Complete Child Care Course

Are you interested in pursuing a career in childcare? Keen to give the best support to children? Then this Complete Childcare Course could be perfect for you. 

It covers everything from child development, family life, diet and nutrition to working with parents. This course would be valuable to anyone in the childcare industry that would like to upgrade their skills.

Like all Start Learning courses, you will have access to tutor support and our courses are designed in bite sized sections to make learning easier and more flexible. So Start Learning now!

Distance Learning Support

At Start Learning we pride ourselves on our friendly and supportive tutors. Your tutor support will start as soon as you receive your course and will be valid for 12 months. All our tutors are highly qualified with extensive experience in supporting distance learning students. You contact your tutor via email and they are responsible for marking assignments answering your questions and guiding you through the course.

Entry Requirements

At Start Learning we believe that everyone should have the opportunity to expand their knowledge and study further, so we try to keep our entry requirements to a minimum.       

Recommended Hours of Study

We recommended you spend approximately 110 hours of your time studying for the Complete Child Care course. The pace of study is completely up to you. To give an example, if you dedicate 2 hours a week to the course it would take you a year to complete but if you could spare 4 hours a week you could complete it in six months.

Course Contents

Unit 1 – The Development of Children From Birth to Sixteen Years: The development of children from birth through to sixteen years.

Unit 2 – Parenting and Family Values: Family Life and how it has changed - The different styles of parenting - Exploring feelings and emotions - A guide to social skills and manners.

Unit 3 – Keeping Children Safe indoors and Outdoors: Maintaining safety within the home - Maintaining safety in the garden - Child safety when on the move - Maintaining appropriate hygiene procedures.

Unit 4 – Child Protection: Types, signs and symptoms of child abuse - Helping children to protect themselves against abuse - Procedures to follow in cases of child abuse - Caring for children who have suffered abuse.

Unit 5 – Tackling Bullying: An overview of the bully - An overview of the victim - Recognising the different types of bullying - Understanding why bullying happens - Dealing with incidents of bullying.

Unit 6 – Early Childhood Education: Personal, social and emotional development - Communication, language and literacy development - Problem solving, reasoning and numeracy - Knowledge and understanding of the world - Physical development - Creative development.

Unit 7 – Diet, Nutrition and Exercise: The principles of nutrition - The principles of exercise - Meal planning - Allergies and intolerances - Catering for different diets.

Unit 8 – Working with Disabled Children and their Families: Understanding disabilities in children - Definitions of impairment and disability - Inclusion of children with disabilities - Providing play and learning activities for disabled children - Working with families of disabled children.

Unit 9 – Children’s Rights and Anti-Discriminatory Practice: Exploring children’s rights - Exploring anti-discriminatory practice - Exploring the effects of discrimination.

Unit 10 – Working in Partnership with Parents: Exploring the different types of families - Working together to provide for children’s development and well being - Communication between the childcare practitioner, parents and school.

Qualification

Level 3 Award in Complete Child Care, Plus a Start Learning Diploma.
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

Awarding Body Information

NCFE is recognised as an awarding body by the qualification regulators ('regulators') for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The regulators are the Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulator (Ofqual) in England, the Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills (DCELLS) in Wales and the Council for Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) in Northern Ireland. The course is recognised in Scotland by the SQA (Scottish Qualifications Authority).

Assessment

This course is marked through a process of continuous assessment guided by your tutor following NCFE guidelines. This means that your qualification will be awarded according to your performance on assessments rather than by taking an exam.

Progression

This course is an ideal introduction to the world of Child Care. However, we must point out the course in itself will not give the qualification you need to work in this sector. Please be aware that this course provides all the underpinning knowledge to work with children, but you will need a course such as an NVQ level 3 as a minimum to work with children.

Nonetheless, if you want a good grounding in the theory of Child Care, prior to, or in conjunction with, hands-on vocational training, this course is ideal.

Language of Examination

English