• YMCA Level 3 Diploma in Exercise Referral (603/3103/3)

    The qualification aims to equip the learner with the skills, knowledge and understanding required to plan and instruct programmes for exercise referral.

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    YMCA Level 3 Diploma in Exercise Referral

    Qualifications Type

    Population Specialism

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    Population specialisms build on the knowledge and skills of occupational qualifications, enabling learners to expand their scope of practice to work with a broader range of clients with more complex needs e.g. children, older adults, individuals with disabilities/impairments etc.

    Qualification Number (QN)

    603/3103/3

    Availability

    Operational start date – 1 May 2018

    Operational end date – 31 July 2025

    Certification end date – 31 July 2027

    Latest version of qualification – YMCA Level 3 Diploma in Supporting Participation in Physical Activity: Long-Term Health Conditions (610/4680/2)

    Entry Requirements

    Occupational qualification

    Assessments

    Worksheets
    Medical condition tables
    Activity guideline tables
    Consultation
    Exercise referral programme
    Programme review
    Letter to a healthcare professional
    Session plan
    Observation of practical delivery
    Multiple choice theory tests:
    Assessment workbooks

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    Overview

    The aim of this qualification is to equip learners with the knowledge, skills and understanding required to plan and instruct programmes for exercise referral.

    This qualification provides learners with access to Exercise Referral Instructor roles and enables them to expand their scope of practice to work with a broader range of clients.

    Qualification Details

    Learners will cover:

    Anatomy and physiology knowledge as applicable to personal training
    Nutrition and its application to support a client’s health and physical activity programme
    How to collect and use information relating to nutrition.
    The relationship between nutrition and physical activity, the principles and guidelines relating to nutrition and nutritional goal setting with clients, and the nationally recommended practice to provide nutritional advice
    The principles of collecting information to plan an exercise referral programme, the principles of risk stratification in exercise referral, and the principles and procedures of record keeping
    How to identify goals with exercise referral patients and instruct, adapt and review exercise session with these patients. How to plan, prepare, monitor and adapt an exercise referral programme with patients and understand the importance of long-term behaviour change for these patients
    The current healthcare systems in the UK, the exercise referral process, the roles and responsibilities of the professional within an exercise referral scheme, and the role and importance of exercise referral, related policies and key documents
    The concept of a patient-centred approach
    The clinical features of medical conditions relevant to exercise referral programmes, the relationship between exercise and specified exercise referral medical conditions, the accepted methods for treatment/management of medical conditions relevant to exercise referral programmes, and how to programme safe and effective exercise programmes for patients with specified exercise referral medical conditions
    Collect and analyse nutritional information and apply the principles of nutrition to a physical activity programme
    Collect information about exercise referral patients and prepare patients and resources for exercise referral sessions
    Instruct, adapt, conclude and review exercise referral sessions. Agree goals, plan, manage, review progress and adapt an exercise referral programme with exercise referral patients

    There are 16 assessments across the 6 units.

    Assessments include:

    Worksheets
    Medical condition tables
    Activity guideline tables
    Consultation
    Exercise referral programme
    Programme review
    Letter to a healthcare professional
    Session plan
    Observation of practical delivery
    Multiple choice theory tests:
    Assessment workbooks

    You can find further information on these assessments in the qualification syllabus and/or learner assessment record, which are available for centres to download from Y-Connect.

    This qualification can lead to employment as an ‘Exercise Referral Instructor’ or in any role that involves tailoring exercise for people with medical conditions covered by the qualification.

    This qualification also provides progression to other qualifications at the same and higher levels e.g.:

    Level 4 Certificate in Weight Management for Individuals with Obesity, Diabetes Mellitus and/or Metabolic Syndrome
    YMCA Level 4 Certificate in Programming Physical Activity for Individuals with Low Back Pain
    YMCA Level 4 Certificate in Delivering Physical Activity for Individuals with Mental Health Conditions
    YMCA Level 4 Certificate in Weight Management for Individuals with Obesity, Diabetes Mellitus and/or Metabolic Syndrome

    Unit titleeLearningManual
    Professional practice for exercise referral instructors (Y/503/7493)✔️✔️
    Understanding medical conditions for exercise referral (R/503/7492)✔️
    Planning exercise referral programmes with patients (D/503/7494)✔️
    Instructing exercise with referred patients (L/503/7491)✔️
    Applied Anatomy and Physiology (A/616/4747)✔️✔️
    Nutrition to support physical activity (L/616/4753)✔️✔️

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