Qualification Level: 3
Awarding Body: CACHE
Regulated Qualification (QRN) Number: 601/4852/4
Placement Required: Yes
Recognised Qualification: Yes. RQF
Entry Requirements: Learners should be at least 18 years old.
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Pre-requisites: Learners should be at least 18 years of age. Completion of English at level 2 will be beneficial to you.
Duration: The course can be completed in 12 months.
Payment types: Instalments available, Direct Debit via GoCardless. £50 deposit to start.
Resources included: Full tutor support, workplace observation and assessment, online learning materials and student support forum including virtual social events.
Awarding Body: CACHE
Regulated Qualification (QRN) Number: 601/4852/4
Placement Required: Yes
Recognised Qualification: Yes. RQF
Entry Requirements: Learners should be at least 18 years old.
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Pre-requisites: Learners should be at least 18 years of age. Completion of English at level 2 will be beneficial to you.
Duration: The course can be completed in 12 months.
Payment types: Instalments available, Direct Debit via GoCardless. £50 deposit to start.
Resources included: Full tutor support, workplace observation and assessment, online learning materials and student support forum including virtual social events.
This qualification is part of the new children’s homes regulations which came into force in April 2015.
It has replaced the Level 3 Diploma for the Children and Young People’s Workforce (Social Care Pathway) as the required qualification for those working in children’s homes. All new starts must be registered on the new Residential Childcare qualification from April 2015.
This qualification will develop the knowledge and skills needed when working with children and young people in a residential childcare setting, including an understanding of child and young person development.
The qualification enables the learner to gain essential skills and knowledge to support children and young people in residential childcare settings, including: wellbeing and resilience, positive relationships and attachments, health and safety, sexual exploitation, communication, positive behaviour and positive outcomes.
It also offers the learner the opportunity to cover optional topics which are particularly suited to specific residential childcare and respite care settings.
It has replaced the Level 3 Diploma for the Children and Young People’s Workforce (Social Care Pathway) as the required qualification for those working in children’s homes. All new starts must be registered on the new Residential Childcare qualification from April 2015.
This qualification will develop the knowledge and skills needed when working with children and young people in a residential childcare setting, including an understanding of child and young person development.
The qualification enables the learner to gain essential skills and knowledge to support children and young people in residential childcare settings, including: wellbeing and resilience, positive relationships and attachments, health and safety, sexual exploitation, communication, positive behaviour and positive outcomes.
It also offers the learner the opportunity to cover optional topics which are particularly suited to specific residential childcare and respite care settings.
Learners will need to be working, volunteering or on practical placement in a residential childcare setting, as they need to show competence in both knowledge and skills.
You will need to evidence a placement diary of 400 hours in practice in a suitable environment, working with age ranges Birth to 25 years (extended age range takes account of entitlements for children and young people with complex disabilities or conditions).
You will need to evidence a placement diary of 400 hours in practice in a suitable environment, working with age ranges Birth to 25 years (extended age range takes account of entitlements for children and young people with complex disabilities or conditions).
Understand the development of children and young people in residential childcare: This unit provides the knowledge and understanding required in residential childcare settings about the development of children and young people.
Understand how to safeguard and protect children and young people in residential childcare: This unit provides the knowledge and understanding required to safeguard and protect children and young people in residential childcare settings.
Understand how to support children and young people who have experienced harm or abuse: This unit provides the knowledge and understanding required to support children and young people who have experienced harm or abuse.
Promote effective communication and information handling in residential childcare settings: This unit provides the knowledge and skills required to promote effective communication and information handling in residential childcare settings.
Support risk management in residential childcare: This unit provides the knowledge and skills required to support risk management in residential childcare.
Assessment and planning with children and young people in residential childcare: This unit provides the knowledge and skills required to carry out assessment and planning with children and young people in residential childcare.
Support group living in residential childcare: This unit provides the knowledge and skills required to support group living in residential childcare.
Understand how to support positive outcomes for children and young people in residential childcare: This unit provides the knowledge and understanding required to support positive outcomes for children and young people in residential childcare.
Support attachment and positive relationships for children and young people in residential childcare: This unit provides the knowledge and skills required to support children and young people in residential childcare to develop attachment and form positive relationships.
Support the well-being and resilience of children and young people in residential childcare: This unit provides the knowledge and skills required to support the well-being and resilience of children and young people in residential childcare.
