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Intermediate Certificate: Preparation for Early Learning and Childcare incorporating National 5 Early Learning and Childcare

This short and fast paced course is for you if you already have some experience of working with children and young people and/or have a certificated academic qualification at SCQF level 4 or above. This SCQF Level 5 course combines theory and hypothetical practical experiences for working with children and young people, allowing you to develop an awareness and understanding of all aspects of children’s growth, development and the importance of play, well-being and families.

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Level:

Broadly comparable to SCQF Level 5

Study Mode:

  • Short full-time

Location:

  • Dunfermline
  • Glenrothes

Start Date:

Duration:

  • Short full-time study starting from January

Who is this course for?

This course is for those who already have some experience of working with children and or certificated academic qualifications at SCQF level 4 or above. It will allow you to continue to develop your knowledge and understanding and progress onto a Level 6 course which will have a placement element.

What skills will I learn?

  • Teamwork
  • Empathy
  • Organisational skills
  • Good communicator
  • Confident
  • Self-aware
  • Reflective
  • Resilient

What will I study?

This course introduces working with children and develops the skills, values and attributes required to study within the field of childcare. You will learn about the importance of play, child development, children’s rights and protection and how to support children with additional support needs. You will also develop the knowledge to organise a safe and secure environment for children while planning and participating in various indoor and outdoor play experiences.

Some of the units you will study include:

  • Development and wellbeing of children and young people
  • Working in early learning and childcare
  • Contemporary families
  • Children and young people: rights and protection
  • Supporting children and young people with additional support needs
  • Creating outdoor learning opportunities
  • Play in early learning and childcare

Application Information

What further study options are available?

  • National Certificate: Childhood Practice SCQF Level 6

What career opportunities are there?

Potential employment opportunities may arise within the child, health and social care sector on further study and completion of registered childcare qualifications at level 7.

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