BTEC Qualification in Education and Children's Service Development

Aspect's programmes for BTEC advanced awards and certificates have won great credibility across the range of children's services. The successes over 100 candidates demonstrate that there are great benefits associated with the process of putting together and submitting a professional portfolio for assessment against the BTEC standards.

The study programme provides an opportunity for reflection, review and assessment of your professional role. The portfolio provides a great opportunity to spend some time focusing on your achievements in your job, asking others for informal and formal feedback, and gathering the evidence to show that your professional contribution makes a distinct difference.

Creating a persuasive and well-evidenced portfolio that demonstrates your effectiveness and impact is of great use during performance management reviews, SPA 3 assessment, job reviews, re-organisations and recruitment interviews.

The programme provides a chance for teams to work together on what matters most to them, and confirm the impact they are having. Local authority children's services teams have found that building portfolios together enables them to create a persuasive and comprehensive account of their work, their skills and the impact of their interventions. For some, this can also mean that a whole team portfolio is produced that is useful during reviews, audits and inspections.

Employers, partners and client organisations are coming to realise the potential of the BTEC accreditation process as a useful quality assurance mechanism that enables individuals, teams and organisations to demonstrate the range and level of their professional skills, to identify and work with other professionals with similar profiles and qualifications.

The BTEC programme now offers progression pathways from the Level 6 in Children's and Governor Services to the Level 7 Advanced Professional Certificate (equivalent to working at Masters degree level). The Aspect BTEC programme provides a powerful process that can make a significant contribution to demonstrating your competence, effectiveness, achievements and impact. More than 200 people have already joined the programme, and more than 80 of them have been awarded their Advanced Certificate.

The costs of these BTEC courses are: