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Diploma: Child Care and Education Level 3
To study this course you should be interested
in working with children as you will be working in an early years setting,
alternate weeks throughout the two year course.
You will enjoy practical work and assignment based work and you will
build up a portfolio of evidence from your early years
experience based on observations and activities with children. You will use the skills of problem solving,
decision making and be able to present and communicate information, work as
part of a team and gain valuable life skills particularly those of
self-confidence, time management and organisational skills. You will work in at least 4 different
placements during the course.
This two year course cannot be studied
alongside other subjects (although GCSE re-sits may be possible) as it is a
full time course equivalent to 3 A
Levels; 360 UCAS points. It is possible to study this as a one year
course in Year 12 or 13 where you would gain the equivalent
of two A’ Levels.
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Year 12 units Unit 1 An Introduction to Working with Children. This unit prepares you for work experience
in a range of child care settings. Unit 2 Development from conception to age 16 years. You will learn how to assess children
through observations at different stages of their development. Unit
3 Supporting children. This unit includes work on child protection
and equal opportunities. Unit
4 Keeping children safe. This unit includes extra qualifications in
First Aid and Foundation Food Hygiene. Unit
5 The principles underpinning the role of the
practitioner. This unit includes
current research on child education. Unit
6 Promoting a healthy environment for
children. |
Year 13 units Unit 7 Play and learning in children’s education. This unit looks at theoretical approaches
and current research in the field of play and education. Unit 8 Caring for children. This unit includes thinking
about the diverse needs of individual children and working in
multi-professional teams. Unit 9 Development of professional skills. This unit
runs throughout the course to include 125 placement days in total. Unit 12 Nutrition
and healthy food for children Unit 14 Working
with children with special needs Unit 18 Working
with babies from birth to 12 months |
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Assessment details In Year 12 units 1 – 6 are each assessed through
a structured assignment task of 3500 words.
There is also a 1 hour exam in May based on a
case study. |
Assessment details In Year 13 each unit is assessed through a
structured assignment task of 3500 words. There is also an externally assessed research
assignment of 5000 words. |
Progression
On completion of the course you
will be qualified to work as an Early Years Practitioner in a school, nursery,
children’s centre, in a hospital on a children’s ward or as an assistant to a
Health Visitor or as a children’s holiday rep.
The qualification is nationally and internationally recognised.
You
could move on to study at a university for a degree in various subjects such as
Teacher Training, Nursing, Social Work or Early Childhood Studies.
Exam board
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