NCFE CACHE LEVEL 3 AWARD IN PREPARING TO WORK IN HOME BASED CHILDCARE
The Level 3 Award in Preparing to Work in Home Based Childcare has been developed in collaboration with the Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years (PACEY).
This qualification prepares learners to set up a home based childcare setting as a registered childminder.
Entry requirements?
This qualification is suitable for learners who wish to be employed in home based childcare settings as childminding assistants or other home childcare (eg. nannies, au pairs).
Learners should be at least 16 years old. There are no specific entry requirements but a paediatric first aid qualification is a requirement of registration for childminders. The learners may wish to consider our Level 3 Award in Paediatric First Aid.
Qualification achievement
In order to achieve the Level 3 Award in Preparing to Work in Home Based Childcare, learners must achieve 6 credits in total. 5 credits from mandatory Unit 1 and a minimum of 1 credit from the units in the optional group.
Mandatory units:
Unit 1: Preparing to work as a home based childcare
Optional units:
Unit 2: Preparing to set up a home based childcare business
Unit 3: Exploring the role of the Nanny
Learners will not need a placement since this is a knowledge-only qualification; therefore, no placement in a real work environment is required.
How is it assessed?
To achieve the Level 3 Award in Preparing to Work in Homebased Childcare, learners must successfully demonstrate their achievement of all learning outcomes and assessment criteria of the units as detailed in this qualification specification.
The knowledge will be assessed with the help of questions and answers, case studies, discussions with the assessors, recognition of prior learning and other methods that might be to the advantage of the learner.
What are the progression opportunities?
The qualification is suitable for learners wishing to work as:
• registered childminders
• childminding assistants
• nannies
• au pairs
• other childcare in home based settings.
The subjects covered in this Award make a useful introduction to our NCFE CACHE Level 3 Diploma for the Early Years Workforce ( Early Years Educator) qualifications. Some of the units can also be used towards achieving the NCFE CACHE Level 3 Diploma for the Children and Young People's Workforce.
Price including Paediatric First Aid: £350
Instalment plan: £50 first payment , and instalments between £50 and £100/ month, you decide.
One payment: £325
Stand alone price: £275
Instalment plan: £50 first payment , and instalments between £50 and £100/ month, you decide.
One payment: £250