“I think Engage is a great resource for focussed study around youth work, irrespective of what it leads to, but is also a good way to work towards accreditation... Engage works best for those who stay on with us after a gap-year as interns or staff who don’t want to do a degree. This is food for thought for us as we think about how to incorporate Engage into our training programmes.” Mike Coates, XLP

CYM’s Engage programme is flexible, practice based, training to enhance the confidence, credibility and creativity of part-time workers, volunteer leaders and gap year students engaged in children and youth work.With two separate programmes for children and youth work Engage provides a curriculum, online learning resources and a framework for professionally assessing practice that can be tailor made to support the training needs of churches and Christian organisations.

Through our Engage Agency scheme, CYM can provide the induction, resources and ongoing

support to enable your church or project to deliver this tailor made training. By working with Agencies CYM can ensure the quality of materials and delivery, with Agencies focussing on making the best use of the programme in their context. This partnership approach spreads costs, shares income and works smartly to engage people committed to action with accessible training.

CYM already partners with over a dozen agencies across the country who like us are committed to investing in children and youth work. A CYM Engage Agency can be a church looking to resource other churches in their area; a denominational training course seeking to provide a nationally recognised

qualification, or a Christian organisation seeking to meet the training of gap year volunteers taking a year out to serve in children and /or youth work.

Each year we recruit nearly two hundred volunteers and part-time workers in these agencies and beyond, but that’s not enough! We believe more people should have the opportunity to engage in training to build confidence, enhance credibility and release creativity in children and youth work.

In 2013 CYM is seeking to develop and expand our Agency network to double this capacity. Join us in this challenge and help resource more people to engage in confident, credible and creative children and youth work

Who is it for? It is accessible for those involved in children’s work or children’s ministry in their full time, part-time, gap year or spare-time. It combines training days with children’s work, study and reflection.

What qualifications does it give?CYM has developed Engage: Children’s Ministry from our experience of training children and family workers over the last four years. This course builds upon the ‘Core Skills’ and ‘More Core Skills’ framework devised by CGMC as the benchmark

for initial training in children’s work and introduces an element of practice based assessment of professional Playwork skills (endorsed with SkillsActive CPD points). This combination provides a foundation qualification suitable for volunteers and workers and affirms their understanding and skills for work in church and non-church contexts. For those who do not have A-levels, Engage: Children’s Ministry is a suitable access qualification for degree programmes.

learning through Working? Each learner will need a ‘placement’. Placements are normally with a church based children’s club, a group of churches, a local family project or Christian organisation.The work must be with those aged under 12 and be in an informal context. The placement will need to provide someone to ‘sign off’ the learner’s 12-24 hours of children’s work for each Unit and confirm that they are ‘not un-safe’ to work with children, young people or vulnerable adults by ensuring that the learner has a current Criminal Records Bureau Enhanced Disclosure.

unit 1: Being thereThe role of a children’s worker and the principles of children’s ministry

unit 2: Being humanFacilitating learning, personal and social development

unit 3: Being familyBuilding and sustaining relationships within groups, teams and communities

unit 4: Being childlikeEnabling the nurture of spiritual and faith development through play

unit 5: Being responsiBleCreating safe environments that promote the well being of the child

unit 6: Being freeManaging programmes events, activities and projects

there are 4 types of learning within engage! For each Unit this will normally be divided across:

learning• 5 hours contact learning through a training day

thinking• 10 – 20 hours of private study

doing• 12+ hours of face to face children’s work

talking• 3 hours with a mentor

A total of 30 ‘notional’ hours for a single Unit equates to 3 playwork CPD credits. Engage is flexible: learners complete the assessed

work for Units in their own time. Support is provided through the handbooks for each unit, an online learning resource community, training days and e-mail support for assessments.

The course can be accessed at different levels. Learners can undertake the fully assessed course; others simply attend the training days.

