Overview
The 1st4sport Level 2 Award in Leadership Through Football (QCF) is awarded by 1st4sport Qualifications and has been developed in partnership with The Football Association – the national governing body for the sport – and its education arm, FA Learning.
The 1st4sport Level 2 Award in Leadership Through Football (QCF) is regulated at Level 2 on the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF). For further information on the regulated status of the 1st4sport Level 2 Award in Leadership Through Football (QCF), please log on to The Register of Regulated Qualifications website. For further information on the UK Coaching Certificate (UKCC), visit the sports coach UK website.
Criteria
The 1st4sport Level 2 Award in Leadership Through Football (QCF) is designed for those over 14 years of age with little experience or involvement in the development of others through football.
The qualification aims to enable young people to develop leadership skills through the development of grass-roots football. Focus will be put on you developing a range of skills as an independent enquirer, team worker, self manager, creative thinker and effective participant. The opportunities for such skills to be used more broadly in sport and within your chosen career will be highlighted.
During your learning programme you will be provided with an introduction to a number of voluntary leadership roles through an engagement with grass-roots football development, including leading football activity sessions, refereeing small-sided games, managing a local small-sided game team, and contributing to the organisation and delivery of a local football festival/event for young people. Your learning programme will provide you with guidance on further opportunities as a sport leader, including how to contribute to grass-roots sport as an administrator, coach, referee, team manager and sport development volunteer. While this qualification is delivered through the medium of grass-roots football, the skills may be used when working with other sports, under appropriate guidance.
Why Study?
- To gain a variety of skills that can be used within the sport and in the wider world of learning or employment.
- To learn how to introduce people to the sport of football in a safe and ethical manner.
- To support the growth of the sport at grass-roots level.
- As an opportunity to develop skills that will support the development of others.
What can I use it for?
The qualification will guide you towards further opportunities to contribute to grass-roots football, including roles as:
- football activity leader
- local league administrator
- junior team manager
- football festival event coordinator/leader
- football referee.
Outline
During completion of the qualification, you will:
- prepare to lead football activity sessions for young people
- lead football activity sessions for young people
- review and reflect on your leadership of football activity sessions for young people
- prepare to referee football activity sessions and small-sided games for young people
- referee football activity sessions and small-sided games for young people
- review and reflect on your refereeing during football activity sessions and small-sided games for young people
- understand how to prepare self and players to play in a game
- understand how to support players in a game
- understand how to review own contributions to a team
- contribute to the organisation of a football event for young people
- contribute to the delivery of a football event for young people
- review and reflect on your contribution to the organisation and organisation of a football event for young people.
How will my learning programme be structured?
Learning programmes are usually designed by the recognised centre that delivers the qualification. They may, therefore, vary in length and format. Depending on your needs, delivery centres can offer intensive courses or a series of learning events over a period of days, weekends or a school term or event year. Whatever the timescale, all learning programmes should include the following phases:
- attendance at an induction event that will provide you with an introduction to the qualification and ongoing support throughout the programme of training and home study, to ensure you understand the requirements of the qualification. In addition, you will receive support and guidance on accessing learning resources that support the development of your knowledge
- a programme of training, during which you will be provided with the predominantly practical and technical information required to enable you to fulfil the role
- a series of short assessments of your football leadership skills as you progress
- further development of your role, via practical activities, over a period of time.
At the conclusion of the programme of training and assessment, you will be provided with formal feedback on your performance and action-planned for your further development.
Assessment
The 1st4sport Level 2 Award in Leadership Through Football (QCF) assessment will require you, in summary, to have:
- been observed preparing for, leading and reviewing appropriate football activities for young people, which should include one of the following:
- activities for developing movement and handling
- activities for developing futsal
- adapted activities for disabled players
- football activities for young players
- the ability to identify, set out and put away equipment appropriate to the planned activities
- refereed one small-sided game or football activity for young people
- contributed to the organisation, delivery and review of a football event/festival for young people.
Fees
Recognised centres offering this qualification determine their own fees and they will vary from centre to centre. The fees charged should entitle you to a programme of learning and assessment, registration and certification for the qualification, a 1st4sport Qualifications Learner Pack and appropriate learning resource. For further information on the costs of courses, please contact a recognised centre.
Next Steps
The qualification is delivered by 1st4sport Qualifications’ recognised centres, not all of whom offer open courses to members of the public. Your first port of call to access a course should be to contact the governing body of sport:
FA Learning
The Football Association
Wembley Stadium
PO Box 1966
London SW1P 9EQ
Website: www.TheFA.com/FALearning
Alternatively, contact 1st4sport Qualifications via email at enquiries@1st4sportqualifications.com or by calling 0113-290 7610.
