NCFE
Level 5
QN: 603/6040/9
Curriculum Active
NCFE CACHE Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Children’s Care, Learning and Development (Management) (Northern Ireland)
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by NCFE. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 913 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 5
Awarding Body
NCFE
Syllabus Units
28 Units
Guided Hours
913 hrs
Instant access to interactive lessons, quizzes, and spaced revision.
Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Appraise staff performance
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand policies, theories and models which underpin appraisal of performance
- Be able to facilitate preparation for appraisals
- Be able to support employee to participate in appraisal meetings
- Be able to evaluate own practice during the appraisal process
2
Champion diversity, equality and inclusion
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand diversity, equality and inclusion
- Be able to champion diversity, equality and inclusion
- Be able to develop systems and processes that promote diversity, equality and inclusion
3
Develop and evaluate operational plans for own area of responsibility
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to align objectives of own area of responsibility with those of own organisation.
- Be able to implement operational plans in own area of responsibility.
- Be able to monitor and evaluate operational plans in own area of responsibility..
4
Develop and implement policies and procedures to support safeguarding of children
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the impact of current legislation that underpins the safeguarding of children
- Be able to support the review of policies and procedures for safeguarding children
- Be able to lead practice in supporting children’s well-being and resilience
5
Develop health and safety and risk management policies, procedures and practices in early years settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the current legislative frame
- work and organisational health, safety and risk management policies, procedures and practices that are relevant to early years settings
- Be able to implement and monitor compliance with health, safety and risk management requirements in early years settings
- Be able to lead the implementation of policies, procedures and practices to manage risk to individuals and others in early years settings
- Be able to promote a culture where needs and risks are balanced with health and safety practice in early years settings
- Be able to improve health, safety and risk management policies, procedures and practices in early years settings
6
Develop own professional development
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the benefits and challenges of professional development
- Be able to use own professional development plan to prioritise goals and targets
- Be able to use reflective practice to improve own performance
7
Develop provision for family support
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the key policies and legislative frameworks that govern the provision of family support in UK home nation
- Be able to develop provision for family support
- Be able to implement provision for family support
- Be able to support others to establish positive relationships with families
8
Develop supervision practice
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the purpose of supervision
- Understand how the principles of supervision can be used to inform performance management
- Be able to undertake the preparation for supervision with the employee
- Be able to provide supervision
- Be able to manage conflict situations during supervision
- Be able to evaluate own practice when conducting supervision
9
Facilitate coaching and mentoring of practitioners in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the benefits of coaching and mentoring practitioners in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
- Be able to promote coaching and mentoring of practitioners in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
- Be able to identify the coaching and mentoring needs of practitioners in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
- Be able to implement coaching and mentoring activities in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
- Be able to review the outcomes of coaching and mentoring in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
10
Lead and manage a team
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the features of effective team performance
- Be able to support a positive culture within the team
- Be able to support a shared vision
- Be able to develop a plan with team members to meet agreed objectives
- Be able to manage team performance
11
Lead practice that supports positive outcomes for children’s development
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand factors that impact on children’s development pre-conception–12 years
- Understand the benefits of early intervention to support the development of children
- Be able to lead and support developmental assessment of children
- Be able to develop and implement programmes with children requiring developmental support
- Be able to lead and promote support for children experiencing transitions
- Be able to lead behavioural support
12
Manage induction
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the purpose of induction
- Be able to manage the induction process in an early years setting
- Be able to support the implementation of induction processes
- Be able to evaluate and improve the induction process
13
Manage quality in health and social care or children and young people's setting
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the context of quality assurance in a health and social care or children and young people’s setting
- Be able to implement quality standards in a health and social care or children and young people’s setting
- Be able to lead the evaluation of quality processes in a health and social care or children and young people’s setting
14
Professional and sustainable practice in delivery of service
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of effective planning and management of finances
- Understand how to calculate financial resources needed to meet strategic and operational objectives
- Understand the importance of using sustainable resources
15
Promote children in childcare settings acquiring a new language through immersion
