YMCA Level 1 Award in Health Champions (601/6693/9)
This qualification has been created to help people become peer educators.
Price
£20
GLH
47 hours
TQT
60 hours
YMCA Level 1 Award in Health Champions
Qualifications Type
Introductory What does this mean?
Qualification Number (QN)
601/6639/9
Availability
Operational Start date – 1st August 2015
Operational end date –
Certification end date –
Latest version of Qualification –
Endorsement
Overview
This qualification has been created to help people become peer educators. As a result of their training, the learner will be able to communicate knowledge in a clear and easily understood way to their peers (their equals in respect of age, education or social class).
Qualification details
Learners will cover:
- The role of peer leaders and different leadership styles
- Key information and facts relating to health and well-being messages in subjects such as:
- Healthy weight and healthy eating
- Physical activity
- Body image
- Developing confidence and self-esteem
- Feelings and emotions
- Recognising and dealing with bullying, drugs and substance misuse
- Alcohol misuse
- Relationships and sexual health
- Smoking awareness
- How to plan, deliver and evaluate a peer leadership activity using methods such as:
- Social Media
- Information leaflets, wall poster, projects
- Presentations, group discussion
- Campaigns or open days
Learners will complete four assessments for the 2 mandatory units and additional assessments based on the optional units completed:
Assessments for the mandatory units:
- Worksheets
- Peer leadership
- Health Improvement
- Plan, deliver and evaluate a peer leadership activity
- Health improvement personal review
Assessments for the optional units:
Learners will complete a mixture of tasks including:
- Creation of information leaflets, posters/wall displays or social media information pages
- Contribution to class projects/group discussion
- Worksheets
Subject areas covered include:
- Understanding alcohol misuse
- Encouraging physical activity
- Encouraging a healthy weight and healthy eating’
- Understanding body image
- Developing confidence and self-esteem
- Understanding feelings and emotions
- Recognising and dealing with bullying
- Understanding drugs and substance misuse
- Develop an awareness of relationships and sexual health
- Smoking awareness
You can find further information on these assessments in the qualification syllabus and/or learner assessment record, which are available for centres to download from Y-Connect.
Learners may go on to study further qualifications at a higher level, in similar or related areas, for example:
| UN | Unit title | eLearning | Manual |
| A/506/8333 | Peer leadership | ❌ | ❌ |
| L/504/2898 | Health improvement | ❌ | ❌ |
| K/505/2127 | Understanding alcohol misuse | ❌ | ❌ |
| M/505/2128 | Encouraging physical activity | ❌ | ❌ |
| M/505/2131 | Encouraging a healthy weight and healthy eating | ❌ | ❌ |
| D/504/5482 | Understanding body image | ❌ | ✔️ |
| K/503/0967 | Developing confidence and self-esteem | ❌ | ❌ |
| R/503/1000 | Understanding feelings and emotions | ❌ | ❌ |
| J/503/0989 | Recognising and dealing with bullying | ❌ | ❌ |
| J/506/2468 | Understanding drugs and substance misuse | ❌ | ❌ |
| R/601/9844 | Develop an awareness of relationships and sexual health | ❌ | ❌ |
| T/503/4682 | Smoking awareness | ❌ | ❌ |
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