Personal Development and Employability Skills

Prince's Trust Qualifications seek to:

Ensure young people have every opportunity to gain formal recognition of their skills and achievements  

Develop qualifications that offer flexibility, choice and pathways to progression  Provide excellent support and service to our partners to ensure they are best placed to support young people.

The Personal Development and Employability Skills qualifications are 100% centre assessed using portfolios of evidence and are graded as pass or fail. The portfolios are internally assessed and externally moderated.

The assessment process is as follows:

• Activities are internally set by the centre to meet the requirements detailed in the unit assessment criteria

• The learners are assessed internally at the centre by an Assessor whilst they engage in activities

• The learner’s evidence is collated into a portfolio, which is referenced using a unit Tracking Sheet

• The centre undertakes internal quality assurance activities which includes sampling portfolios assessed by each Assessor.

• A further sample of portfolios is then externally moderated by Prince’s Trust Qualifications

The qualification is 100% centre assessed using portfolios of evidence. 

The portfolios are internally assessed and externally moderated.

Course Content

The Princes’ Trust and Certificates in Personal Development and Employability Skills recognise a breadth of personal skills, qualities and attitudes required by employers across a range of sectors. The qualification has been designed and developed with the aim of progressing learners into further education and/or employment.

This qualification provides the learners with opportunities to:

• Develop their own personal growth and engagement in, and through learning.

• Engage in learning that is relevant to them and support their development of personal skills and attributes that are essential for working life and employment.

• Prepare themselves for progression into further education programmes, apprenticeships or other work based learning.

• Develop their English and Mathematic skills.

The Personal Development and Employability Skills qualifications cover a range of skills. An overview of the units available and the corresponding levels and credits is given below.

This qualification will allow you to develop a  breadth of personal skills, qualities and attitudes required by employers across a range of sectors.  

The qualification has been designed and developed with the aim of progressing learners into further education and or employment. 

If you choose Prince's Trust, you may have the opportunity to take part in the following activities;

• Macmillan Coffee Morning

• Litter pick ups

• Guest speakers

• Big Sleep Out

• Shoe Box Appeals,

• Enterprise Activities such as Easter Cup Campaign and Mother’s Day Campaign