Diploma for the Children & Young Peoples Workforce Level 3

About this course

Benefits

The skills and experience you need to develop your career in child care.

Who should attend

For those who work in a child care role with or aspiring to supervisory responsibilities e.g. day care supervisor, playgroup leader, childminder or community nursery nurse.

Course Content

To achieve the qualification, candidates must gain a minimum of 65 credits in total, comprising all the mandatory units.  Learners must select one mandatory pathway from Early Learning and Childcare (22 credits) or Learning Development and Support Services (must achieve 13 credits).  The remaining credits must be achieved in the optional pathway.

The Learning and Skills Development Officer will provide support and guidance in the selection of the appropriate units.

Mandatory units

• Understand child and young person development
• Promote child and young person development
• Understand how to safeguard the wellbeing of children and young people
• Develop positive relationships with children, young people an dothers involved in their care
• Working together for the benefit of children and young people
• Understand how to support positive outcomes for children and young people
• Promote communication in health, social care or children's and young people's settings
• Engage in personal development in health, social care or children's and young people's settings
• Promote equality and inclusion in health, social care or children and young people's settings
• Principles for implemeneting duty of care in health, social care or children's and young people's settings

Early Learning and Childcare Pathway

• Context and principles for early years provision
• Promote learning and development in the early years
• Promote children's welfare and wellbeing in the early years
• Professional practice in early years settings
• Support children's speech, language and communication

Social Care Pathway

• Assessment and planning with children and young people
• Promote the wellbeing and resilience of children and young people
• Professional practice in children and young people's social care

Learning, Development and Support Services Pathway

• Support children and young people to achieve their learning potential
• Support children and young people to make positive changes in their lives
• Professional practice in learning, development and support services

Optional pathway

• Engage parents in their children’s early learning
• Work with babies and young children’s early learning
• Work with babies and young children to promote their development and learning
• Develop interviewing skills for work with children and young people
• Caseload management
• Support children and young people to achieve their learning potential
• Support children and young people to have positive relationships
• Support positive practice with children and young people with speech, language and communication needs
• Co-ordinate special educational needs provision
• Understand the needs of children and young people who are vulnerable and experiencing poverty and disadvantage
• Care for the physical and nutritional needs of babies and young children
• Support speech, language and communication development
• Work with parents, families and carers to support their children’s speech, language and communication development
• Understand the speech, language and communication needs of children and young people with behavioural, social and emotional difficulties
• Support the speech, language and communication development of children who are learning more than one language
• Support children and young people’s speech, language and communication skills
• Support care within fostering services for vulnerable children and young people
• Improving the attendance of children and young people in statutory education
• Facilitate the learning and development of children and young people through mentoring
• Support the referral process for children and young people
• Understand how to set up a home based childcare service
• Support disabled children and young people and those with specific requirements
• Promote creativity and creative learning in young children
• Support young people to develop, implement and review a plan of action
• Provide information and advice to children and young people
• Support young people to move towards independence and manage their lives
• Support the creativity of children and young people
• Work with children and young people in a residential care setting
• Context and principles for early years provision
• Promote learning and development in the early years
• Promote children’s welfare and wellbeing in the early years
• Professional practice in early years settings
• Support children’s speech, language and communication
• Promote positive behaviour
• Support use of medication in social care settings
• Support children and young people to achieve their education potential
• Support children and young people to make positive changes in their lives
• Professional practice in learning, development and support services
• Work with parents to meet their children’s needs
• Enable parents to develop ways of handling relationships and behaviours that contribute to everyday life with children
• Engage young parents in supporting their children’s development
• Engage fathers in their children’s early learning
• Assessment and planning with children and young people
• Promote well being and resilience of children and young people
• Professional practice in children and young people’s social care
• Support young people who are looked after or are leaving care
• Support young people who are socially excluded or excluded from school
• Support young people with mental health problem
• Support young people in relation to sexual health and risk of pregnancy
• Support young people who are involved in anti-social and/or criminal activities

Accredited by City & Guilds

Costs

We have access to various funding avenues which means that in many cases, training can be FREE or subsidised, provided you meet the required criteria. To find out if you are eligible, contact us to arrange an appointment with one of our experienced advisors.

Assessment

Assessment uses evidence from the workplace for example observable performance, physical products of work (such as reports, plans, correspondence etc.) witness testimony, professional discussion and questioning.

What next?

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