Level 1 Award/Certificate/Diploma in Introduction to Health and Social Care (Adults and Children and Young People) This book will help with coursework and ensuring you understand what is required of you at this level. The qualification criteria lay out the minimum requirements for what an early years educator should know, understand and be able to do to be considered qualified to support young children age birth to 5 in the early years foundation stage. It is divided into 2 sections: RCC 3.15 Support the rights, diversity and equality of children and young people in residential childcare City & Guilds works closely with the key regulators and stakeholders in Wales and Northern Ireland to ensure that our Early Years and childcare qualifications are fit for purpose. Our partners include:

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. It is the role of the Department for Education ( DfE) to define the content of the level 3 qualifications that practitioners must hold to be included in the ratios specified in the early years foundation stage (EYFS) statutory framework. Understand safeguarding policies and procedures, including child protection, recognise when a child is in danger or at risk of abuse, and know how to act to protect them. Those who are working in supervisory roles such as childminders or playgroup assistants are best suited in gaining this qualification.The test will be computer-based and will consist of 35 questions, comprising closed-response questions (i.e., multiple-choice questions). The apprentice must answer correctly a minimum of 23 questions to achieve a Pass. Of the 23 questions answered correctly, these must include all five questions relating to Safeguarding (K15). Apprentices will have a maximum of 60 minutes to complete the test; this is pre-set within the testing platform. This is set by Hotjar to identify a new user’s first session. It stores a true/false value, indicating whether this was the first time Hotjar saw this user. It is used by Recording filters to identify new user sessions.

Understand how to assess within the current early education curriculum framework using a range of assessment techniques.Encourage children’s participation, ensuring a balance between adult-led and child-initiated activities. registered residential childcare managers, deputies and assistant managers (further professional development / qualification may be required once in post) Understand the expected patterns of children’s development from birth to 5 years, and have an understanding of further development from age 5 to 7. This cookie is set by Addthis.com. This cookie is used for sharing of links on social media platforms. 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.