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Framework certificate


Recent updates and notices

Skills for Care, on behalf of Skills for Care and Development, moved to ACE (Apprenticeship Certificates England) during the week commencing 6 February 2012 and began issuing certificates via the new system from 10 February 2012 for the Social Care pathway at intermediate and advance level of the joint Health and Social Care framework.

Frequently asked questions


Social Care, Pathway 1 of the joint H&SC framework

ACE Certificate and request and declaration form- You will need to complete this form and upload it onto ACE as one of the pieces of evidence that are submitted to claim for frameworks. Please note that this form will eventually also become available from ACE and the Alliance are looking to produce a unified form for all frameworks in the future.

From 2 April 2012 we will also be issuing certificates for Children and Young People's Framework at intermediate and advanced level.
 

Children and Young People's Workforce

Please select from the following the ACE certificate request and declaration form relating to the framework followed:

 

PLTS Mapping Matrix for Children and Young People's Workforce (England)

Please follow the following link to the mapping matrix which will assist training providers to identify where evidence for the PLTS can be found. Please be aware that PLTS must be formally assessed and be based on evidence that is subject to quality assurance.


All apprentices on issue 7.1 and 7.2 of the CCLD Apprenticeship Framework (from November 2008) in England must achieve the CWDC induction standards for those working within children's services and pages 66 - 68 must be input into the ACE system when making certification claims.
CWDC induction standards workbook

For Framework 7.1 and 7.2 apprentices must complete a Paediatric First Aid course which meets the Sure Start criteria as detailed below:
SureStart criteria for paediatric first aid courses for early years and childcare settings


ACE guidance and instructions
The ACE online system, which can be accessed from www.acecerts.co.uk, is the place where apprentices, or learning providers/employers acting on their behalf, apply for their Apprenticeship certificates.

Please see below the ACE online manual which details how to claim for an Apprenticeship Certificate:

ACE have also developed a number of video tutorials to demonstrate how the system works for training centres and some of the key tasks they need will carry out on the system. They can be downloaded at http://www.acecerts.co.uk/tutorials/.

 

Apprenticeship certificates are issued separately for each pathway. All claims are carefully checked to ensure that the correct certificate is issued. Apprentices working in adult social care must undertake pathway 1 at the appropriate level. If any Apprentice or organisation on behalf of an Apprentice presents a claim for a framework completion certificate for either pathway at intermediate or advanced level when they have not been employed in that occupational sector it will result in the completion certificate being withheld. This may have funding implications.

Paper based framework completion certificate requests must be made on the official form below: APPRENTICESHIPS - ENGLAND LEVEL 2 & LEVEL 3 CERTIFICATION REQUEST FORM

The details regarding the workplace title and the employer name must be fully complete along with all required information and signatures.

Apprentice authorisation
A training provider or employer must not request an Apprenticeship certificate without the written agreement of the apprentice. This authorises them to act on behalf of the apprentice. This requirement has been causing problems. Guidance on this requirement is explained in the following document : Apprentice authorisation.

Issuing Apprenticeship Certificates: Transitional Arrangements and Requirements
This note has been prepared by the Alliance of Sector Skills Councils to clarify the requirements for requesting apprenticeship certificates.

Issuing Apprenticeship Certificates - Transitional Arrangements and Requirements