Support children and young people in residential childcare to achieve their learning potential: This unit provides the knowledge and skills required to support children and young people in residential childcare to achieve their learning potential.
Support children and young people in residential childcare to manage their health: This unit provides the knowledge and skills required to support children and young people in residential childcare to manage their health.
Support the development of socially aware behaviour with children and young people in residential childcare: This unit provides the knowledge and skills required to support the development of socially aware behaviour with children and young people in residential childcare settings.
Engage in professional development in residential childcare settings: This unit provides the knowledge and skills required to engage in professional development in residential childcare settings.
Support the rights, diversity and equality of children and young people in residential childcare: This unit provides the knowledge and skills required to support the rights, diversity and equality of children and young people in residential childcare.
Participate in teams to benefit children and young people in residential childcare: This unit provides the knowledge and skills required to participate in teams to benefit children and young people in residential childcare.
Understand the care system and its impact on children and young people: This unit provides the knowledge and understanding required to understand the care system and its impact on children and young people.
Understand the youth justice system as it relates to residential childcare: This unit provides the knowledge and understanding required to understand the youth justice system as it relates to residential childcare.
Work with the families of children and young people in residential childcare: This unit provides the knowledge and skills required to work with the families of children and young people in residential childcare.
Understand how to safeguard and protect children and young people in residential childcare: This unit provides the knowledge and understanding required to safeguard and protect children and young people in residential childcare settings.
Understand how to support children and young people who have experienced harm or abuse: This unit provides the knowledge and understanding required to support children and young people who have experienced harm or abuse.
Promote effective communication and information handling in residential childcare settings: This unit provides the knowledge and skills required to promote effective communication and information handling in residential childcare settings.
Support risk management in residential childcare: This unit provides the knowledge and skills required to support risk management in residential childcare.
Assessment and planning with children and young people in residential childcare: This unit provides the knowledge and skills required to carry out assessment and planning with children and young people in residential childcare.
Support group living in residential childcare: This unit provides the knowledge and skills required to support group living in residential childcare.
Understand how to support positive outcomes for children and young people in residential childcare: This unit provides the knowledge and understanding required to support positive outcomes for children and young people in residential childcare.
Support attachment and positive relationships for children and young people in residential childcare: This unit provides the knowledge and skills required to support children and young people in residential childcare to develop attachment and form positive relationships.
Support the well-being and resilience of children and young people in residential childcare: This unit provides the knowledge and skills required to support the well-being and resilience of children and young people in residential childcare.
Support children and young people in residential childcare to achieve their learning potential: This unit provides the knowledge and skills required to support children and young people in residential childcare to achieve their learning potential.
Support children and young people in residential childcare to manage their health: This unit provides the knowledge and skills required to support children and young people in residential childcare to manage their health.
Support the development of socially aware behaviour with children and young people in residential childcare: This unit provides the knowledge and skills required to support the development of socially aware behaviour with children and young people in residential childcare settings.
Engage in professional development in residential childcare settings: This unit provides the knowledge and skills required to engage in professional development in residential childcare settings.
Support the rights, diversity and equality of children and young people in residential childcare: This unit provides the knowledge and skills required to support the rights, diversity and equality of children and young people in residential childcare.
Participate in teams to benefit children and young people in residential childcare: This unit provides the knowledge and skills required to participate in teams to benefit children and young people in residential childcare.
Understand the care system and its impact on children and young people: This unit provides the knowledge and understanding required to understand the care system and its impact on children and young people.
Understand the youth justice system as it relates to residential childcare: This unit provides the knowledge and understanding required to understand the youth justice system as it relates to residential childcare.
Work with the families of children and young people in residential childcare: This unit provides the knowledge and skills required to work with the families of children and young people in residential childcare.
Learners can progress to become:
• residential childcare workers
• registered residential childcare managers, deputies and assistant managers (further professional development / qualification may be required once in post)
• managers, deputy and assistant managers in other adult or children and young people’s social care settings (further professional development/qualification may be required once in post).
• residential childcare workers
• registered residential childcare managers, deputies and assistant managers (further professional development / qualification may be required once in post)
• managers, deputy and assistant managers in other adult or children and young people’s social care settings (further professional development/qualification may be required once in post).