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the needs of children and families within a new language learning environment
- Be able to implement the immersion method within the childcare setting
- Be able to plan the environment to promote children’s immersion language acquisition
- Be able to support the acquisition of language skills that children need to speak a new language
- Be able to review and evaluate the effectiveness of immersion language development within the setting
- Be able to evaluate own contribution to children’s language development
16
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
17
Promote professional practice
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to implement values, principles and statutory frameworks that underpin service provision in children’s care, learning and development
- Be able to model and lead reflective practice to support professional practice
- Understand the principles of change management in professional practice
18
Recruitment and selection within health and social care or children and young people’s settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the recruitment and selection processes in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
- Be able to contribute to the recruitment process in health and social care or children’s and young people’s settings
- Be able to participate in the selection process in health and social care or children’s and young people’s settings
- Be able to evaluate the recruitment and selection processes in health and social care or children’s and young people’s settings
19
Support children’s care, learning and development in the early years
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the impact of early years curriculum models on the application of theoretical perspectives of children’s care, learning and development
- Be able to lead the development of an indoor and outdoor play and learning environment which supports the needs of children
- Be able to lead the implementation of the Northern Ireland early years curriculum
- Be able to lead others in engagement with children that promotes communication, speech, language and literacy development
20
Support others to promote children’s knowledge and understanding of the world in an early years setting
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the impact ofresearch on the development ofchildren's knowledge andunderstanding of the world inearly year settings
- Be able to facilitate theassessment process of children’sknowledge and understanding ofthe world in early years settings
- Be able to manage indoor andoutdoor environments in earlyyears settings that promoteschildren’s knowledge andunderstanding of the world
- Be able to manage programmes to support children’s knowledge and understanding of the world in early years settings
21
Support others to promote children’s mathematical development and problem solving skills in an early years setting
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the impact of research on the development of children's mathematical and problem solving skills in early years settings
- Be able to facilitate the assessment process of children’s mathematical and problem solving skills in early years settings
- Be able to manage an environment in early years settings that promotes children’s mathematical and problem solving skills
- Be able to manage programmes to support children’s mathematical and problem solving skills development in early years settings
22
Support others to promote children’s physical development in childcare settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how research has impacted the physical development of children in childcare settings
- Be able to facilitate the assessment process for children’s physical development in childcare settings
- Be able to manage indoor and outdoor environments that promote children’s physical development in childcare settings
- Be able to manage programmes to support children’s physical development in childcare settings
23
Support the use of assistive technology
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the contribution that assistive technology can make to the lives of individuals
- Be able to facilitate the use of assistive technology
- Be able to develop others to facilitate the use of assistive technology
- Be able to review the provision of assistive technology
24
Understand the speech, language and communication needs of children and young people with social, emotional and mental health needs
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the links between language, behaviour, social and emotional development and mental health
- Understand how to support positive speech, language and communication development for children and young people with social, emotional and mental health needs
- Understand how to adapt strategies and approaches to support social, emotional and mental health to meet speech, language and communication needs
- Know how to work with others to support the speech, language and communication development of children and young people with social, emotional and mental health needs
25
Undertake a research project within services for health and social care or children and young people
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to justify a topic for research within services for health and social care or children and young people
- Understand how the components of research are used
- Be able to conduct a research project within services for health and social care or children and young people
- Be able to analyse research findings
26
Use and develop systems that promote communication
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to address the range of communication requirements in own role
- Be able to improve communication systems and practices that support positive outcomes for children, parents, practitioners, professionals and others
- Be able to use systems for information management
- Be able to prepare professional records and reports to meet legal requirements and agreed ways of working
- Be able to lead on the implementation and evaluation of policies and procedures for addressing concerns and complaints
27
Work in partnership
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand partnership working
- Be able to establish and maintain working relationships
28
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)
- 603/6040/9
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- NCFE
- Qualification Type
- Occupational Qualification
- Operational Start
- Sept 2020