HOW CAN I HELP Level Ups!
Ignite XP
1XP!
2XP!
3XP!
Earners of this badge have completed an employer-led, real-world helping challenge by identifying a local issue, community strengths, barriers, and asking simple questions (with support) to find out what help is needed. Earners have agreed a simple goal, followed a basic plan with support, described what they did and who it helped, and provided evidence and reflection.
Earning Criteria:
- Earner has understood social value and community impact by completing an employer-led, real-world social value challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in social value by understanding social value in simple terms. They have gained awareness of community and learnt about making a difference.
- Earner has engaged with community needs and strengths by completing an employer-led, real-world social value challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in community by identifying community needs and strengths. They have gained awareness of community engagement and learnt about community building.
- Earner has planned and taken part in social value action by completing an employer-led, real-world social value challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in social action by taking part in a simple helpful action. They have gained awareness of social change and learnt about socialisation.
- Earner has produced evidence of learning and progression by completing an employer-led, real-world social value challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in organisation, reflection, and trying again by collecting simple evidence and reflecting. They have gained awareness of interviews, personal strengths, transferable skills, and learned about a curriculum vitae (CV).
Earners of this badge have completed an employer-led, real-world helping challenge by gathering information about a need using a simple method, summarising what they found, and proposing a realistic, respectful response. Earners have produced a plan with tasks, timescales, responsibilities, taken part in delivery, communicated progress, reviewed what worked and what to improve, and built a portfolio with reflection and next steps.
Earning Criteria:
- Earner has understood social value and community impact by completing an employer-led, real-world social value challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in theory of change by understanding how social value is created. They have gained awareness of social purpose and learnt about corporate social responsibility.
- Earner has engaged with community needs and strengths by completing an employer-led, real-world social value challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in community engagement by exploring needs and planning a helpful response. They have gained awareness of community outreach and learnt about public consultation.
- Earner has planned and taken part in social value action by completing an employer-led, real-world social value challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in social action by planning and delivering a social value activity. They have gained awareness of making a difference and learnt about raising awareness.
- Earner has produced evidence of learning and progression by completing an employer-led, real-world social value challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in organising evidence, using feedback, and reflection by organising evidence and summarising learning. They have gained awareness of their progress, next steps, transferable skills, and learnt about interviews, curriculum vitae (CV), and applications.
Earners of this badge have completed an employer-led, real-world helping challenge by using at least two information sources to interpret need, analysed barriers with reasonable adjustments, justified an action using evidence, ethics, and feasibility. Earners have created a delivery plan with milestones, resources, and risk controls, coordinated others with safe boundaries, evaluated outcomes with improvements, and curated a role-aligned portfolio with reflection and next steps.
Earning Criteria:
- Earner has understood social value and community impact by completing an employer-led, real-world social value challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in corporate social responsibility by analysing social value approaches. They have gained awareness of social enterprise and learnt about theory of change.
- Earner has engaged with community needs and strengths by completing an employer-led, real-world social value challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in community engagement by using evidence to shape community action. They have gained awareness of community outreach and learnt about community building.
- Earner has planned and taken part in social value action by completing an employer-led, real-world social value challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in social action by leading or coordinating a social value activity. They have gained awareness of social change and learnt about activism.
- Earner has produced evidence of learning and progression by completing an employer-led, real-world social value challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in curriculum vitae (CV) writing, cover letter writing, job applications, and reflection by curating a progression-focussed portfolio. They have gained awareness of transferable skills, professionalism, and learnt about reflection, progress tracking, and interview skills.
Ascend XP
1XP!
2XP!
3XP!
Earners of this badge have completed an employer-led, real-world social value challenge by identifying a local issue or need and exploring community strengths and barriers. With support, they asked simple questions, agreed a clear goal, followed a simple plan to take helpful action, and described what was done and who it helped. They provided evidence from at least two activities and reflected on what went well and what to try next time.
Earning Criteria:
- Earner has understood social value and community impact by completing an employer-led, real-world social value challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in social value, community, and making a difference by understanding social value in simple terms. They have gained awareness of community engagement, community building and learnt community outreach and volunteering.
- Earner has engaged with community needs and strengths by completing an employer-led, real-world social value challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in community, community engagement, and community building by identifying community needs and strengths. They have gained awareness of community outreach, community volunteering, and learnt community engagement and social care.
- Earner has planned and taken part in social action value by completing an employer-led, real-world social value challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in social action, social action, and making a difference by taking part in a simple, helpful action. They have gained awareness of volunteering, community volunteering, and learnt social purpose and social value.
- Earner has produced evidence of learning and progression by completing an employer-led, real-world social value challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in organisation, reflection, and trying again by collecting simple evidence and reflecting. They have gained awareness of interviews, personal strengths, transferable skills, and learned about a curriculum vitae (CV).
Earners of this badge have completed an employer-led, real-world social value challenge by gathering and summarising information about a community need and proposing a realistic response linked to positive outcomes. They created a simple delivery plan with tasks, timescales, and responsibilities, supported delivery while communicating progress, and reviewed what worked and what to improve. They built a simple portfolio, summarised learning, and updated a progression plan with actions and timelines using feedback and reflection.
Earning Criteria:
- Earner has understood social value and community impact by completing an employer-led, real-world social value challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in social value, theory of change, and social purpose by understanding how social value is created. They have gained awareness of corporate social responsibility; the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector, and learnt stakeholder engagement and community building.
- Earner has engaged with community needs and strengths by completing an employer-led, real-world social value challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in community engagement, community outreach, and community building by exploring needs and planning a helpful response. They have gained awareness of community, social care, and learnt about civic engagement and civic duty.
- Earner has planned and taken part in social action value by completing an employer-led, real-world social value challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in social action, social change, and making a difference by planning and delivering a social value activity. They have gained awareness of volunteering and learnt advocacy and campaigning.
- Earner has produced evidence of learning and progression by completing an employer-led, real-world social value challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in organising evidence, using feedback, and reflection by organising evidence and summarising learning. They have gained awareness of their progress, next steps, transferable skills, and learnt about interviews, curriculum vitae (CV), and applications.
Earners of this badge have completed an employer-led social value challenge by analysing needs from multiple sources, interpreting barriers, and proposing reasonable adjustments. They justified an action using evidence, ethics, and feasibility, planned delivery with milestones, resources, and risk controls, coordinated others safely, evaluated outcomes, proposed improvements, and curated a role-aligned portfolio with next steps.
Earning Criteria:
- Earner has understood social value and community impact by completing an employer-led, real-world social value challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in theory of change, social value, and social change by analysing social value approaches. They have gained awareness of stakeholder engagement; corporate social responsibility; the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector, and learnt co-design, civic engagement, and community building.
- Earner has engaged with community needs and strengths by completing an employer-led, real-world social value challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in community engagement, community outreach, and community building by using evidence to shape community action. They have gained awareness of community and social care and learnt about public consultation and raising awareness.
- Earner has planned and taken part in social action value by completing an employer-led, real-world social value challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in advocacy, campaigning, and ambassadorship by leading or coordinating a social value activity. They have gained awareness of social action; the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector; social purpose and learnt about stakeholder engagement and community volunteering.
- Earner has produced evidence of learning and progression by completing an employer-led, real-world social valuechallenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in curriculum vitae (CV) writing, cover letter writing, job applications, and reflection by curating a progression-focussed portfolio. They have gained awareness of transferable skills, professionalism, and learnt about reflection, progress tracking, and interview skills.