NCFE CACHE Level 3 Diploma for Residential Childcare
Sector: Health, Public Services and Care, Children and Young People
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About this qualification
The qualification enables the learner to gain essential skills and knowledge to support children and young people in residential childcare settings, including wellbeing and resilience, positive relationships and attachments, health and safety, sexual exploitation, communication, positive behaviour and positive outcomes.
What are the entry requirements?
You should be at least 18 years old.
How is this qualification structured?
Learners will need to be working, volunteering or on practical placement in a residential childcare setting, as they need to show competence in both knowledge and skills.
Who is it suitable for?
This qualification will develop the knowledge and skills needed when working with children and young people in a residential childcare setting, including an understanding of child and young person development.
How is it assessed?
All units will be internally assessed using standard methods: coursework, portfolio of evidence, and practical demonstration/assignment.
Do you need to work to get this qualification?
Learners will need to be working, volunteering, or doing practical placement in a residential childcare setting, as they need to show competence in both knowledge and skills.
What related qualifications can you progress to?
Learners can progress onto the Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare (England), or a Foundation Degree in a related discipline.
How many credits are required to complete it?
Learners must achieve 61 credits. 53 credits must be achieved from Mandatory Group A. Learners must also complete a minimum of 3 Optional Units from Optional Group B, to achieve a minimum of 8 credits.
Career opportunities
Learners can progress to become:
• residential childcare workers
• registered residential childcare managers, deputies and assistant managers (further professional development / qualification may be required once in post)
• managers, deputy and assistant managers in other adult or children and young people’s social care settings (further professional development/qualification may be required once in post).
