NCFE
Level 3
QN: 601/3474/4
Curriculum Active
NCFE CACHE Level 3 Diploma for the Children and Young People's Workforce (England)
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by NCFE. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 1890 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 3
Awarding Body
NCFE
Syllabus Units
73 Units
Guided Hours
1890 hrs
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Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Care for the physical and nutritional needs of babies and young children.
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to provide respectful physical care for babies and young children
- Be able to provide routines for babies and young children that support their health and development
- Be able to provide opportunities for exercise and physical activity
- Be able to provide safe and protective environments for babies and young children
- Be able to provide for the nutritional needs of babies under 18 months
- Understand how to provide for the nutritional needs of young children from 18-36 months
2
Caseload management
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of managing personal case load
- Be able to prioritise cases in personal case load
- Understand how to review and evaluate the effectiveness of the case management process
3
Engage in personal development in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand what is required for competence in own work role
- Be able to reflect on practice
- Be able to evaluate own performance
- Be able to agree a personal development plan
- Be able to use learning opportunities and reflective practice to contribute to personal development
4
Monitor and maintain curriculum resources
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the organisational policy and procedures for maintaining curriculum resources
- Be able to establish requirements for curriculum resources
- Be able to maintain supplies of curriculum resources
- Be able to monitor stocks of curriculum resources
- Be able to maintain curriculum resources
- Be able to prepare and issue curriculum resources
5
Practise as a Foster Carer
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to prepare to accommodate children or young people in their own home.
- Be able to support children and young people to settle into the family home.
- Be able to provide a safe home environment for children and young people accessing foster care.
- Be able to support family and other key people to adjust to family life with children and young people accessing foster care.
- Be able to work effectively as a member of a professional team and wider community to meet the needs of children and young people in foster care.
6
Professional practice in children and young people’s social care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the legislation and policy frame
- work for working with children and young people in social care work settings
- Understand the professional responsibilities of working with children and young people
- Be able to meet professional responsibilities by reflecting on own performance and practice
- Be able to develop effective working relationships with professional colleagues
- Understand the implications of equalities legislation for working with children, young people and families
- Understand the value of diversity and the importance of equality and anti-discriminatory practice
7
Professional Practice in learning, development and support services
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the purposes of learning, development and support services
- Understand current legislation, policies and influences on LDSS
- Be able to implement the current principles and values that underpin and inform the work of LDSS practitioners
- Understand how the views of children, young people and carers can be used to improve learning, development and support services
- Be able to use supervision to support continuing professional development and personal effectiveness, .
- Be able to reflect on own skills, knowledge and effectiveness to inform and improve own practice
8
Promote creativity and creative learning in young children.
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the concepts of creativity and creative learning and how these affect all aspects of young children’s learning and development
- Be able to provide opportunities for young children to develop their creativity and creative learning
- Be able to develop the environment to support young children’s creativity and creative learning
- Be able to support the development of practice in promoting young children’s creativity and creative learning within the setting
9
Promote positive behaviour
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how legislation, frameworks, codes of practice and policies relate to positive behaviour support.
- Understand the context and use of proactive and reactive strategies.
- Be able to promote positive behaviour.
- Be able to respond appropriately to incidents of challenging behaviour.
- Be able to support individuals and others following an incident of challenging behaviour.
- Be able to review and revise approaches to promoting positive behaviour.
10
Promote the well being and resilience of children and young people
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of promoting positive well being and resilience of children and young people
- Understand how to support the development of children and young people’s social and emotional identify and self esteem in line with their age and level of understanding
- Be able to provide children and young people with a positive outlook on their lives
- Be able to respond to the health needs of children and young people
11
Provide information and advice to children and young people
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the role of practitioners in providing information and advice to children and young people
- Be able to establish and address the information and advice needs of children and young people
- Be able to provide children and young people with appropriate information and advice to enable them to make informed choices
12
Support children and young people to achieve their education potential
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the principles, values and current legislation that supports work to help children and young people achieve their educational potential
- Be able to support children and young people to identify and articulate their learning needs, set goals and plan actions
- Be able to support children and young people to work towards their educational goals
- Be able to review educational achievements with children and young people
13
Support children and young people to achieve their learning potential
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the legislation and policies that underpin education and learning for children and young people
- Be able to support children and young people to work out what they want to learn and achieve
- Be able to work with children and young people to make the most of learning opportunities
- Know how to work with others to support children and young people to achieve the best possible outcomes from learning opportunities
14
Support Children and Young People's Health and Safety.
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to plan and provide environments and services that support children and young people’s health and safety.
- Be able to recognise and manage risks to health, safety and security in a work setting or off site visits.
- Understand how to support children and young people to assess and manage risk for themselves.
- Understand appropriate responses to accidents, incidents emergencies and illness in work settings and off site visits.
15
Support speech, language and communication development.
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of speech, language and communication for children’s overall development
- Understand typical speech, language and communication development in children and young people
- Be able to identify typical speech, language and communication development of children and young people
16
Support young people in relation to sexual health and risk of pregnancy
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the issues affecting young people in relation to sexual health and risk of pregnancy
- Understand how to support young people in relation to sexual health and risk of pregnancy
17
Support young people to move towards independence and manage their lives
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the way that young people move from dependence to independence
- Be able to prepare young people for the practical challenges of independence
- Be able to prepare young people for the emotional challenges of independence
- Be able to prepare young people to assess personal risks and protect themselves
18
Support young people who are looked after or are leaving care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the issues affecting young people who are looked after or leaving care
- Understand how to support young people who are looked after or leaving care
- Know about the statutory and legal frameworks in relation to young people who are looked after or leaving care
19
Understand the needs of children and young people who are vulnerable and experiencing poverty and disadvantage.
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the factors that may impact on the outcomes and life chances of children and young people.
- Understand how poverty and disadvantage affect children and young people’s development.
- Understand the importance of early intervention for children and young people who are disadvantaged and vulnerable.
- Understand the importance of support and partnership in improving outcomes for children and young people who are experiencing poverty and disadvantage.
- Understand the role of the practitioner in supporting children and young people who are vulnerable and experiencing poverty and disadvantage.
20
Work with babies and young children to promote their development and learning.
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the development and learning of babies and young children
- Be able to promote the development and learning of babies and young children
- Understand the attachment needs of babies and young children
- Be able to engage with babies and young children and be sensitive to their needs
- Be able to work in partnership with carers in order to promote the learning and development of babies and young children
21
Work with children and young people in a residential care setting
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the legal, policy, rights and theoretical frame
- work for residential care for children and young people
- Understand own role and professional responsibilities in a residential care setting
- Be able to work with children and young people through the day to day activities involved in sharing a living space
- Be able to work with children and young people in a residential setting
- Be able to safeguard children and young people in a residential care setting
22
Work with parents, families and carers to support their child's speech, language and communication development
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of parental support for the development of speech, language and communication
- Be able to work in partnership with parents, families and carers to support their child's speech, language and communication development
- Be able to support parents, families and carers to use activities and approaches to support their child's speech, language and communication development
- Understand the importance of working in partnership with parents, families and carers of children or young people with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) and relevant professional agencies
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 601/3474/4
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- NCFE
- Qualification Type
- Occupational Qualification
- Operational Start
- Sept 2014