Ascentis Level 2 Certificate in Learning Support

Qualification Overview

This qualification has been designed to provide the skills required to support other learners in a wide range of contexts.

Aims

The aims of the qualification are to enable learners to:

• understand how to support other people to learn
• to recognise a range of challenging issues that may affect people’s ability to learn
• identify ways in which you can help others to overcome these issues

Target Group

The Learning Support qualification may be right for learners who:

• would like to understand how to support others to learn
• need to understand how ability to learn can be affected by a wide range of personal, social or
  environmental factors
• are not currently working in a learning support environment but are considering doing so in the future – in school, further education or other environments
• would like to gain the skills and knowledge necessary to support learners in a wide range of settings

Assessment Method

All units are internally assessed through the learner building up a portfolio of evidence that covers the relevant assessment criteria. They are internally assessed and verified by the centre and then externally verified by Ascentis.