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FREE Early Years Educator

Level 3 Programme

Progress your career and get qualified

Sign up now and secure your funded space today!

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TYPICAL DURATION
19 Months


TRAINING METHOD
Blended


ASSESSMENT METHOD
Knowledge Test


COHORT STARTING
30th of September

83% of people who completed this programme have progressed their childcare career. REGISTER TODAY


Free training to support your career as an Early Years Educator

Do you work in a nursery or early years setting? Get qualified today!

This level 3 programme will provide you with fully funded (FREE), structured training to develop your skills and knowledge as an Early Years Educator. It will give you a license to practice in early years childcare and increase your earning potential.

Upon completion, you will become a qualified Early Years Educator and gain a recognised ActiveIQ qualification, which will support you in your career.

 

You will also gain a Pediatric First Aid qualification.

Using a bespoke curriculum, LMP Education will tailor each programme to suit the needs of your setting. You will also have access to over 90 CPD courses that are individually accredited. In addition, you will be able to access our added-value courses such as the Designated Safeguarding Lead Level 3 and the Mental Health Youth Champion workshops.  

What to Expect from LMP Education

☑️ Dedicated account management and recruitment

☑️ Leading nationwide apprenticeship training provider

☑️ Specialists in the education, training and business sectors

☑️ Delivering vibrant, engaging learning for all learners

☑️ Blended and remote teaching and learning

☑️ Tailored learning plans for each individual

☑️ Experienced tutors and delivery support team

☑️ Designated safeguarding officers, policies and procedures

Knowledge
  • The expected patterns of children’s development from birth to 5 years, and have an understanding of further development from age 5 to 7.
  • The significance of attachment and how to promote it effectively.
  • A range of underpinning theories and philosophical approaches to how children learn and develop, and their influence on practice.
  • How children’s learning and development can be affected by their stage of development and individual circumstances such as moving school, birth of a sibling, family breakdown and adoption and care.
  • The importance of promoting diversity, equality and inclusion, fully reflecting cultural differences and family circumstances.
Skills
  • When a child is in need of additional support such as where a child’s progress is less than expected. How to assess within the current early education curriculum framework using a range of assessment techniques such as practitioners observing children through their day to day interactions and observations shared by parents and/ or carers.
  • The importance of undertaking continued professional development to improve own skills and early years practice.
  • The legal requirements and guidance on health and safety, security, confidentiality of information, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
  • Safeguarding policies and procedures, including child protection, recognise when a child is in danger or at risk of abuse, and know how to act to protect them. Types of abuse include domestic, neglect, physical, emotional and sexual.
Behaviours
  • Provide the very best childcare to every child every day combined with the ability to professionally challenge poor practice.
  • Work effectively with colleagues and other professionals and support the learning and development of others through mentoring and sharing of professional expertise and experience.

Register your interest

As well as ensuring full competency as an Early Years Educator, this standard provides a foundation for potential progression into a number of career paths in the educational sector. 

This includes an Early Years Lead Practitioner, Childcare Assistant, Early Years Coordinator, Nursery Manager and  Nursery Practitioner, as well as progression to higher education.
Each place has £7,000 of government funding attached to it - so you can learn for free. Don't delay, apply today!

I am now more confident in situations as a result of this programme. I can use my initiative and create activities on the spot for the children in my setting.

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Rachel Green
Early Years Educator, Laurence Haines School - Watford