Level 4 Preparing for Leadership and Management in Children’s Care, Play, Learning & Development
Who is the qualification for?
This qualification is knowledge-based and is for experienced staff who wish to develop their leadership potential in order to progress to a leadership and management role within the Childcare sector. Being knowledge based, learners can complete this qualification before they have attained a leadership role.
The qualification is suitable for:
Learners who have successfully completed the following qualifications or recognised equivalents:
- Level 2 Children’s Care, Play, Learning and Development: Practice
- Level 3 Children’s Care, Play, Learning and Development: Practice
- Level 3 Children’s Care, Play, Learning and Development: Practice and Theory
- Legacy qualification listed in the Social Care Wales – Qualifications Framework for Social Care and Regulated Childcare in Wales
What will the qualification cover?
The Level 4 Preparing for Leadership and Management in Children’s Care, Play, Learning and Development qualification consists of the following three units:
- Leading child-centred practice
- Theoretical frameworks for leadership and management
- Understand how to lead and manage effective team performance
Qualification structure
To achieve the Level 4 Preparing for Leadership and Management in Children’s Care, Play, Learning and Development qualification learners must achieve 60 credits in total. All units in this qualification are mandatory.
Assessment
The Level 4 Preparing for Leadership and Management in Children’s Care, Play, Learning and Development qualification is assessed through a combination of internal and external assessment.
For the external assessment learners must successfully complete:
• A project that contains a series of tasks based around a proposed change to practice
For the internal assessment learners must successfully complete:
• A series of tasks, involving both oral and written responses
What could the qualification lead to?
The Level 4 Preparing for Leadership and Management in Children’s Care, Play, Learning and Development provides the knowledge to help managers take their first step into a leadership role, and for progression on to:
- Level 4 Professional Practice in Children’s Care, Play, Learning and Development with Specialism
- Level 5 Leadership and Management of Children’s Care, Play, Learning and Development: Practice providing the learner is in a suitable job role
- Opportunities for further study and professional training are being explored with universities across Wales
Download the learner/student guide: http://resource.download.wjec.co.uk.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/vtc/2019-20/HSC19-20_1-5/pdf/introduction-to-the-level4-preparing-for-leadership-and-management-in-children-care-play-learning-and-development-a-learner_student-guide.pdf