CACHE LEVEL 3 Diploma
Early Years Educator
[ Early years Workforce]
Employability Sector
Health, Public Services and Care, Early Years Educator
Diploma Awarding
Body
CACHE
Program
Length
9months
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THIS QUALIFICATION
The aim of this qualification is to prepare 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
ENTRY REQUIREMENT
You must be 19+ and working or volunteering in childcare, complete and assessment in English, maths and ICT Attend classes twice a week choices of daytime 10 – 12 or evening 7pm – 9pm
Fee: £2882
it is funded via the advanced learner
Intense course
Course Duration: 6-8 Months
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
- Working in childcare
- Complete a Maths and English assessment at Level 1 or 2
- Complete a placement in a nursery that facilitates children from 6months up to 5
- Attend classes twice a week choices of daytime 10 – 1 or evening 7pm – 9pm
MANDATORY UNITS
The qualification has 23 mandatory units and the following four themes:
Theme 1: Health and well-being
Theme 2: Legislation, frameworks and professional practice
Theme 3: Play, development and learning for school readiness
FUNDING
Advanced Learning Loan
If you are aged 19 or above, you may qualify for an Advanced Learning Loan to help pay for your course fees. Most learners aged 19 and over, studying at Level 3 or Level 4, will qualify for these loans from the UK government. It’s easy to apply, your household income isn’t taken into account and there’s no credit check. You won’t have to pay anything back until your income is over £25,000 a year!
FEE: £2882
ROUTES AFTER COMPLETION
WHICH TYPE OF JOB ROLES CAN YOU APPLY FOR ON COMPLETION?
Upon achievement of this qualification learners will gain their licence to practise and it is intended that learners will be able to enter the workforce as Early Years Educators. Learners can progress into various job roles in the statutory, voluntary or private sectors such as:
- Assistant in Children’s Centres
- Practitioner in nursery schools
- Practitioner in reception classes in primary schools
- Pre-school worker
You can also attend Higher Education as this course carried UCAS Points
COURSE DURATION
6 to 9 months
online weekly
live classes
AVERAGE SALARY
Early Years Educators £195,00+
Nursery Assistant and practitioners £16,000+
Teaching Assistant £29,000+
UNITS FOR EACH COURSE
- Support healthy lifestyles for children through the provision of food and nutrition
- Support healthy lifestyles for children through exercise
- Support physical care routines for children
- Promote children’s emotional well-being
- Understand how to support children who are unwell
- Understand legislation relating to the safeguarding, protection and welfare of children
- Use legislation relating to the health and safety of children
- Follow legislation relating to equality, diversity and inclusive practice
- Working in partnership
- Engage in professional development
- Play, development and learning for school readiness
- Understand the value of play in Early Years
- Plan, lead and review play opportunities which support children’s learning and development
- Promote enabling play environments
- Developing children’s emergent literacy skills
- Developing children’s emergent mathematical skills
- Support children’s transition to school
- Develop children’s cognitive skills
- Promote children’s speech, language and communication
- Promoting children’s physical development
- Promoting children’s personal, social and emotional development
- Support children with additional needs
- Use observation, assessment and planning to promote the development of children
- Use longitudinal studies to observe, assess and plan for children’s needs
HOW IS THE COURSE TAUGHT?
- Online lessons taught by a teacher face to face in a class with other learners every week.
- Learners will be appointed a tutor for 1 on 1 support
- Use of Online Portfolio
- Practical Workshops Apply