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Level 3 Award, Level 3 Certificate and Level 3 Diploma in Child
Care and Education Course Handbook
Unit 4 – Keeping children safe
© CACHE 2011 Version 5
Section 4
At the end of this unit you will have developed your understanding about how to keep
children safe. You will know how to provide healthy, safe and secure environments that
enable children to experience risk and challenge. This unit also teaches you about the
procedures for dealing with illness and emergencies and how to encourage children to care
for themselves.
Unit 4 – Keeping children safe
(mapped to CCLD 302 and 306)
GLH: 90
LEARNING OUTCOMES ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
The learner will understand: The learner can:
1. How to identify and develop strategies 1.1. Explain how to use legislation and
to establish and maintain healthy, policies to support work in establishing
safe and secure environments. and maintaining healthy, safe and
secure environments.
1.2. Describe working practices which
contribute to these environments.
2. The procedures for dealing with 2.1. Apply knowledge of ways to establish
accidents, illnesses and other safe environments to the procedures
emergencies. which are necessary for a range of
accidents, illnesses and emergencies.
3. How to plan and provide an enabling 3.1. Evaluate some of the initiatives and
physical environment for children. philosophies which influence the
provision of environments for children.
3.2. Consider the different issues that
relate to effective planning and suitable
provision of an enabling physical
environment.
3.3. Explain how to meet the care needs of
children in ways that maintain their
security and privacy and respect their
wishes.
4. How to develop age appropriate 4.1. Discuss the importance of
routines which encourage children to encouraging children to care for
care for themselves. themselves.
4.2. Reflect on the impact of meeting the
care needs of children on practitioners
and identify possible sources of
support.
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