Level 2 Early Years Practitioner Standard
About the Level 2 Early Years Practitioner Standard
The Level 2 Early Years Practitioner Standard is one of our comprehensive programs designed to equip individuals with the necessary knowledge, skills and behaviours to work effectively with young children. This standard focuses on developing practical abilities related to child development, safeguarding, communication, and promoting learning through play. It covers a range of topics including understanding children’s needs, assisting with educational activities, and maintaining a safe and nurturing environment.
This standard is a great way to begin a career in Early Years Childcare.
our programme covers:
behaviours:
- Care and compassion
- Being team-focused
- Honesty, trust and integrity
- Commitment
- Work in a non-discriminatory way
- Working practice that considers British values.
knowledge:
- Child development
- Attachment
- How children learn and develop
- Stages and circumstances of child development
- Teaching of reading, early literacy and mathematics
- Supporting children through events in their lives
- Early Years Foundation curriculum
- Legal requirements
- Health and well-being
- Safeguarding and child protection
- Infection prevention and control and food hygiene
- Dealing with emergencies, injuries
skills:
- Analysing and explaining children’s learning and development
- Promoting equality of opportunity
- Purposeful play and educational programmes
- Providing consistent care and responding to the needs of the child
- Learning experiences appropriate to the age, stage and needs of children
- Effective strategies for extending children’s learning and thinking
- Supporting and promote children’s speech, language and communication development
- Supporting children’s group learning and socialisation
- Promoting positive behaviours
- Working cooperatively with parents, carers, colleagues and other professionals to meet the needs of babies and children and enable them to progress, manage their own behaviour in relation to others, promoting the interests of the child
Qualifications:
At the end of the programme successful apprentices will be awarded the NCFE NVQ level 3 Diploma Children’s Learning and Development.
Entry requirements:
Apprentices must have reached Entry Level 3 in English and maths to enter the programme. Apprentices who do not already have Level 2 English and maths will need to achieve this level prior to taking their End Point Assessment.
Our programme:
The programme includes the support required to help the Apprentice develop understanding and competence to Level 2 in English and maths.
The Employer is required to support the Apprentice and to allow them time, in working hours to study and develop their knowledge, skills and behaviour off the job as well as on the job.
The programme is typically 18 months duration.
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