Welcome to the website for the Learning Disability Awards Framework (LDAF).
As LDAF is revised, new awards will be known as "Learning Disability Qualifications" (LDQs). Information about LDQs can therefore be found on this website too.
Guidance about the change from LDAF to LDQ can be found in the joint Valuing People, Skills for Care document at the bottom of this page. (An easy-read version of this document also exists but it too large to add to the website. Use the Contact Us section to request a copy which can be emailed out to you.)
Don't forget if you would like to keep up to date with developments in LDAF/LDQ, you can join the email message groups: see information on the Contact Us page.
SECOND ROUND OF CONSULTATIONS FOR THE LEARNING DISABILITY KNOWLEDGE SETS
For information about the next round of consultations about these knowledge sets please see the files below.
Information about these dates and the four draft knowledge sets are also available on the Skills for Care website -
http://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/view.asp?id=926
FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE NEW LDQ INDUCTION AWARDS, CLICK ON 'WHAT'S NEW'
Check the
'About LDAF' page for open letters from Skills for Care and VPST, and LSC Learning Aim numbers for LDAF.
click here to go straight to the About LDAF section
Click onto the
'What's New' section for LDQ Induction Award Units at Levels 2 and 3. From there you can downloiad the units as well as mappings to NVQ.
click here to go straight to the What's New section
(There is no need to log on to this site. Using the print page facility on the website will ensure you only print the text on the page and not the margins.)
click here to download Joint Skills for Care and Valuing People Guidance Oct 2007 (361472k)
click here to download Breifing note about revised LDAF/LDQ Induction Award (41472k)
click here to download Learning Disability Knowledge Set Consultation Information (148480k)
click here to download Booking Form for Knowledge Set Consultation Days (182272k)