Child Care and Nursery Management QLS Level 3

This Child Care and Nursery Management QLS Level 3 course is a knowledge-based course that will allow you to develop your knowledge and understanding of working in child care and what it takes to become a nursery manager in an early years setting. This course can support your CV with extra knowledge if you currently work in a nursery setting and plan to move into a management role. During the child care section of this bundle course, you will learn how to promote the wellbeing and healthy lifestyle of children in the setting, as well as gaining an understanding of chronic childhood diseases, the administrative procedures involved in a child care setting, and the learning and development of young children. The nursery management section of your course, you will learn how to create a positive nursery environment and ensure the health and safety of children and staff alike. Improve your knowledge of the importance of play for young children, including indoor and outdoor play.

Course Content

Child Care Level 3

Unit 1 Healthy living

• What is a healthy lifestyle?
• Exercise
• Healthy eating
• Activities for young children
• Wellbeing for children and their families

Unit 2 Child care at home

• Documentation required for a home child care business
• Intellectual development
• Supervision and travel to destinations away from the child care setting
• Good health and safety practices indoors and outdoors

Unit 3 Building positive relationships

• Current legal requirements
• Respecting and valuing individuality
• How to deal with conflict

Unit 4 Health promotion and development

• Types of foods that should be avoided
• Special dietary requirements
• Childhood chronic diseases and how they can affect development
• Government guidelines on food and nutrition

Unit 5 Administrative procedures within the child care setting

• Data Protection Act
• Keeping accurate and up-to-date information
• Methods and systems for recording financial information
• Tax and VAT
• Storing data

Unit 6 Development and learning

• Using ICT
• Safety concerns
• Literacy, language and communication
• Numeracy, reasoning skills and problem-solving
• Physical development
• Personal, social and emotional development
• Creative development

Unit 1 The management of nursery staff

• Effective communication
• The appraisal process and logging staff records
• Disciplinary procedures and grievance issues
• Employment policies for the recruitment and management of staff

Unit 2 Safeguarding children

• Definition of child abuse
• Forms of child abuse
• Policies, legislation, and guidelines for safeguarding children
• Roles and responsibilities of staff
• Reporting an incident
• The child protection conference

Unit 3 Health and safety for children and staff

• Safe working practices in the nursery setting for children and staff
• Health and safety at different stages of child development
• Procedures for good hygiene
• Illness
• First aid

Unit 4 The early years foundation stage: curriculum and assessment

• Types of learning
• Detrimental issues and learning
• The importance of differentiation
• Planning learning with the support of assessments

Unit 5 Creating a positive nursery environment

• Summative assessments
• Referral to third parties
• Risk assessment
• Communication for play and learning

Unit 6 Supporting and planning self-directed play

• The play cycle
• The importance of play for young children
• Play equipment and space in the nursery setting
• Outdoor play space
• Indoor play space
• Health and safety for the play space