Child Care
If you are aged 16+, in employment and interested in starting an Apprenticeship or Advanced Apprenticeship in Child Care, then this page is for you.
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If you caring, patient, playful and good with children and if you would find watching them grow, develop and progress both enjoyable and stimulating then you should find Child Care a very rewarding career. You will need to enjoy meeting people and have a lot of energy!
The level 2 Apprenticeship will give you the necessary skills to perform a variety of work assignments – with some guidance and supervision. You will be expected to know and understand both the practical and theoretical aspects of the work. The work you will do will depend very much on the age of the children you are caring for. Young children will have quite different needs to teenagers. With nursery age children you can expect to be involved in many different activities from co-ordinating playgroup activities to nursing to feeding to cleaning-up. In short – anything and everything.
To obtain your level 2 qualification, you will need to achieve the following:
| Component | Level |
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| Knowledge based units | A Certificate in Children and Young Perso's Workforce. You will need to complete core and optional units to the value of 35 credits |
| A Technical Certificate | The Technical Certificate has been incorporated into |
| Key Skills or Functional Skills | Key Skills or functional skills at level 1 |
| Employment responsibilities and Rights | Induction Standards at Level 2 |
An Advanced Apprenticeship can follow on from an Apprenticeship qualification. See Student 16+
The Level 3 Apprenticeship will give you detailed knowledge and the necessary skills to work independently and possibly to supervise and train others.
You will be expected to know and understand both the practical and theoretical aspects of the work.
For this qualification, You will need to achieve the following:
| Component | Level |
|---|---|
| Knowledge based units | A Diploma in Children and young People's Workforce. You will need to complete core skills and optional units to the value of 65 credits |
| A Technical Certificate | The Technical Certificate has been incorporated into the core units for this award |
| Key Skills or Functional Skills | Key Skills or Functional Skills at Level 2 |
| Employment responsibilities and rights | Induction Standards at Level 2 (if not previously achieved) |
An Advanced Apprenticeship qualification can lead to an HNC, HND or Degree-level qualifications. See Student 16+
Examples of the renumeration for Child Care personnel which can vary from job to job and by location are:
- Nursery Assistant: £8,000 - £10,000
- Nursery Nurse £10,000 - £15,000
- Nursery Co-ordinator: £15,000 - £17,000
- Nursery manager: £16,000 - £22,000
Tutors for this course
Childcare Team Leader
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Monitoring Tutor And Assessor For Chlldcare
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