1. Caring for Smiles Accredited Training Resources

2. Foundation Level
No change to form – to be completed by trainer and submitted to NES prior to training date.
No major change to form – to be completed by candidate and line manager and all forms retained by trainer for a minimum of one year.
No major change to forms – to be marked and retained by trainer for a minimum of one year.
New form – to be completed as an electronic form on a tablet or laptop. To be completed and retained by trainer for a minimum of one year.
New form - to be completed by trainer as an electronic form on a tablet or laptop and submitted by to
To be retained by trainer for a minimum of one year
Registration Form.
Practical Skills Competency Framework
- Line Manager Verification form.
Multiple Choice Questionnaire.
Direct Observation of Practice.
NES Verification Form.
At foundation level there are a couple of changes to both forms and processes.
Registration forms have not been changed and should be completed by local trainers and submitted to NES prior to the training as this allows our administrative staff to log the candidates details into our spreadsheet.
The form will still be accessible to download from the Community as before.
It is preferred that these are sent as an attachment by but if you prefer to continue to send as a hard copy that’s fine.
Practical skills booklet. Guidance has been updated.
MC Guidance has been updated
Highlighted in red are the only 2 documents that are sent routinely to NES
All paperwork should be kept for a minimum of one year for quality assurance purposes.

3. Foundation Level Multiple Choice Questionnaire
Trainer will mark the paper.
Answer paper will be available on the CfS Community of Practice along with guidance on marking system.
The candidate’s mark should be entered into the new NES verification form.
The MC paper should be retained by the trainer for a minimum of one year
Papers should be kept for at least one year for quality assurance purposes

4. Foundation Level Direct Observation of Practice
Form can be completed on a tablet/laptop as an editable PDF.
The form will be available on the CfS Community of Practice.
The DOP should be retained by the trainer for a minimum of one year.
Candidate Information
Assessor Information
Feedback and comments. Competencies met,

5. Intermediate Level Registration Form.
Practical Skills Competency Framework
- Line Manager Verification form.
Open Book Short Answer Questions.
Direct Observation of Practice.
NES Verification Form.
No change to form – to be completed by trainer and submitted to NES prior to training date.
No major change to form – to be completed by candidate and line manager and all forms retained by trainer for a minimum of one year.
No major change to form – to be marked and retained by trainer for a minimum of one year.
New form – can be completed as an electronic form on a tablet or laptop. To be completed and retained by trainer for a minimum of one year.
New form - to be completed by trainer as an electronic form on a tablet or laptop To be submitted by to
Retained by trainer for a minimum of one year
As with the foundation resources the 2 highlighted in RED are the only documents routinely returned to NES

6. Intermediate Level Open Book Short Answer paper
Trainer will mark the paper.
Answer paper will be available on the CfS Community of Practice along with guidance on the marking system.
The candidate’s mark should be entered into the new NES verification form.
The Open Book paper should be retained by the trainer for a minimum of one year
Papers should be kept for at least one year for quality assurance purposes

7. Intermediate Level Direct Observation of Practice
Form can be completed on a tablet/laptop as an editable PDF
The form will be available on the CfS Community of Practice.
The Dop should be retained by the trainer for a minimum of one year.
Candidate Information
Assessor Information
Feedback and comments
Competencies met,

8. NES Verification Form Candidate Information
Assessor / trainer information
Intermediate
Level
Foundation level
Learning Support
Crossmarking

9. Quality Assurance
All assignments should be retained by tutor for a minimum of one year
Crossmarking by local teams
Crossmarking by NES
Crossmarking guidance for trainers and team leads will be uploaded to the Caring for Smile Community.

10. 1st September 2016
Up until 1st September teams can submit old style forms as they familiarise themselves with both the new forms and the tablets however we ask that you don’t send a mixture of old forms and new forms for individual candidates. On and after the first of September only new style NES verification form will be accepted.