Level 2 Childcare Course in Chatham | Nacro Education
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Childcare Level 2

Course code: C003635

Course overview

Please note: Due to significant interest in our Childcare Level 2 course, we are no longer accepting applications for January 2025.

If you would like to work with children, then our childcare courses are a great place to start. We will take you through the basics of childcare and show you how to make learning fun, keep children safe and involve them in group activities. You will get plenty of practical experience while you learn, which will give you confidence when you start work.

What will I learn?

You will learn about child development for the 0 to 7 age range, how play is a route of children’s learning and the basis of early years frameworks, such as the early years foundation stage.

Modules

You will study some of the following modules:

• Principles of communication in adult social care settings
• Principles of personal development in adult social care settings
• Principles of diversity, equality and inclusion in adult social care settings
• Principles of safeguarding and protection in health and social care
• Introduction to duty of care in health, social care or children's and young people's settings
• Understand the role of the social care worker
• Understand person centred approaches in adult social care settings

Assessment

You will be assessed through a combination of coursework assignments and one examination.

Work experience

You will have the chance to do at least two weeks of relevant work experience to support your studies, gain experience and potentially develop contacts with future employers. Our team will help you secure a work placement and will provide you with everything required for you to attend your placement.

Enrichment opportunities

There are a variety of enrichment opportunities on offer throughout the year, including trips and external visits.

Career and progression

You can to progress onto:

• Other Level 2 vocational childcare qualifications
• Level 3 vocational qualifications
• Related academic qualifications
• Apprenticeships within the early years and health and social care sectors

What makes our Get Set! courses different?

Each Get Set! course at Nacro Chatham Education Centre is designed to accelerate your learning and enable you to identify and make progress towards your aspirations. We combine vocational learning with essential English and mathematics qualifications, enriching experiences and workplace encounters to equip you for career success.

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Our Childcare Level 2 course at Chatham has been crafted to enable you to:

  • Gain industry-specific skills through hands on vocational courses in areas like construction, healthcare, animal care, sport and more.
  • Improve English, maths* and digital literacy to strengthen a student’s foundations for work and life.
  • Participate in a range of work experience and employment related encounters to gain insights into the industries and careers paths that are of interest to them.
  • Develop a full range of essential skills supported by our Skills Builder partnership including communication, problem solving, teamworking, interview practice and CV writing.
  • Participate in a range of activities, opportunities, team collaboration challenges and educational site visits that enable personal development through real experiences.
  • Learn financial and human skills through our partnerships with MyBank and our localised tutorial programme.

*GCSE/Functional Skills English and maths are only required if you haven’t already gained a level 4 or above.

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