SCQF Partnership Credit rating and levelling project UK Disability Inclusion Training Course

The Sector Skills Council Sport and recreation Health and fitness Outdoors Caravan industry Playwork 60,000 employees in Scotland across the sector 150,000 volunteers without whom we couldn’t function

SCQFP and Alliance Funding made available from SCQFP and Alliance SkillsActive made a successful application Scottish Disability Sport (SDS) UK Disability Inclusion Training Course Our 2 nd credit rating and levelling project ( Mountain Leader Training Scotland Winter Award Level 9 and 31 credit points)

SkillsActive’s choice of this course Met the 4 basic criteria for credit rating and levelling Will have an impact across each individual sport and physical education Will raise awareness of the SCQF across the sports organisations, Scottish Governing Bodies and local authorities (professionals and volunteers) Widest reach of all the courses that we know of The Equality Act 1st October 2010

UK Disability Inclusion Training Delivered to Volunteers and coaches Teachers and learning support staff Leisure Service providers National bodies Currently a stand-alone course but many organisations making it essential CPD

Process Scottish Disability Sport (SDS) staff and consultant attended an induction Consultant employed as SDS is a voluntary organisation and had no capacity at SDS expense Agreed a timeline and kept to it - SDS felt supported Completed the relevant forms and mapped learning outcomes to the level descriptors and received feedback Submitted to SQA Result due February 2011

Benefits Credibility – particularly talking to Scottish Governing Bodies of Sport and Education and training partners Allowed SDS to improve its course through tightening up processes A better understanding and comparison of where the course “fits” with other courses and clarifies level of difficulty Volunteers feel more recognised and valued doing a course that is better acknowledged Helps towards progression in other training

Challenges Cost – “if it hadn’t been paid for it wouldn’t have happened” Passing on an increased cost to the individual candidates because some procedures had to be adjusted Lack of awareness – not all see the benefit Complexity/confusion of the quality assurance/ accreditation landscape – what to do to get your course “acknowledged” SCQF credit rating and levelling of all courses Mapping to NOS demonstrates competence for employability SQA Awarding Body Centre SQA Accreditation Approved Awarding Body and Accredited Qualification Pay SQA for it to become a Professional Development Award Not very accessible for the Voluntary Sector.

Potential within our sector Potential for many more courses from our sector Our sector has a plethora of non-approved courses Already had discussions about: Scottish Yoga Leadership Courses Paths for All Walk Leaders Courses Sports Leaders UK Awards NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Physical Activity Promotion Courses Cycling Scotland proficiency, leadership and other courses Mountain Bike Leaders Award

Conclusion Been very worthwhile but still to see real benefits for this course although we are aware of benefits of the MLTS course Difficult for voluntary organisation to include this in its plans because of cost and capacity issues Hopefully continue to raise awareness within our sector Thank you to Alliance and SCQFP for allowing this to happen