Courses overview

Engage: Youth Ministry Awardtraining day 1 Discovering Youth Work

Getting Started •Personal Values •Reflective Practice •Core Values in Youth Work •Holistic Perspectives •Diversity•

Engage: Youth Ministry Awardtraining day 2Exploring Principles in Practice

Adolescent Development •Health & Safety •Safeguarding •Relationships •Advocacy •Boundaries and Roles •Communication•

Engage: Youth Ministry Awardtraining day 3Applying Youth Work in Community Workshop

Review •Community •Needs Analysis •Planning •Reflective Practice •Assignments •

Engage: Youth Ministry Certificatetraining day 4Planning for Practice

Consultation •Participation •Planning •Curriculum •NAOMIE •Learning •Evaluation •

Engage: Youth Ministry Certificatetraining day 5Developing Leadership

Interventions •Group work •Group Leadership •Leadership styles •Networking •PartnershipsEngage: •Youth Ministry Certificate

training day 6Implementing Youth Work Practice Workshop

Conflict •Mediation •Restoring relationships •Leadership Roles •

commitment for aWard15 hours of learning at training days•45 hours to read, study, reflect and •write assignments60 hours of youth work•10 hours of talking with your mentor•Up to 1 year to complete•

commitment for certificate

30 hours of learning at training days•90 hours to read, study, reflect and •write assignments96 hours of youth work•22 hours of talking with your mentor•Up to 2 years to complete•

commitment for diploma

An additional year or 2 years after •completing the certificateTake up to 3 specialist Advanced •Youth Work Skills units (15-20 hours of training)45 to 60 hours of study reflecting on •the regular practice you undertake

Courses overviewWho is it for?

Designed for people who work with young people in their spare-time or part-time. Engage: Youth Ministry is the ideal ‘foundational’ qualification for those looking to go into youth work fulltime or those who have come into youth work from another field.

What qualifications does it give?

award at level 3 Overview of youth work(A Level standard)

certificate at level 3 Youth Support Worker (A Level standard)

diploma at level 3 Youth Support Worker (A Level standard)

The Award must be completed in order to move onto the Certificate and the Certificate must be completed in order to complete the Diploma. The Award, Certificate and Diploma, must all be completed at Level 3.

learning through Working?

Each learner needs a placement where they can undertake 3-5 hours of youth work a week. This can be voluntary or paid work, but must be supported by a line manager. Engage: Youth Ministry encourages learners to reflect on their practice and uses specific tasks in the course to help helpers develop new skills and introduced new concepts to their work. A mentor helps these learners to reflect on their practice and assignments enable learners to identify and demonstrate their understanding and skills.

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groWing togetherAn opportunity to join a network of Christian youth workers, through CYM and the chance to participate in curriculum review and evaluation. Take part in the CYM Awards Ceremony and celebrate good youth work.

share costs and incomeBy sharing costs and income with CYM, you will be able to deliver high quality youth work training at a reasonable cost. The Agency provides the venue and delivery resource.CYM provides print and online learning resources, ongoing support for tutors and the necessary quality assurance for certifying Engage with accreditation bodies. Together, more youth workers can be trained and released into Christian youth work.

groW in your WayAs an Agency you will be able to develop in line with your own needs and mission plans. CYMwill work with your team to expand your capacity to train others and connect your volunteers and staff to the training they need to continue to be confident, credible and creative.

Contact the Engage team to talk through your training needs. We will send you an application form for you to complete and return. Alternatively you could attend an ‘Agency Taster Day’. Details on application.

01793 418261assess@centreforyouthministry.ac.uk

When we receive your application we will arrange a visit to your organisation to talk through and authorise the agency delivery. This will include induction and full orientation training to deliver the course .

Through the CYM virtual learning environment (vle), your agency can be part of a growing network of youth work training practitioners, developing training and good practice. The vle gives learners access to tutors/assessors and a wider network of youth workers in training .

Start to deliver the programme, receiving training and support from CYM in your delivery and assessment of Engage, including nationally accredited training in assessment to meet current training standards. Reap the rewards in developing a well equipped youth worker team that will have a major impact on your local youth work.