
  6. Equality, Identity and Cultural Needs
  7. Communication and Building Trust with Young People
  8. Recording, Reporting and Sharing Information Safely
  9. Trauma-Informed Practice with Children and Young People
  10. Attachment, Loss and Building Secure Relationships
  11. Developmental and Relational Trauma: Understanding Behaviour and Building Safety
  12. Helping Young People Regulate Their Emotions
  13. Responding to Distress, Conflict and Aggression in Young People's Services
  14. Child Criminal Exploitation and County Lines
  15. Missing from Care: Prevention, Response and Return
  16. Online Safety, Grooming and Digital Harm
  17. Care and Placement Planning: Care Orders and Everyday Responsibilities
  18. Effective Key Working with Children and Young People
  19. Positive Risk-Taking: Activities, Independence and Safer Decisions
  20. Supporting Education, Attendance and Positive Routines
  21. Preparing for Independence and Leaving Care
  22. Safeguarding Children with Disabilities: Recognising Harm and Enabling a Voice
  23. Belonging, Purpose and Aspirations
  24. Restorative Practice in Children's Care: Accountability, Repair and Relationships
  25. Integrated practice cases and final diploma assessment

What you will achieve

  • Apply a child-centred response that connects relationships, rights and safeguarding.
  • Explain the limits of authority and the responsibilities in a placement plan.
  • Recognise patterns of exploitation and escalate without criminalising the child.
  • Support regulation, participation and repair while maintaining safe professional boundaries.

Assessment

Complete each module's learning and assessment, work through the integrated cases, then pass the final diploma assessment at 80%. Relevant completed Academy learning counts towards the programme. Retakes are included.

Accreditation and certification

These are continuing professional development (CPD) diplomas. Levels describe learning under the Professional CPD Standards framework, not the Regulated Qualifications Framework. They are not Ofqual-regulated qualifications and do not replace required occupational qualifications or workplace assessment.

The digital diploma is included. Printed copies are optional and charged separately at the price displayed when ordering.

Will this qualify me for a regulated role?

No. This CPD programme develops knowledge and application; it does not replace a regulated Diploma in Care, Residential Childcare qualification, professional registration or required workplace competency assessment.