Early Year Educator

Overview

Are you interested in an Early Years and Childcare course?

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

This qualification will prepare you to work with children from birth to the age of 5 and provide you with knowledge of children aged 5 to 7 years.

You will learn (but not limited to):

• • Support healthy lifestyles for children (exercise and nutrition
• • Encourage physical care routines for children
• • Promote children’s emotional well-being
• • How to support children who are unwell
• • Use legislation relating to the safeguarding, protection and welfare of children

Upon completion

You will be able to enter the workforce as an Early Years Educator and progress into various job roles.

You will also be able to progress onto other qualifications.

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