YMCA Level 3 Award in Supporting Participation in Physical Activity: Menopause (610/4379/5)
By completing this qualification, learners will have gained the essential underpinning knowledge to be able to adapt exercise and fitness sessions to ensure they are inclusive for individuals transitioning through the menopause.
Price
£30
YMCA Level 3 Award in Supporting Participation in Physical Activity: Menopause
Qualifications Type
Population Specialism
Population specialisms build on the knowledge and skills of occupational qualifications, enabling learners to expand their scope of practice to work with a broader range of clients with more complex needs e.g. children, older adults, individuals with disabilities/impairments etc.
Qualification Number (QN)
610/4379/5
Qualification size
GLH: 45-51/ TQT: 99-115
Total Qualification Time (TQT)
This is an estimate of the total amount of time, measured in hours that a learner would reasonably need to be able to show the level of achievement necessary for the award of a qualification.
Total Qualification Time is made up of the following two elements:
Guided Learning Hours (GLH)
This is:
This is not unsupervised learning such as:
Pathways
Availability
Operational start date: 1 September 2024
Operational end date:
Certification end date:
Entry Requirements
Learners must have completed a qualification endorsed against one of the following CIMSPA Occupational entry professional standards:
Assessments
Overview
By completing this qualification, learners will have gained the essential underpinning knowledge to be able to adapt exercise and fitness sessions to ensure they are inclusive for individuals transitioning through the the menopause.
Learners will:
Completion of the additional optional unit enables learners to:
This qualification is underpinned by CIMSPA’s Women and Girls Population Specialism Professional Standard.
Qualification details
Learners will cover the following content:
Learners completing the optional unit below will be acknowledged with the addition of the term ‘practitioner’ on their certificate to confirm that they have demonstrated relevant skills delivering exercise for this population.
To achieve the YMCA Level 3 Award in Supporting Participation in Physical Activity: Menopause, learners must pass 3 mandatory units. Assessments include:
To achieve the YMCA Level 3 Award in Supporting Participation in Physical Activity: Menopause (Practitioner), learners must pass the optional unit by completing the assessment below:
You can find further information on these assessments in the qualification specification and/or learner assessment record (LAR). The LAR is available for centres to download from Y-Connect.
These qualifications are classed as a population specialisms and enable learners to work with a broader range of clients or perform additional roles within the workplace. Learners completing these qualifications can progress to:
Population specialisms (to work with a broader range of clients):
Environment specialisms (to work in more settings):
Technical specialisms (to work with specific equipment or perform additional roles within the workplace):
| Unit | eLearning | Manual |
|---|---|---|
| The fundamentals of menopause and the implications for health and wellbeing (R/651/2777) | ✔️ | ❌ |
| The effect of declining hormones on health and wellbeing for individuals transitioning through the menopause (T/651/2778) | Coming soon | ❌ |
| Programming and adapting exercise to support management of menopause and menopause symptoms (Y/651/2779) | ❌ | ❌ |
| Delivering exercise to support the management of menopause and menopause symptoms (F/651/2780) | ❌ | ❌ |
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