Introducing Caring for Children and Young People (CACHE Level 2)

The CACHE Level 2 Certificate in Introducing Caring for Children and Young People course is divided into five comprehensive units:

Unit 1 - TDA 2.2: Safeguarding the welfare of children and young people
Level 2 Credit value 3

- Multi-agency working
- The community
- Safeguarding Children’s Board
- A Child in Need
- Policies and procedures
- e-Safety
- Mobile Phones
- Caring for sick children
- Promoting health and hygiene
- Managing children with allergies, or who are sick or infectious
- Procedures for children with allergies
- Procedures for children who are sick or infectious
- First Aid
- Missing children
- Uncollected child
- Child Abuse
- Bullying
- Childminders – protecting yourself when working alone

Unit 2 - CFC 9: Respecting and valuing children
Level 1 Credit value 2

- The Acts
- Exploring Anti-Discriminatory Practice
- Personal Social and Emotional Development
- Dispositions and attitudes
- Self confidence and self-esteem
- Tips for boosting self-esteem in children
- Making relationships and interacting with others
- Emotions and self control
- Self care
- Sense of community
- Balancing children’s growing needs for independence with keeping children safe
- Coping with new situations

Unit 3 - CL2 A9: Importance of play for early learning
Level 2 Credit value 6

- Growth and development – including physical, intellectual, language, emotional and social
- Age of child stage of development explanation
- Physical development
- Intellectual development
- Language development
- Emotional development
- Social development
- Factors which affect growth and development
- Feeding the imagination
- Painting
- Drawing
- Model making
- Music
- Role play and imaginative play
- Competitive and non-competitive games and activities
- Language and communication
- Linking sounds and letters
- Reading
- Having knowledge of nursery rhymes
- Writing
- English as an additional language
- Forming relationships
- Sense of community
- Exploring cultures and religions
- Religious and cultural festivals
- Equal Opportunities
- Recognising and dealing with emotions
- Possible signs of distress
- Emotional activities
- Growing independence
- The importance of fresh air and exercise
- Making exercise fun
- Knowledge and understanding of the world
- Science and technology
- Cooking
- Exploring the senses
- Activities to support children with the national curriculum

Unit 4 - NH/L2 03: Use food and nutrition information to plan a healthy diet
Level 2 Credit value 3

- Main Food Groups
- The Eat well plate
- Health problems associated with excess and inadequate nutrition intake in children and adults
- Childhood Health problems associated with being overweight
- Good health and five a day recommendations
- Body mass index
- Key nutrients and vitamins
- Non nutrient foods
- The balance of good health
- Recommended daily allowances from each food group
- Improving nutrition and reducing health problems in children
- The structure of the digestive system
- Food labels

Unit 5 - CL2A4: Accident prevention and fire safety when babysitting
Level 2 Credit value 2

- Identifying possible risks in the home
- Living room
- Kitchen
- Stairs
- Bathroom
- Playroom
- Using Equipment Safely
- Maintaining Equipment
- Check lists