PI185 Child Care Diploma

Child Care Diploma NCFE – Child Care Course Online

Improve your childcare knowledge and develop your home-based childcare skills with this nationally-recognised course.

Course Description

Child Care Diploma

NCC Home Learning's Child Care Diploma course leads to a nationally-recognised Level 3 Award accredited by NCFE. It has been designed to enable you to strengthen and develop your knowledge and understanding of home-based childcare practice.

Course topics covered within the Child Care Diploma course include: The introduction to childcare practice, childcare and child development (0-16), the childcare practitioner and planning to meet children's individual needs.

The Child Care Diploma course will help you to improve your knowledge and skills, meet the requirements for basic training as part of childminder registration or application to be a registered childminder and undertake professional development.

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Our aim is to provide you with the best deal available when purchasing the Child Care Diploma course, therefore registration fee, certification fee and full tutor support is included in the course price for you.

Previous Knowledge Required

It is not necessary to have any prior learning knowledge before studying for this Child Care Diploma course.  This Child Care Diploma course is openly available to anyone wishing to learn more about Home bades childcare and would like to take part in a highly rewarding home study course.

Support

You will receive the Child Care Diploma course manual, assignments and study guide plus tutor support by mail and email.

Our student support team are also available for any other queries that you may have whilst completing your Child Care Diploma course. You can be assured that unlimited support is available for your home study Child Care Diploma course, so there is no need to struggle or feel isolated during your studies.

Assessment

Theoretical information is provided throughout the Child Care Diploma course, followed by a series of exercises that are to be completed and marked by your personal tutor.

Modules

• Unit 1: The key features of child development and developmental needs of children 0-8 years inclusive of individual and special needs
• Unit 2: Providing for children’s physical needs inclusive of health and safety
• Unit 3: Learning through play for child development
• Unit 4: Safeguarding and Promoting the Welfare of Children
• Unit 5: Legal responsibilities of the childminder and responsibilities for working together

Awarding Body

At the end of this course successful learners will receive a Level 3 NCFE certificate of achievement. That means that it is independently accredited at a level of learning equivalent to Level 3 on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) for England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Accreditation by NCFE is a guarantee of quality. It means that this learning programme has been scrutinised and approved by an independent panel of experienced educational professionals and is quality audited biannually by NCFE.

NCFE is recognised as an awarding body by the qualification regulators ('regulators') for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The regulators are the Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulator (Ofqual) in England, the Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills (DCELLS) in Wales and the Council for Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) in Northern Ireland.

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