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Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for the Children and Young People's Workforce - Early Years (Management)

Qualification

The Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for the Children and Young People's Workforce (England) and the Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Children's Care, Learning and Development (Wales and Northern Ireland) are the ideal qualifications if you work as a senior practitioner, deputy manager or assistant manager within Early Years and Children and Young Peoples’ settings, including:

 

 Link reference:60081661

  • Integrated children’s centres

  • Approved home care

  • Out of school settings

  • Day nurseries or crèches

  • Family centres

  • Cylchoedd meithrin

  • Playgroups.

 This qualification has been designed to:

  • extend and enrich learner understanding of the early years sector

  • develop and enhance the practical leadership and management knowledge and skills required to manage change, lead service improvement and to embed best practice models

  • develop higher level thinking skills including reflection and critical analysis

  • encourage learners to value continued learning and remain in the learning process

  • cultivate in-depth knowledge of developmental and learning theory

  • establish good practice and knowledge in relation to needs based assessment and planning

Modules

Mandatory Units

  • Lead and manage a team within a health and social care or children and young people’s setting

  • Develop professional supervision practice in health and social care or children and young people’s work settings

  • Support children’s care, learning and development in the early years

  • Understand children and young person’s development

  • Lead practice that supports positive outcomes for child and young person development

  • Develop and implement policies and procedures to support the safeguarding of children and young people

  • Professional practice in children’s care, learning and development

  • Develop health and safety and risk management policies, procedures and practices in health and social care or children and young people’s settings

  • Work in partnership in health and social care or children and young people’s settings

  • Use and develop systems that promote communication

  • Promote professional development

  • Champion equality, diversity and inclusion

Price

£1,900

Duration

6-12 mths

Accreditation

Approved by City & Guilds

Access to a PC / LapTop

Internet connection

System requirements

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