Course Structure and Guidelines

Theme 1: Health and Well-being

Theme 2: Legislation, frameworks and professional practice

Theme 3: Play, development and learning for school readiness

Theme 4: Professional Development

Entry Requirements

• Applicants must be at least 18 years old and be able to take up either paid or voluntary employment in a home environment or in an early years setting
• Valid UK, EEA or Swiss passport required
• Excellent spoken and written English
• Applicants must have GCSE’s (or Level 2 Functional Skills) in Maths and English. For students from overseas, you can have your qualification(s) checked through UK NARIC, in order to check their equivalence to the UK GCSEs.
• All applicants will be required to apply for a DBS check (Disclosure & Barring Service, formerly the Criminal Records Check) through us unless they already hold an up to date and clean DBS. In either case, this needs to show there are no issues to be employed as a child care provider.
• Two references will need to be provided by applicants (one professional and one character)

Length of the course

Students generally take  12 – 18 months to complete all their  assignments, but it can be completed quicker if you are able to put more time into your studies.

Some students have finished the course in 9 months.

Assessment

In order to gain this qualification the student is expected to:

• Demonstrate their theoretical and practical skills through their individual work and completing written assignments
• Complete longitudinal study (child observations and running records by students)
• Demonstrate their practical skills and vocational competence in the Real Work Environment
• Attend classes

Fees

Tuition fees for our CACHE Level 3 Diploma for the Early Years Workforce (QCF) Incorporating the Home Based Childcare Practitioner is £2,700 including a £300 registration fee, which is payable upon acceptance of a place with us.

We can also offer a monthly instalment plan: £300 registration fee followed by 12 monthly payments of £210, and this can be paid directly by the students’ employer, as a deduction from their salary.

You are required to have an up-to-date DBS. If you haven’t had a DBS check then we can arrange this for you at a cost of £75, which doesn’t include the update service, this will need to be purchased separately by yourself when you receive your certificate.

LSCS is a professional training academy for nannies and child carers that provides high standards of teaching, mentoring and assessing. The investment in this course by our students opens up attractive employment opportunities for graduates.

CACHE Level 3 Tutor and Assessor

Lisa McKean is an Early Years Adviser, Trainer and Assessor. She has over twenty years’ childcare experience, working her way up from nursery nurse to senior management level. Lisa has an Early Years Foundation Degree and intends to go on to study for a Masters in Therapeutic Play in the future. Lisa has taught in further education for eleven years teaching Early Years and Education and numerous short courses including parenting. She has fulfilled a number of local authority tenders, including work with children’s centres and services such as the Teenage Pregnancy Unit. She qualified as a midwife and has worked in other healthcare roles including care of the elderly and dental nursing. Lisa specialises in working with babies and the setting which she currently supports recently achieved an outstanding Ofsted grade. Her great passion is for being part of the learner’s learning journey, seeing them go on to achieve their goals.

Trainers

Julia Wolman is a registered nutritionist specialising in baby and child nutrition. She holds a BSc (Hons) in Applied Human Nutrition and a Masters in Psychology & Health and is registered with the Association for Nutrition as well as being a member of SENSE. Julia’s passion for promoting healthy eating in children has seen her working with the NHS to deliver healthy eating projects for families and training schools, nurseries and children’s centres, co-develop the internationally successful obesity prevention programme for 2-4 year olds with MEND Central and write for publications such as Nursery World, Practical Professional Childcare and Practical Parenting. In 2011 Julia founded Teeny Tummies which focuses on supporting parents through weaning, fussy eating and other child nutrition issues. Julia effortlessly transmits not only knowledge but also a passion for healthy eating in her training sessions for the London School of Childcare Studies.

Miriam Chachamu is family therapist, parenting consultant and the author of the high acclaimed book ‘How to Calm a Challenging Child’ (Foulsham, 2008). She is a member of the United Kingdom Council of Psychotherapy (UKCP), a trained systemic family therapist, holds an MSc from The Institute of Family Therapy and is a qualified human givens practitioner and supervisor. Miriam has extensive experience providing training for parents and professionals working with children, helping them gain a better understanding of how children think and feel as well as teaching practical skills to improve children’s behavior and self-esteem. Her approach is positive and insightful, combining warmth with clear boundaries for children, and she believes in empowering parents and professionals by providing a range of ideas and tools to resolve any challenges they may face.