Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for the Children and Young People's Workforce - Early Years (Advanced Practice)

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• Integrated children’s centres
• Approved home care
• Out of school settings
• Day nurseries or crèches
• Family centres
• Cylchoedd meithrin
• Playgroups.

 This qualification has been designed to:

• extend and enrich learner understanding of the early years sector
• develop and enhance the practical leadership and management knowledge and skills required to manage change, lead service improvement and to embed best practice models
• develop higher level thinking skills including reflection and critical analysis
• encourage learners to value continued learning and remain in the learning process
• cultivate in-depth knowledge of developmental and learning theory
• establish good practice and knowledge in relation to needs based assessment and planning

Mandatory Units

• Support children’s care, learning and development in the early years
• Understand children and young person’s development
• Lead practice that supports positive outcomes for child and young person development
• Develop and implement policies and procedures to support the safeguarding of children and young people
• Professional practice in children’s care, learning and development
• Develop health and safety and risk management policies, procedures and practices in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
• Work in partnership in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
• Use and develop systems that promote communication
• Promote professional development
• Champion equality, diversity and inclusion