Ascentis Entry Level Award in Life Skills (Entry 1)

Qualification Overview

The Ascentis Entry Level 1 Award in Life Skills provides an introduction to the essential skills needed to establish an independent lifestyle. The target learners are those who need support to live an independent lifestyle and they can encourage learners to move towards other literacy, numeracy and vocational programmes at the appropriate level.

There are several features of this qualification that makes it very appropriate for the target learners:

• Assessment is through the building up of a portfolio of evidence to demonstrate that all the assessment criteria have been met
• Evidence can be generated within a wide range of contexts allowing the qualification to meet the specific Life Skills requirements of the learners
• Moderation and certification can be offered throughout the year, allowing maximum flexibility for centres

Aims

• To promote independent living skills and confidence in learners
• To reward the achievement of learners for the skills they have developed
• To help the learner progress towards Literacy, Numeracy, ICT and Vocational qualifications.

Target Group

This qualification is aimed at those learners who may need help and support to develop their life skills in order that they can live an independent lifestyle.

Assessment

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