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Childcare and Young People Development

Online
1.5-3 hours
Free

Course Content

This free online course imparts essential knowledge and skills to help care for and work with children and young people. Do you love to be around innocence, energy and enthusiasm? Do you seldom get bored with young children and have the instinct to nurture, care and mould them? If you are looking for a career in early child care and young people, this course on 'Childcare and Young People Development' is perfect for you. It prepares you for a career in childcare with the best practices and understanding to handle, supervise and work with children and young adults.

Course Details

CollegeAlison
Course ID187520
Course TypeOnline Learning
Course QualificationCPD Certificate
Course Duration1.5-3 hours
Course FeeFree
Entry RequirementsLike all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary.

At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives.

Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone.
Career PathIn This Free Course, You Will Learn How To
• Define and describe in detail childcare with all its elements and roles
• Recognise the key personal and professional features needed for a career in the childcare sector
• Discuss the development process in children and young people with its stages and elements
• Outline legal responsibilities, principles and procedures to care for and safeguard children and young people
• Explain how to handle various behavioural and development aspects in children and young people
• Summarise the pattern of development for children and young people
• Describe how to communicate, maintain and support children and young people in all aspects of their development
Course Code4879

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