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

Level 3 Award, Level 3 Certificate and Level 3 Diploma in Child
Care and Education Course Handbook
Unit 8 Assignment – Caring for children
This assessment task provides the assessment for the unit.
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Section 4
The completed assessment task MUST be submitted and marked as a whole and not in
separate sections.
Assignment task: What do I have to do?
The whole assignment must be completed in order to achieve the unit.
Collate a portfolio of research into these topics:
• The role of the practitioner in caring for children
• The provision of care for children within families and society in a range of different
settings
• The differing roles of statutory, private, voluntary and independent settings
• The main regulations that govern the work of different types of settings
• Meeting the diverse care needs of children
• Working in multi-professional teams to support the care of children
The portfolio should include current and relevant research, information and materials from a
variety of sources, refer to child development, and identify, where appropriate, the relevance
of current legislation.
The portfolio may include documents generated through different aspects of work such as
action plans, curriculum and routine plans, notes of activities, images, audio files, narrative
accounts, media other than text, reports of presentations, leaflets, booklets, diaries and
other suitable ways of showing research information and materials.
Throughout the portfolio you should ensure that you address diversity and inclusive practice
where appropriate to the task.
You may use appropriate materials from this portfolio to contribute towards your external
assessment task.
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