Course description
The Level 3 Diploma for the Children and Young People’s Workforce (RQF) is an Ofqual regulated qualification and accredited. The online course is designed to develop the knowledge and skills required when working with children and young people from birth to 19 years of age.
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Who is it for?
To achieve this qualification, you will be working in a health or social care setting with children and young people in a wide range of settings, for example in the roles of:
- Care worker
- Childminder
- Early years practitioners
- Youth and community worker
- Foster Carers
- Children and Families Social Workers
- Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service Advisers
Training Course Content
The mandatory units cover the following key aspects of children and young people’s social care:
- Personal Development
- Communication
- Equality and Inclusion
- Duty of Care
- Understanding and promoting child and young people’s development
- Working together for the benefit of children and young people
- Developing positive relationships with children young people and those involved in your care
- Understanding how to support positive outcomes for children and young people
- Assessment and planning with children and young people
- Promote the well being and resilience of children and young people
- Professional practice in children and young people’s social care
Course delivery details
A range of optional units to choose from covers a variety of tasks and skills to meet the requirements of a range of work roles.
The total Guided Learning Hours (GLH) for this qualification is 443 to 507 hours.
We recommend reading the course specification to go through the units, guided learning hours and credits. This will outline exactly what you will be expected to study in order to achieve the Level 3 Diploma for the Children and Young People’s Workforce.
This qualification requires an assessment of both competence and knowledge. Throughout your Level 3 childcare course for the Children and Young People’s Workforce course, you will be assessed through a variety of methods:
Students will be required to complete a number of assignments. Your personal tutor will review, mark and provide you with feedback on your work.
All units are internally assessed. Assessment enables the learner’s workplace practice to provide evidence for individual units as well as the whole qualification. This course requires an assessment of your practical skills within your working environment. It is essential that you secure a placement that can provide you with a suitably qualified teacher and workplace assessor who can observe you, comment on your skills and write a report to meet the assessment requirements. This direct observation will be used as evidence towards your qualification. Methods of assessment could include:
- Direct observation of practice
- Witness evidence when directed by the sector skills assessment strategy
- Professional discussion
- Reflection on own practice in real work situations
- Written assignments
Pathways Available:
Learners must gain a minimum number of 65 credits to achieve the Level 3 Diploma for the Children and Young People’s Workforce (RQF).
To do this they must gain 27 credits from the mandatory units. Learners must select one mandatory pathway: Social Care or Learning, Development, and Support Services to achieve 13 credits.
The remaining 25 credits must be achieved from units in the optional group. Units already completed through the pathway can only be taken once and cannot be counted again in the optional units.
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90% of learners report high satisfaction with the course content and structure, citing the interactive modules and real application examples as key benefits.
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Continuing Studies
PROGRESSION
After completing this qualification, you can progress onto other qualifications such as:
- Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People’s Services
- Foundation Degree.
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