Early Years Workforce – Early Years Educator

Learners must be at least 16 years old. Ideally you will have a level 2 qualification in English and Mathematics. You will either be employed in an appropriate setting or a regular volunteer.

All units are mandatory and include:

Unit 1.1: Support healthy lifestyles for children through the provision of food and nutrition

Unit 1.2 WB: Support healthy lifestyles for children through exercise

Unit 1.3 WB: Support physical care routines for children

Unit 1.4 WB: Promote children’s emotional well-being

Unit 1.5: Understand how to support children who are unwell

Unit 2.2: Understand legislation relating to the safeguarding, protection and welfare of children

Unit 2.3 WB: Use legislation relating to the health and safety of children

Unit 2.4 WB: Follow legislation relating to equality, diversity and inclusive practice

Unit 2.5 WB: Working in partnership

Unit 4.1: Engage in professional development

Unit 3.1: Understand the value of play in Early Years

Unit 3.2 WB: Plan, lead and review lay opportunities which support children’s learning and development

Unit 3.4 WB: Promote enabling play environments

Unit 3.5 WB: Developing children’s emergent literacy skills

Unit 3.6 WB: Developing children’s emergent mathematical skills

Unit 3.7 WB: Support children’s transition to school

Unit 3.9 WB: Develop children’s cognitive skills

Unit 3.10 WB: Promote children’s speech, language and communication

Unit 3.11 WB: Promoting children’s physical development

Unit 3.12 WB: Promoting children’s personal, social and emotional development.

Unit 3.13: Support children with additional needs

Unit 3.14: Use observation, assessment and planning to promote the development of children

Unit 3.15: Use longitudinal studies to observe, assess and plan for children’s needs

All units are internally assessed. Assessment enables the student’s workplace practice to provide evidence for individual units as well as the whole qualification.

Methods of assessment include: observations, professional discussions projects, oral and/ or written questions, witness testimonies.

Upon successful completion of the course you can consider employment as:

• practitioner in day nurseries
• practitioner in Nursery schools
• practitioner in reception classes in primary schools
• pre-school worker.

The fee for the course will be £2882

Free courses for jobs – funding for Level 3 courses

If you are aged 19 + and looking to undertake additional study, your course could be fully funded by the government if you meet any of the following criteria:

• If you are aged 19 – 23 and do not already hold a Level 3 qualification
• If you are unemployed and in receipt of benefits,
• If you are earning less than £25,000.00 annual gross salary

and

• Meet the standard residency criteria for funding

Please contact us today for further information dta@weymouth.ac.uk or call us on 01305 764748.