Early Year Educator

Overview

Are interested in Early years and Childcare? We offer four Early Years and Childcare courses: Entry Level Certificate in Caring for a Child/Children (Entry 3)
Level 1 Award, Certificate and Diploma in Introduction to Health, Social Care and Children’s and Young People’s Settings
Level 2 Certificates in Children and Young People’s Workforce
Level 3 Diploma for the Children and Young People's Workforce

Level 1

• You will learn:
• • Communicating in a business environment
• • Using office equipment
• • Using a filing system
• • Making and receiving telephone calls
• • Using e-mail and more...

• Upon completion
• You will have attained an accredited QCF qualification and the ability to apply the knowledge gained from the course to your work.

Level 2

• You will learn:
• • Principles of providing administrative services
• • Understand working in a customer service environment
• • Develop working relationships with colleagues and more.../li>

• Upon completion
• You should be able to work as a general administrator in an office environment. You’ll also have the required skills to generate professional documents and files using Microsoft Office programs.

Level 3

• You will learn:
• • Principles of business communication and information
• • Principles of administration/li>
• • Principles of business
• • Principles of leadership and management and more...

• Upon completion
• You should be able to work as a senior administrator in an office environment. You’ll also have the required skills to generate advanced documents and files using Microsoft Office programs.

What you will need to get started:

• • Learners should be at least 14 years old. We do not set any other entry requirements but Centres may have their own guidelines.

Qualifications you will receive upon completion:

• • Entry Level Certificate in Caring for a Child/Children (Entry 3)

What you will study:

• • Confidence building for the young child through play
• • Listening to and talking with a young child
• • Providing a safe and hygienic environment for a young child
• • Routines for a young child
• • Individual rights and responsibilities
• • Children's play and leisure activities in the community
• • Respecting and valuing children
• • Play and learning in the home.

Prpgression:

Learners are able to progress onto the NCFE CACHE Entry Level Certificate in Caring for a Child/Children (Entry 3) or NCFE CACHE Level 1 Award, Certificate and Diploma in Caring for Children giving the opportunity to carry forward shared units.
Further progression opportunities will depend on the learners’ abilities, but could include a broad range of destinations in Foundation Learning including:

• • GCSEs
• • Supported employment
• • Independent living.

What you will need to get started:

• • Learners must be at least 16 years of age
• • Entry Level 3 Functional Skills Math and English
• • Unemployed
• • Means tested Benefit – ESA, WRAG, Income Support, UC and JSA

Qualifications you will receive upon completion:

• • Level 1 Award, Certificate and Diploma in Introduction to Health, Social Care and Children’s and Young People’s Settings

What you will study:

• • The range of service provision and roles within health and social care (adults and children and young people), early years and childcare.
• • The principles and values in health and social care (adults and children and young people), early years and childcare
• • Protection and safeguarding in health and social care (adults and children and young people), early years and childcare
• • Communication in health and social care (adults and children and young people), early years and childcare
• • Equality and inclusion in health, social care and children’s and young people’s settings
• • Health and safety in health, social care and children’s and young people’s settings
• • Person-centred support in health, social care and children’s and young people’s settings

Progression:

The Level 1 Diploma in Introduction to Health, Social Care and Children’s and Young People’s Settings incorporates units which creates a stepping stone to the Level 2 Certificate in Preparing to Work in Adult Social Care, Level 2 Diploma in Health and Social Care (Adults) and Level 2 Certificate for Children and Young People’s Workforce.

What you will need to get started:

• • Functional Skills Level 1 Maths and English.
• • You are working or have a voluntary placement in a relevant setting for a minimum of 9–12 hours per week.

Qualifications you will receive upon completion:

• • NCFE CACHE Level 2 Certificates in Children and Young People’s Force

What you will study:

• • Introduction to communication in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings
• • Introduction to personal development in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings
• • Introduction to equality and inclusion in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings
• • Child and young person development
• • Safeguarding the welfare of children and young people
• • Maintain and support relationships with children and young people

Progression

After completing this qualification, you can progress onto other qualifications such as:

• • NCFE Cache Level 3 Diploma for the Children and Young People’s Workforce (England)

You can also progress onto the following roles:

• • Assistant pre-school workers
• • Assistants in children’s centres
• • Assistants in day nurseries, nursery schools and nursery classes in primary schools

What you will need to get started:

• • 4 GCSEs at Grade A*- C, including English and Maths, or a Level 2 Diploma in a Business Administration related discipline with a Merit or Distinction
• • Functional Skills at Level 2
• For your work experience, you will have to work 1 to 2 days day per week for the duration of the course. You will have to achieve 350 hours.

Qualifications you will receive upon completion:

• • NCFE CACHE Level 3 Diploma for the Children and Young People's Workforce (England)

What you will study:

• • CPromote 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’s and young people’s settings Knowledge/ Skills Principles for implementing duty of care in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings Understand child and young person development
• • Promote child and young person development
• • Understand how to safeguard the wellbeing of children and young people
• • Support children and young people’s health and safety
• • Develop positive relationships with children, young people and others 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

Progression:

After completing this qualification, you can progress onto other qualifications such as:

• • Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People’s Services or a Foundation Degree.

• • Children and family court advisory and support service advisers
• • Youth worker
• • Community care officer
• • Professional assistant
• • Family centre worker
• • Supporting teaching and learning workers who visit families of pre-school children at home
• • Foster carers
• • Children and families social workers
• • Registered managers of children’s homes, plus deputy and assistant managers
• • Residential childcare workers
• • Learning mentor