Early Years Emotional Wellbeing NCFE CACHE Level 4 Award

Overview

Early Years Emotional Wellbeing NCFE CACHE Level 4 Award

This qualification is designed for learners to increase their knowledge and understanding of emotional wellbeing in early years settings. Learners will examine the influence of families and early years practitioners on children’s emotional wellbeing and the importance of supportive practice.

This qualification will support learners to create and implement action plans to improve practice in their own early years setting. They will work with families, early years practitioners and other professionals to make a positive impact in the promotion of emotional wellbeing.

Learners will also gain an understanding of when it is appropriate to signpost individuals to national and local support services and to other professionals within the sector. Learners will be encouraged to continue to promote the benefits of emotional wellbeing and reflect on good practice on completion of the qualification.

Workbased Learning allows students the benefits of gaining a recognised qualification whilst working. All students will have access to an e-portfolio with supporting resources and online lessons as well as the benefit of a one to one allocated assessor on hand to support your learning journey.

Need to know

Entry requirements

Essential:

Learners must be aged 18 or over.

• The learner must be employed in an appropriate early years setting to be able to undertake this qualification
• It is recommended that learners have already achieved a level 3 early years or childcare qualification.

What qualification will I gain?

• NCFE CACHE Level 4 Award in Early Years Emotional Wellbeing.

How will I be assessed?

All units will be internally assessed using a range of methods including written assignments, projects, and professional discussions.

Knowledge based outcomes can be assessed using a variety of assessment tasks including assignment, online learning and activities. All assessment methods will be co-ordinated to suit the individual needs of the learner

Course content

What will I study?

The Level 4 Award in Early Years Emotional Wellbeing aims to develop and assess the knowledge and skills required to support practitioners in promoting the benefits and importance of emotional wellbeing in early years settings.

This qualification aims to:

• focus on the study of emotional wellbeing in the early years sector

• offer breadth and depth of study, incorporating a key core of knowledge

• provide opportunities to acquire a number of practical and technical skills

The objectives of this qualification are to:

• examine and raise awareness of the benefits and importance of early years emotional wellbeing for children, their families and practitioners

• provide early years practitioners with the tools to make a positive impact when promoting emotional wellbeing within their own setting

• signpost national emotional wellbeing support strategies

• continue to promote the benefits of emotional wellbeing in their early years setting on completion

Learners will complete 2 mandatory units, within a 6 month period.

These are:

• Unit 01  – Understanding emotional wellbeing in early years settings

• Unit 02 –  Promoting emotional wellbeing in early years settings

The delivery of this qualification will be a mix of blended learning of self-study, online teaching, support and networking sessions as well as research task which will need to be completed in your setting. You will be supported throughout the qualification by an allocated assessor and have the opportunity to attend networking events.

This qualification supports professional development to those working with children to further enhance knowledge of emotional wellbeing in early years.

Next steps

Course progression:

Learners who achieve this qualification could progress to:

• Level 4 Award in Promoting Health and Well-being through Physical Activity and Nutrition Co-ordination in the Early Years

• Level 4 Certificate for the Early Years Advanced Practitioner

This qualification will also support the preparation of learners for further study of the early years in higher education

Career Progression:

Learners could progress to the following job roles and responsibilities:

• Pastoral or wellbeing lead/mentoring role

• Special educational needs co-ordinator (SENCo)

• Physical activity and nutrition co-ordinator (PANCo)

• Internal progression at a higher level, including those with management responsibilities

• Leadership, mentoring, supervision and management opportunities