The Child Care Diploma an Essential Qualification
Child Care Diploma - Knowledge and Understanding
This part of the course comprises 21 modular units covering a vast amount of essential knowledge that you will have to understand and apply in the workplace. For example it covers:-
1. Understanding - Child development, safeguarding children and teenagers along with how to aid positive outcomes with them
2. Supporting - Children's health and safety along with their need to achieve their learning potential, speech and language
3. Promoting - Equality and inclusion within their environment, physical activity, communication, learning and development and creativity
4. Developing - Positive relationships
The Childcare Diploma is listed on the QCF (Qualifications and Credit Framework) and just by completing a valid theory course you'll gain the 65 credits needed for the qualification on completion of the work placement assessment. Extrapolate
Childcare Diploma - Workplace Assessment
This really is where the application your knowledge and understanding comes under scrutiny. Normally you will require a placement (paid or voluntary) of around 100 hours to be able to be assessed across the many areas that the kid care diploma ib school covers and ensure you have indeed grasped what you need to learn to be able to look after children and teenagers in a suitable and fitting manner.
In order to be assessed you will have to gather proof of the practice of essential skills you have learned from the theory part of the course. This evidence then needs to be documented and verified by a qualified (level 4 and above) on site worker.
It will encompass:
1. Observations of children and young people's activities
2. Witness statements of work within the workplace
3. Professional discussions you have been engaged in
4. Observations of tasks completed by qualified child care workers
Once having completed both the theory and practical assessment to the satisfaction of your course tutor you will gain the coveted CYPW Child Care Diploma
