NCFE CACHE Level 3 Award in Preparing to Work in Home Based Childcare
QRN: 603/3642/0
This qualification prepares learners to set up a home based childcare setting as a registered childminder. It is also suitable for learners who wish to be employed in home based childcare settings as childminding assistants or other home childcarers (eg nannies, au pairs).
Entry Requirement
-Learners should be at least 16 years old.
-This is a knowledge-only qualification; therefore, no placement in a real work environment is required.
-A paediatric first aid qualification is a requirement of registration for childminders. Learners may wish to consider the NCFE CACHE Level 3 Award in Paediatric First Aid (603/0752/3)
Course Content
12 weeks
This qualification provides learners with the knowledge required to work with children in a home based childcare setting. It covers subject areas such as legislation and regulation relating to home based childcare, safeguarding and child protection, health and safety in a home based childcare environment, children’s learning and development.
To gain this Qualification the learner will need to achieve the following
-Pass all 3 mandatory units
-In order to achieve the Level 3 Award in Preparing to Work in Home Based Childcare, learners must achieve 6 credits in total. 5 credits from mandatory Unit 1 and a minimum of 1 credit from the units in the optional group.