Child Care

Jobs in Child Care

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
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An Advanced Apprenticeship (Level 3)

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+

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An Apprenticeship (Level 2)

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
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+

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Samantha Welfare

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Child Care

My job roles at Heathercroft include visiting the schools and nurseries we support as a Monitoring Tutor and Assessor for childcare. I am also in charge of monitoring the Year 10, 11 and post 16 groupds at Bishop Bell and Causeway Schools. I have 8 years experience of working with children from birth to 5 in nuseries as well as 8-15 year olds in a youth group.

I love to learn new things and take on new tasks to develop my knowledge and understanding.

Caron Groetschel

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Child Care

I work closely with 16-18 year old learners starting out in their first Apprenticeships, as they often need support to help them with EMA applications, benefits and also a range of social and additional learning needs that they declare on their initial interview, or in the first weeks of sign up and induction.

As a tutor/assessor I have the responsibility of understanding the framework of the Apprenticeships that we deliver, their standards and how they are met.

I currently work with the Child Care Learning And Development department and offer support to tutors and learners in the Health And Social Care and IT Departments.

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