CACHE Level 3 Award/Certificate/Diploma in Child Care and ...

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Level 3 Award, Level 3 Certificate and Level 3 Diploma in Child
Care and Education Course Handbook
Unit 1 – An introduction to working with children
Delivery guidance
During this unit you will learn about:
The range of provision locally and nationally for children, including the statutory and
independent sector.
The implications of funding for the statutory and independent sectors.
The rights of children and how to promote them.
The relevant legislation that underpins working with children.
How to value diversity, promote inclusiveness and differentiate activities.
Your role and the boundaries and limits of it.
The characteristics of working in a multi-agency approach.
How to support children and families through the multi-agency approach.
How to develop appropriate relationships with colleagues and children.
The importance of professional standards when working with children.
The importance of effective communication skills and how to communicate with children and
adults.
The generic principles and values that underpin working in children's services and include:
• being healthy
• staying safe
• enjoying and achieving
• making a positive contribution
• achieving economic well-being
• growing and development
• physical well-being
• emotional well-being
Your preferred learning style(s) and how to improve your ability to learn.
Principles that underpin the curriculum framework of the country in which you live.
Your preferred learning style(s) and how to improve your ability to learn.
The relevant study skills, for example, research, evaluation, referencing, that will support you
in your course.
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