Social Care and Children and YoungPeople’s Services
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- Certificate Introducing
- Caring for Children
- & Young People
The NCFE CACHE Level 2 Certificate Introducing Caring for Children and Young People prepares learners to work with children between birth and 5 years, with knowledge of children up to 7 years.
Entry requirements
Learners rnust be at least 14 years old and copy of high school certificate will be needed.
Qualification structure
This qualification will give learners a basic understanding of childcare and education, parenting and babysitting. It will also help them to make an informed choice about working with children and young people.
All the units are optional giving greater flexibility to learners and tutors when deciding on a programme of study – maximising learner achievement.
Experience in the workplace
Leamers do not need to be working or undertaking practical placements to complete this qualification as it is knowledge based only
What you can do after this course
Upon achievement of this qualification, learners can progress onto any of the Level 3 qualifications in the Early Years Educator suite
Career Opportunities
- Nursery assistant
- Classroom assistant
- Pre-school assistant
- Early Years Workforce
The Level 3 Diploma for the Early Years Workforce (Early Years Educator) prepares learners to become Early Years Educators, enabling them to work with and care for children from birth to 5 years and gain knowledge of children aged 5 to 7 years.
The NCFE CACHE Level 3 Diploma for the Early Years Workforce (Early Years Educator) prepares learners to become Early Years Educators, enabling them to work with children from birth to 5 years and gain knowledge of children aged 5 to 7 years. Upon achievement of this qualification it is intended that learners will be able to enter the workforce as Early Years Educators.
In response to the Department for Education and National College for Teaching and Leadership Policy, Improving the quality and range of education and childcare from birth to 5 years, we have built a qualification to meet the Criteria required for those wishing to become Early Years Educators. We have surpassed the minimum requirements set out in the Full and Relevant Criteria to develop a qualification which reflects the priorities of practitioners and employers to meet the needs of young children.
Learners must be aged 16 or above. There are no specific resource requirements for these qualifications, but Centers must ensure learners have access to suitable resources to enable them to cover all the appropriate learning outcomes.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Learners must be aged 16 or above. There are no specific resource requirements for these qualifications, but Centers must ensure learners have access to suitable resources to enable them to cover all the appropriate learning outcomes.
QUALIFICATION STRUCTURE
In order to aid holistic delivery and assessment, we have structured the units around the following three themes:
Theme 1: Health and well-being
Theme 2: Legislation, frameworks and professional practice
Theme 3: Play, development and learning for school readiness
PLACEMENT HOURS
During placement, learners will need support from a professional within the Real Work Environment.
To aid Assessors with discretionary decisions concerning individual experience in real work environments across the age range from 0-5 years: direct observations must continue to be used to assess competence with the age range the learner is working with but can be complemented with expert witness testimonies, reflective accounts including prior knowledge and professional discussions to assess knowledge, skills and competence outside of this age range.
ASSESSMENT STRATEGY
To gain this qualification, the learner will need to achieve the following:
Pass in all units
All units in this qualification are mandatory. Units will be internally assessed. We have created innovative non-mandatory tasks for all units, with the exception of Unit 3.15 (see Longitudinal Study below). These can be found in the Learner Handbook and Tutor Guidance documents on our secure site.
Longitudinal Study (Unit 3.15)
This will be a mandatory task set by us. It will be internally assessed. Detailed guidance can be found in the Tutor Guidance on our secure site.
Competence in a real work environment
Full achievement of the qualification will not be possible until all components are complete. Unit certification will be available.
- Special Educational
- Needs Coordinators
SENCo qualification is suitable for a Level 3 practitioner in a private, voluntary or independent setting. All early years providers are required to have arrangements in place to identify and support children with Special Educational Needs or Disabilities (SEND) and to promote equality of opportunity for children in their care.
This is an important role to ensure the best possible educational outcomes are achieved for these children.The qualification is designed for those already working in a SENCo role as part of their EarlyYears Practitioner role, or those who are interested in doing so
Entry requirements
Learners must be at least 16 years old and copy of high school certificate will be needed.
What you can do after this course
Learners will be able to progress to higher learning in Special Education Needs and other relevant sectors.
Career Opportunities
- Health and social care
- Childhood studies
- Community, youth and families
- Social work
- Early years
- Primary teaching
- Nursing
- Course Duration : 4 Months
- Leadership for Health
- and Social Care and Children
- and Young People’s Services
This qualification provides learners with the skill and knowledge needed to manage practice and lead others in adult health and social care provision or in children and young people’s services. It has six pathways.
This qualification provides the skills and knowledge needed to manage practice and lead others in adult health and social care provision or in children and young people’s services. It has five pathways – three for adults and two for children and young people:
- Management
- Advanced Practice
The six pathways cover a wide range of topics including:
- Safeguarding and protection
- Developing and carrying out policy
- Managing care services, change programmes and recruitment
- Promoting and developing best practice
- Supporting development and partnership working
- Care management
- Quality systems and improvement
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Learners should be at least 19 years old. It is also recommended that they will hold a Level 3 qualification or above in a related area.
Learners will need to be working in the role of Deputy or Manager in an appropriate setting, or have the opportunity to carry out responsibilities associated with these roles to be able to study for the Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People’s Services (England) (90 credits).
PROGRESSION
On completion learners can progress to a wide range of job roles depending on the pathway taken. The following list is not all-inclusive, but gives a taster of the opportunities available in either adult or children and young people’s settings:
- Manager
- Deputy Manager
- Assistant Manager
- Care Broker
- Case Manager
- Senior Support Worker
- Day Care Manager
- Residential Care Manager