Complete Childcare Course

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Complete Childcare Course

UK Open Learning Ltd.
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Are you interested in pursuing a career in childcare? Keen to give the best support to children? Then this Complete Childcare Course could be perfect for you. It covers everything from child development, family life, diet and nutrition to working with parents. This course would be valuable to anyone in the childcare industry that would like to upgrade their skills.

At the end of this course you'll be able to: understand a child's developmental stages, understand keeping children safe, understand what the different types of abuse suffered by children are, understand disabilities in children, work in partnership with parents to optimise children's development. So whether you simply wish to enjo…

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Are you interested in pursuing a career in childcare? Keen to give the best support to children? Then this Complete Childcare Course could be perfect for you. It covers everything from child development, family life, diet and nutrition to working with parents. This course would be valuable to anyone in the childcare industry that would like to upgrade their skills.

At the end of this course you'll be able to: understand a child's developmental stages, understand keeping children safe, understand what the different types of abuse suffered by children are, understand disabilities in children, work in partnership with parents to optimise children's development. So whether you simply wish to enjoy a rewarding career in childcare, or have ambitions to eventually run your own childcare business, this course from UK Open Learning would provide the first step on a highly worthwhile and fulfilling career.

At UK Open Learning we pride ourselves on our friendly and supportive tutors. Your tutor support will start as soon as you receive your course and will be valid for 12 months. All our tutors are highly qualified with extensive experience in supporting distance learning students. You contact your tutor via email and they are responsible for marking assignments answering your questions and guiding you through the course to ensure you are ready for your examinations.

No qualifications are necessary to study this course; it is open to anybody. At UK Open Learning we believe that everyone should have the opportunity to further their career and learn new skills. The course provides a valuable route to the formal qualifications needed to work in the childcare sector.

We recommend you spend approximately 110 hours of your time studying for the NCFE Level 3 Complete Childcare Award. The pace of study is completely up to you. To give an example, if you dedicate 2 hours a week to the course it would take you a year to complete but if you could spare 4 hours a week you could complete it in six months.

Unit 1 – The Development of Children From Birth to Sixteen Years. Unit 2 – Parenting and Family Values. Unit 3 – Keeping Children Safe indoors and Outdoors. Unit 4 – Child Protection. Unit 5 – Tackling Bullying. Unit 6 – Early Childhood Education. Unit 7 – Diet, Nutrition and Exercise. Unit 8 – Working with Disabled Children and their Families. Unit 9 – Children's Rights and Anti-Discriminatory Practice. Unit 10 – Working in Partnership with Parents.

This course is marked through a process of continuous assessment guided by your tutor following NCFE guidelines. This means that your qualification will be awarded according to your performance on assessments rather than by taking an exam.

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.

This course is marked through a process of continuous assessment guided by your tutor following NCFE guidelines. This means that your qualification will be awarded according to your performance on assessments rather than by taking an exam.

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