Level 2 Award in Support Work in Schools and Colleges
- Start date(s): September 2025
- Centre(s): Withington, Online
- Course duration: 26 weeks
The next intake for this course is September 2025. If you have any questions about Level 2 Award in Support Work in Schools and Colleges, please contact our team at maes.info@manchester.gov.uk or complete the Register Your Interest form on the link below.
Course details
The Level 2 Award in Support Work in Schools and Colleges is an introduction to the knowledge and understanding needed to work in a school or college environment.
You can use the things learnt on this course to apply to the many varied roles that full and part-time support staff may fulfil, including administrative roles, site support roles, technical roles and volunteer roles, as well as roles that work directly with children and young people in the learning environment.
The Level 2 Award in Support Work in Schools and Colleges consist of the following units:
Understand schools and colleges as organisations: This first unit allows you to gain knowledge and an understanding of the school and college organisational structure and function.
Understand children and young people’s development: This unit explores holistic development. Throughout the unit you will also consider effects on development and the role of the support worker to support the child and young person when concerns are raised about an individual’s development.
Understand communication and professional relationships with children, young people and adults: In this unit you will gain the knowledge and understanding that underpins effective communication and professional relationships with children, young people and adults.
Understand children and young people’s health and safety: The aim of this unit is to raise awareness of health and safety through knowledge and understanding of policies and procedures in a learning environment.
Safeguarding children and young people: In this unit you will learn about safeguarding children and young people.
Understand equality, diversity and inclusion in work with children and young people: In this final unit you will explore equality, diversity and inclusion. The unit will consider legislation, policy and procedures in schools and colleges to protect children and young people in a learning environment from the effects of discrimination.
This course will either be delivered face to face in one of our adult learning centre or online via Google Classroom.
For this course, you will be required to create a portfolio of evidence meeting the assessment criteria for the qualification.
For this course you require Level 2 English and maths skills and/or be committed to doing a Level 2 Functional Skills course in each of these subjects alongside this course.
You must also be digitally confident to enable the completion of assignments or attend your classes if you are placed on the online course.
Career and progression routes
Following this course, you could be ready to join higher-level education courses including the Level 3 Award in Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools.
You may also be able to secure employment with your improved knowledge and skills.
