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Level 3 Diploma Early Years Workforce (Early Years Educator)
A GUIDE TO THE QUALIFICATION

The Level 3 Diploma for the Early Years Workforce (Early Years Educator) prepares learners to become Early Years Educators, enabling them to work with and care for children from birth to 5 years and gain knowledge of children aged 5 to 7 years. Upon achievement of this qualification, it is intended that learners will be able to enter the workforce as Early Years Educators.

Course Duration: 10-12 Months
Delivery: Blended classroom and online learning Available
Placement: 350 recommended placement hours.

Learners can progress into various job roles in the statutory, voluntary, or private sectors such as: Practitioner in day nurseries

Practitioner in nursery schools

Practitioner in reception classes in primary schools Pre-school worker

Home based child carer.
Units:
  • Support healthy lifestyles for children through the provision of food and nutrition
  • Promote healthy lifestyles for children through exercise
  • Support physical care routines for children
  • Promote children’s emotional well-being
  • Understand how to support children who are unwell
  • Understand legislation relating to the safeguarding, protection, and welfare of children
  • Use legislation relating to the health and safety of children
  • Follow legislation relating to equality, diversity, and inclusive practice
  • Working in partnership
  • Understand the value of play in early years
  • Plan, lead and review play opportunities which support children’s learning and development
  • Promote enabling play environments
  • Developing children’s emergent literacy skills
  • Developing children’s emergent mathematical skills
  • Support children’s transition to school
  • Develop children’s cognitive skills
  • Promote children’s speech, language, and communication Unit
  • Promoting children’s physical development
  • Promoting children’s personal, social, and emotional development
  • Support children with additional needs
  • Use observation, assessment and planning to promote the development of children Unit
  • Use longitudinal studies to observe, assess and plan for children’s needs
  • Engage in professional development

To gain this qualification, learners will have to pass in all units as all are mandatory