Level 3 Diploma Candidate Handbook (Children and Young People’s Workforce)

An engaging, accessible and assessment-focussed, approach to the 2010 specification clearly presenting information to students on what they need to know and what they need to be able to do to acheive the qualification.

The Collins Children and Young People’s Workforce Level 3 title sets out the core units in clear, easily navigable spreads – each of which focusses closely on what students need to know and do to pass the qualification.

Content is clearly delivered with step-by-step guidance for the student with ready-to-use assessment tasks for both knowledge and work-based evidence. These are broken down into what students need to know to pass (knowledge) and what they need to do to pass (competence). These are be linked directly to getting students the number of credits they need.

There are also a number of engaging case studies to ensure that the books are rooted in real experiences of working in childcare, linking the theory to good practice.

Units covered:

• Promote communication in health, social care or children's and young people's settings
• Engage in personal development in health, social care or children's and young people's settings
• Promote equality and inclusion in health, social care or children's and young people's settings
• Principles for implementing duty of care in health, social care or children's and young people's settings
• Understand child and young person development
• Promote child and young person development
• Understand how to safeguard the well being of children and young people
• Support children and young people's health and safety
• Develop positive relationships with children, young people and others involved in their care
• Working together for the benefit of children and young people
• Understand how to support positive outcomes for children and young people
• Context and principles for early years provision
• Promote learning and development in the early years
• Promote children's welfare and well being in the early years
• Professional practice in early years settings
• Support children's speech, language and communication

Clare Schmieder has run nurseries (both in the UK and abroad) for 17 years. She has been a Registered Nursery Inspector for OFSTED for 4 years and taught at levels 2,3,4 and 5 at Weymouth, and Bournemouth and Poole colleges. She is presently an Early Learning Consultant for Poole Local Authority

Elaine Millar trained and worked for many years as a general and psychiatric nurse in both child and adult fields. After spending some time working in a hostel for teenagers who were leaving care and looking after disadvantaged children from inner city Philadelphia, USA she completed a psychology degree and moved into research nursing. More recently she has combined raising a family with writing books and distance learning courses in health and social care.

Janet Stearns is a qualified nurse, midwife, health visitor, teacher and play therapist. She has over 20 years experience of teaching childcare in schools and colleges and is an experienced examiner and external moderator for childcare qualifications. She is currently working as an independent trainer and consultant for childcare qualifications.

Mark Walsh is a writer, teacher and mental health nurse. He works with both further and higher education students, teaching health and social care and social science courses. Mark has written a wide range of bestselling textbooks and teacher resources, and has worked as an educational teaching consultant, and as a senior examiner.