NCFE
Level 3
QN: 610/0645/2
Curriculum Active
NCFE CACHE Level 3 Diploma in Playwork
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by NCFE. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 598 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 3
Awarding Body
NCFE
Syllabus Units
23 Units
Guided Hours
598 hrs
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Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Contribute to organisational frameworks to respond to all children’s needs and preferences
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to identify children’s needs and preferences
- Be able to contribute to procedures that reflect children’s needs and preferences
- Be able to promote the value of play to others
2
Creating supporting environments for children’s play
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand where play
- work can take place
- Understand rich play environments
- Understand the importance of collecting information on children’s play
- Understand the play cycle
- Understand how to provide play spaces
- Understand how to support children’s self-directed play
- Understand the importance of risk and challenge in play
- Be able to reflect on children‘s play
3
Develop and promote relationships in the playwork setting
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to develop relationships with children in a play
- work setting
- Be able to communicate with children in a play
- Be able to support children in developing relationships in the play
- Be able to communicate with adults in the play
- Be able to reflect on relationships in the play
4
Engage in professional development and reflective practice
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how reflection contributes to own professional development
- Understand how reflection improves organisational practice
- Be able to develop a plan for professional development
- Be able to use learning opportunities to contribute to professional development
5
Explore different perspectives and influences on playwork
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand philosophical approaches which influence play provision
- Be able to use evidence-based practice to inform play
6
Facilitating adventure playgrounds
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the ethos of adventure playgrounds
- Understand how to support a sustainable adventure playground
- Understand health, safety and wellbeing in an adventure playground
- Understand partnership working in an adventure playground
- Know how to support children’s play in an adventure playground
- Be able to advocate for play and the adventure playground
- Be able to maintain a safe adventure playground
- Be able to support children to maintain a sense of ownership of the adventure playground
- Reflect on play
- work practice in an adventure playground
7
Maintain healthy, safe and secure environments in playwork
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to establish a healthy, safe and secure play
- work setting 2 Be able to carry out risk benefit assessment in the play
- work setting
- Be able to follow procedures for accidents, injuries, illnesses and other emergencies
8
Organise travel for children
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand regulatory requirements, policies and procedures for organising children’s travel outside the play environment
- Understand how to make travel arrangements
- Understand how to support children’s travel outside the play
- work setting
- Be able to organise and supervise travel of children
9
Prepare for and support children’s play
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to analyse information on children’s play needs and preferences
- Be able to plan for children’s play
- Be able to prepare play spaces for children’s play
- Be able to support children’s play
- Be able to support children to risk take during play
10
Promote own playwork organisation
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to promote own organisation
- Understand the value of promoting play and play
- Be able to promote own organisation
11
Provide food and drink in a playwork setting
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand regulatory and organisational requirements for providing food and drink in a play
- work setting
- Understand the impact of nutrition on children’s health, wellbeing and play
- Know how to provide food and drink in a play
- work setting4 Be able to provide food and drink in the play
12
Supporting inclusion in a playwork setting
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand inclusion
- Understand the role of the playworker in relation to inclusion
- Understand barriers to inclusion
- Be able to promote a diverse and inclusive play
- work setting
- Be able to work in ways that facilitate inclusion
13
Understand health, safety and security in the playwork setting
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the legislative requirements and guidance for health, safety and security in the play
- work setting
- Understand health, safety and security policies and procedures in a play
- Understand hazards in a play
- Understand how to respond to accidents and other emergencies in a play
- Understand how to respond to illnesses and allergies in a play
- Understand hygiene practice in a play
14
Understand how to contribute towards running a playwork setting
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand leadership and management styles
- Understand staff recruitment in a play
- work setting
- Understand record keeping in a play
- Understand budgeting
- Reflect on own practice
15
Understand how to support the safeguarding of children in the playwork setting
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the main legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures for safeguarding children
- Understand the importance of working in partnership with other organisations to safeguard children
- Understand different forms of ab
- use that can affect children in a play
- work context
- Understand how to respond when bullying is suspected or alleged
- Understand how to work with children to support their safety and wellbeing
- Understand the importance of e-safety for children
16
Understand organisational frameworks to protect the rights of children
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the rights of the child
- Understand how to contribute to policies and procedures that reflect children’s rights
- Understand how to maintain policies and procedures that reflect children’s rights
17
Understand play and the playwork principles
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand why children play
- Understand what play is
- Understand where children can play
- Understand the purpose of the play
- work principles
18
Understand play and wellbeing
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the role of play for holistic development and wellbeing
- Understand factors that impact how children feel
- Understand the role of play for regulation
- Understand the factors affecting children’s mental health and wellbeing
- Understand the impact of transitions on children
- Understand the role of play
- work in supporting children’s mental health and wellbeing
19
Understand relationships in the playwork setting
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to develop relationships with children
- Understand how to support communication with children
- Understand how to support children in developing relationships with others
- Understand how to communicate with adults
20
Understand teamwork for quality playwork practice
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand characteristics involved in effective play
- work practice
- Understand how to contribute to the work of a play
- Understand how to provide support to colleagues in a play
- Understand theory in team
- Be able to contribute to the work of a play
21
Working in partnership with other organisations and individuals
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to develop and maintain links with other organisations and individuals
- Understand how to work jointly with other organisations and individuals
- Be able to establish working relationships with other relevant organisations and individuals
22
Working with children with additional needs and disabilities in a playwork setting
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to develop inclusive play practice
- Be able to help develop an environment which supports inclusive play
- Be able to carry out play
- work with children with additional needs and disabilities
- Be able to review inclusive play practice
23
Working with parents, carers and families
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the principles of working with parents, carers and families in the play
- work setting
- Understand how to communicate with parents, carers and families
- Know how to involve parents, carers and families within the play
- Be able to maintain relationships with parents, carers and families within the play
- Be able to communicate with parents, carers and families within the play
- Be able to support the parents, carers and families to be involved within the play
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 610/0645/2
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- NCFE
- Qualification Type
- Occupational Qualification
- Operational Start
- Jul 2022