Health and Social Care and Childcare Reform Timeline

Health and Social Care and Childcare Reform Timeline of whats happened so far September 2015 March 2016: Sector review: Health & Social Care and Childcare July 2016: Review Report published January August 2017: procurement process to commission awarding bodies to develop the new qualifications March 2017: determination to restrict is published September 2017: Qualifications Wales (QW) announced the consortium of City & Guilds and WJEC would deliver L5 L4 8. Health and Social Care with Specialism 10. Leadership and Management of Health and Social Care: Practice 18. Leadership and Management of Childrens Care, Play, Learning and Development: Practice 9. Preparing for Leadership and Management in Health and Social Care 16. Preparing for Leadership and Management in Childrens Care, Play, Learning and Development 17. Childrens Care, Play, Learning and

Development with Specialism L3 5. Health and Social Care: Practice (Adults) L2 6. Health and Social Care: Practice (Children and Young People) 7. Certificate and Diploma in Health and Social Care: Principles and Contexts 3. Health and Social Care: Principles and Contexts 15. Childrens Care, Play, Learning and Development: Practice 12. Childrens Care, Play, Learning and Development: Practice and Theory 13. Childrens Care, Play, Learning and Development: Practice 4. Health and Social Care: Practice (Adults) 2. Health and Social Care: Core L1 14. Childrens Care, Play, Learning and Development: Practice and Theory 7a. Advanced GCE and Advanced Subsidiary GCE in Health and Social Care,

and Childcare 1. GCSE Health and Social Care, and Childcare 11. Childrens Care, Play, Learning and Development: Core Key = The core qualification must be taken prior to or along side this qualification = Knowledge based qualification = Practice based qualification Change Management Supporting providers to get ready for delivery Qualifications Wales announcement The following qualifications will be made available for first teaching from September 2019: GCSE Health, Social Care and Childcare Level 2 Health and Social Care: Core Level 2 Health and Social Care: Practice: (Adults) Level 2 Health and Social Care Principles and Contexts Level 3 Health and Social Care: Practice (Adults) Level 3 Health and Social Care: Practice (Children & Young People ) Level 2 Childrens Care, Play, Learning and Development: Core Level 2 Childrens Care, Play, Learning and Development Practice Level 2 Childrens Care, Play, Learning and Development Practice and Theory Level 3 Childrens Care, Play, Learning and Development Practice 80% of learners will be able to access a reformed

qualification Change Management Supporting providers to get ready for delivery Qualifications Wales announcement In order to support a more phased approach to the implementation of the new suite of qualifications the following qualifications have been deferred GCE AS and A level in Health, Social Care and Childcare Level 3 Certificate/Diploma in Health and Social Care Level 4 Health and Social Care with Specialism Level 4 Leadership and Management in Health and Social Care Level 5 Leadership and Management in Health and Social Care Affecting fewer than Affect fewer than 1 in 5 learners Embed Level 2 to ease progression Level 3 Childrens Care, Play, Learning and Development Practice and Theory Level 4 Childrens Care, Play, Learning and Development with Specialism Level 4 Leadership and Management in Childrens Care, Play, Learning and Development Practice Level 5 Leadership and Management in Childrens Care, Play, Learning and Development Practice Full suite available by September 2020 Work continues on the content and assessment development of these qualifications. We will release further information as soon as we can on www.healthandcarelearningwales