DEVELOPING RESILIENCE

 Level 1 Award

The qualification explores different aspects of resilience and wellbeing, helping learners understand themselves, recognise challenges and develop strategies that can support them in everyday life.

🌱 PERSONAL RESILIENCE 

Learners explore what resilience means, recognise their own strengths and consider ways of responding to challenges, setbacks and change.  This is the mandatory unit within the Developing Resilience qualification and is recommended as the starting point for the programme.

💚 POSITIVE WELLBEING

Exploring factors that contribute to positive wellbeing and identifying practical ways to look after emotional and mental wellbeing.

🏃 PHYSICAL HEALTH

Developing understanding of how physical health, activity and healthy choices can contribute to overall wellbeing.

🎯 ASPIRATIONS

Exploring hopes, ambitions and future possibilities, while identifying steps that can help learners move towards their goals.

🤝 HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS

Developing understanding of positive relationships, communication, boundaries and the ways relationships can affect wellbeing.

🌍 STRONGER COMMUNITIES

Exploring community, contribution and the ways individuals can participate positively and support others.

LEARNING THAT CONNECTS TO REAL LIFE

Resilience is not just about knowing what resilience means — it is about developing the skills and understanding to use it.

Learning can include:

• Understanding emotions and personal responses

• Recognising strengths

• Managing challenges and setbacks

• Developing coping strategies

• Building confidence and self-belief

• Making healthy choices

• Developing positive routines

• Understanding relationships and boundaries

• Exploring aspirations and future goals

• Contributing to communities

• Reflecting on personal progress

Creative and practical approaches can be used throughout learning, including art, music, writing, movement, mindfulness, discussion and project-based activities.

BUILDING CONFIDENCE FOR THE FUTURE

Developing Resilience can support learners to develop transferable skills including:

• SELF-AWARENESS • CONFIDENCE • COMMUNICATION • COPING SKILLS • REFLECTION • DECISION-MAKING • RESILIENCE • INDEPENDENCE

The qualification can sit alongside other areas of a learner's personalised programme, including English and Maths, Arts Award, Personal Development & Employability, creative learning and often is used as an introductory course. 

A QUALIFICATION BUILT AROUND THE LEARNER

The Developing Resilience qualification provides a structured framework, while learning can be adapted to the individual learner's needs, interests and starting point.

Learners build evidence through their learning and demonstrate achievement against the requirements of the qualification.