Centre Guide - Cache
Centre Guide - Cache Centre Guide - Cache
Your Guide to Being a CACHE Centre Contents 01 Welcome 01 02 Becoming a CACHE Centre Online services 02 Personalised support 03 Subject Specialist support 03 Training days, information days and bespoke activities 03 Qualifications development 03 Improving our services 03 From Approval to Centre Quality Audit 03 Registering learners 03 Assessors, internal moderators and quality assurers 03 Requesting extra support and reasonable adjustments for learners 03 Retaining copies of learners’ work 04 Administering external assessment 04 Learners' results 04 Queries 05 Certificates and Direct Certificate Claims Status 05 Maintaining the quality and integrity of your qualifications 05 Records for Centre Quality Audit 06-07 Identifying risk and extra support 08 Identified Malpractice and Maladministration 08 04 Types of assessment Multiple choice questions 10 Practical Assessments 10 Assignments 10 Portfolio of Evidence 10 External Assessment 10 UCAS Points 10 05 Preparation, Implementation of Assessment, Moderation and Quality Assurance Planning for internally assessed assignments 11 Marking internally assessed assignments 11 Moderating internally assessed assignments 11 Flow Chart for NQF Internal Moderation 12-13 Assessing Portfolio Evidence 14 Flow Chart for Holistic Assessment of QCF Portfolio Evidence 14-15 Internally Quality Assuring Portfolio Evidence 16 Flow Chart for Holistic Internally Quality Assuring QCF Portfolio Evidence 16-17 06 Terms you will encounter Credit transfer 18 Personal Learning Record (PLR) 18 Rules of Combination (RoC) 18 Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) 18 Value statements 19 03 About the qualifications Qualification Frameworks 09 National Qualifications Framework 09 Qualifications and Credit Framework 09
Your Guide to Being a CACHE Centre 01: Welcome Welcome to the Council for Awards in Care, Health and Education (CACHE) – the UK's only specialist awarding organisation for the children and adult health and care sectors, with a portfolio of qualifications ranging from Entry to Level 5. Our qualifications are used by over 1,500 colleges and training providers in the UK and abroad, and last year, over 150,000 learners registered with us through our Centres. We have developed this information document to enable you to become a recognised and approved CACHE centre with easy access to all our support. This document includes: • an introduction to our services and the different types of support we offer • the information that you need to develop your portfolio of qualifications • a general overview of the qualification frameworks • guidance on delivery, assessment and moderation/quality assurance in both the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) and the Qualifications and Credit Framework(QCF) • guidance on administering those qualifications • Value Statements for the qualification specifications for Children and Young People, Health and Social Care, Playwork, Education Support and Health. It couldn’t be easier! “ Our qualifications are used by over 1,500 colleges and training providers in the UK and abroad “ 01
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Your <strong>Guide</strong> to Being a CACHE <strong>Centre</strong><br />
01: Welcome<br />
Welcome to the Council for Awards in Care, Health and Education (CACHE) – the<br />
UK's only specialist awarding organisation for the children and adult health and<br />
care sectors, with a portfolio of qualifications ranging from Entry to Level 5.<br />
Our qualifications are used by over 1,500 colleges and training providers in the UK<br />
and abroad, and last year, over 150,000 learners registered with us through our<br />
<strong>Centre</strong>s.<br />
We have developed this information document to enable you to become a<br />
recognised and approved CACHE centre with easy access to all our support.<br />
This document includes:<br />
• an introduction to our services and the different types of support we offer<br />
• the information that you need to develop your portfolio of qualifications<br />
• a general overview of the qualification frameworks<br />
• guidance on delivery, assessment and moderation/quality assurance in both the<br />
National Qualifications Framework (NQF) and the Qualifications and Credit<br />
Framework(QCF)<br />
• guidance on administering those qualifications<br />
• Value Statements for the qualification specifications for Children and Young<br />
People, Health and Social Care, Playwork, Education Support and Health.<br />
It couldn’t be easier!<br />
“<br />
Our qualifications<br />
are used by over<br />
1,500 colleges<br />
and training<br />
providers in the<br />
UK and abroad<br />
“<br />
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