Child Care Level 3

• Course Code: OSC516
• Award Level 3, Similar to - A-Level

Pursue your career in Child Care, from home!

• Gives and insight in to the different types of child care settings, such as; nursery, pre-school, or child minding from home
• Look at the legal requirements of caring for children
• Learn about the growth and development of babies and children

All course materials will be delivered to you by post or via email, so it couldn't be easier. Our experienced and friendly tutors will help you every step of the way by phone and post.

There is up to one year to complete this course, so you can work at your own pace. Completed coursework can be delivered by post or via email, so handing in an assignment is simple.

Achieve your dream career and equip yourself with the skills you need for your long term success. Home learning is simple and stress-free, so enrol with us today!

Course Content

Unit 1: Healthy Living

• What is a 'healthy lifestyle?'
• Exercise
• Healthy eating
• Activities for young children
• Wellbeing for children and their families

Unit 2: Childcare at Home

• Documentation required for a home child care business
• Intellectual development
• Supervision and travel to destinations away from the child care setting
• Good health and safety practices indoors and outdoors

Unit 3: Building Positive Relationships

• Current legal requirements
• Respecting and valuing individuality
• Conflict

Unit 4: Health Promotion and Development

• Types of foods that should be avoided
• Special dietary requirements
• Childhood chronic diseases and how they can affect development
• Government guidelines on food and nutrition

Unit 5: Administrative Procedures Within the Childcare Setting

• Data Protection Act
• Accurate, legible and up to date information
• Methods and systems for recorsing financial information
• Tax and VAT
• Storing data

Unit 6: Development and Learning

• Using ICT
• Safety concerns
• Literacy, language and communication
• Numeracy, reasoning skills and problem solving
• Physical development
• Personal, social and emotional development
• Creative development

Assessment

A series of written assignments which are marked by your tutor.

Course Duration

Students may start at any time and have a full year to complete their studies. The course will take around 80-100 hours of study to complete.

Study Method

Students receive course manual, assignments and studyguide plus tutor support by mail and email.

We also supply you with a stationary pack and study bag. You can start at any time and plan your studies over a period of up to one year from the time of registration.

Qualifications

At the end of this course successful learners will receive a level 3 NCFE Award certificate of achievement. That means that it is independently accredited at a level of learning equivalent to level 3 on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) for England, Wales and Northern Ireland (in which case GCSE's are at levels 1 and 2 and A Levels are at level 3).

This award has been designed by Open Study College to meet specific learners' or employers' requirements. Accreditation by NCFE is a guarantee of quality. It means that this learning programme has been scrutinised and approved by an independent panel of experienced educational professionals and is quality audited biannually by NCFE.