LEVEL 3 DIPLOMA FOR RESIDENTIAL CHILDCARE

The course covers all areas of the residential care worker role e.g. communication, behaviour management, supporting learning activities and safeguarding. This course is approximately 50% theory and 50% practical.

You will study the following 16 mandatory units:

• Understand the development for children and young people in residential childcare
• Understand how to safeguard and protect children and young people in residential childcare
• Understand how to support children and young people who have experienced harm or abuse
• Promote effective communication and information handling in residential childcare settings
• Support risk management in residential childcare
• Assessment and planning with children and young people in residential childcare
• Support group living in residential childcare
• Understand how 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
• 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
• 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
• Engage in professional development in residential childcare settings
• 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

Your allocated workplace trainer will also guide you in selecting optional units relevant to your job/placement

We will also support your development in English and maths which are a key component of all College programmes.