NCFE Level 3 Work in
Home Based Childcare
Home Based Childcare
This is the perfect course to become a home-based child carer. You don’t need any previous experience to join this NCFE accredited course, making it easy to start today and learn from home. This course is OFQUAL regulated, NCFE accredited and fully recognised.
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RQF REGULATED QUALIFICATION No. 603/3642/0 – CLICK HERE TO VERIFY THIS COURSE
The Level 3 Award in Preparing to Work in Home Based Childcare has been developed in collaboration with the Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years (PACEY). This qualification prepares learners to set up a home based childcare setting as a registered childminder. It is also suitable for learners who wish to be employed in home based childcare settings as childminding assistants or other home childcarers (eg nannies, au pairs).
Who is this course suitable for?
The qualification is suitable for learners wishing to work as:
• registered childminders
• childminding assistants
• nannies
• au pairs
• other childcarers in home based settings.
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A fully recognised qualification
We know it’s no easy task when deciding which Early Years course to enrol on. There are plenty of choices out there, so we’ve done our utmost to provide you with the best syllabus you will find anywhere. There is a huge demand for Home Based Child Care around the country, and many thousands of applicants for these positions. To work in the Early Years sector, you must first undergo government-regulated training to ensure you are familiar with working with children and how to support them. This is the ideal course to start your new Child Care career!
RQF REGULATED QUALIFICATION No. 603/3642/0
The latest 2024 RQF syllabus included
This course follows the latest Early Years guidelines, with up-to-date information. You don’t need to be working in a nursery for this course. This is a knowledge-only qualification. Experience in the real work environment is not required
This unit will provide you with an understanding of how to work as a home-based childcarer.
This unit explores:
Current legislation and regulation in relation to home-based childcare.
How to establish a safe and healthy home-based childcare
environment for children.
How to support the safeguarding, protection
and welfare of children.
How to promote equality, diversity and
inclusion.
How day-to-day care routines promote children’s well-being.
How to work in partnership to support children’s outcomes.
Understand children’s learning and behaviour in relation to sequence, rate and stage of development.
Understand the value of play in promoting children’s learning and development.
Understand the role of observation in promoting children’s learning and
development.
This unit will prepare you to set up a home-based childcare business.
This unit explores:
Understand how to lead and manage a home-based childcare setting.
Understand how to comply with financial and taxation requirements when setting
up a home-based childcare
setting.
Understand how to create a
business plan.
Understand how to register with the appropriate
regulatory body.
Course entry requirements
You don’t need any previous qualifications or have to be working in a nursery for this Level 3 course. You will be taught the full level 3 Award syllabus once enrolled.
- No formal qualifications are required.
- No work placement is required.
- You must be over 16 years of age.
- Enrolments are open all year.
Course Delivery – instant access to your course
Receive immediate access to your course as soon as you enrol.
Home study course – enrol at anytime
This is a home study course meaning there’s no need to come to the college. There’s no mention of home study on your certificate, and as it’s a government-regulated qualification, you’re guaranteed your certificate is fully accepted and recognised by all.
Your Course Materials – paper or online study
You’ll be given instant online access to your course. You can also have your course delivered as paper handbooks if you prefer.
The enrolment fee includes your NCFE certificate, course materials and full tutor support.
A genuine government certificate from NCFE & OFQUAL
Study with us, and you will gain exactly the same government-accredited qualification and certificates as a local college.
Upon course completion, you will receive a government-regulated NCFE Level 3 RQF certificate that’s fully recognised & accepted by all Early Years settings. There’s no mention of distance learning or home study anywhere on the certificate, and we guarantee it’s the same qualification as all attendance-based colleges provide.
NCFE Level 3 Award in Childcare and Education
( RQF’s have now replaced the old NVQ & QCF qualifications )
Our recent reviews
Here are some of our recent reviews
So far I’m really happy, it’s easy to use and my tutor Chris has been great. I’d say you can’t really go wrong with this course, I think it’s the best on the market.
Thanks to my fab tutor Chris for helping me so much. You were always there for me and I wouldn’t have finished sooooo quickly with our you! You are a star Christophar… see what I did there lol 🙂 x
I just finished and everything was good thank you. My friend finished her course with you a and told me it was ok so I went and did it with you.
I would highly recommend this course, the course material given is excellent, it’s easy to send your work off and receive feedback, I knew my tutor was always there if I needed him too. I found the whole course very interesting and I’ve learnt loads.
Great, friendly tutors with in depth knowledge of teaching.
So far their courses have proved to be good quality and in particular, the support I have got is easy to use. The reason I chose this course was for the telephone support which I couldn’t find anywhere else.
I’m almost halfway through my course & really enjoying the content. All queries are speedily replied to and my assessments marked and returned quickly.
Excellent service from Chris and de montfort college, I’ve been continuously offered support and help throughout..very pleased!
I just started working in my dream job and couldn’t have got here without all the help I got so just want to say thanks to all. Take care, you know who you are 🙂 Naz x
It’s been a real pleasure working with my tutor Chris who has a more holistic and flexible approach than any of my other experiences and has kept me on track. Seven months on and I’m just about to finish my course.
Found my tutor exceptional in terms of friendliness, professionalism and willingness to offer help and assistance.Staff should be praised, thank you
I really do reccomend this course, my tutor was very helpful and responded very quickly when I needed help and advice. I completed my course within the year time given and found it pretty straight forward.
I’ve flippin done it lol, 7 months hard graft finally paid off. Over the moon and honestly recommend this course to anyone thinking about it. I really enjoyed so 5 out of 5 from me x
I had fantastic tutor support throughout my course and I couldn’t be more delighted with my course. Thank you Demontfort college, I definitely have no hesitation recommending you to my school head.
YES!!!!!!!!!!! JUST FINISHED AND I CAN’T THANK EVERYONE ENOUGH FOR ALL THEIR HELP THEY GAVE TO ME! THE BEST THING I’VE EVER DONE AND JUST RECOMMENDED YOU TO MY SISTER. X
Great value and well run I enjoyed my course.
After lots of searching this was the best value course I could find and I’m very pleased with how it all worked out. I managed to get it finished in under 3 months and decided to carry on doing the work based certificate course.
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- Accepted by OFSTED
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Why De Montfort
At De Montfort, we have many years of experience providing the highest quality online Early Years courses, here are some of the reasons we think you’ll love us.
Cost-effective
With all our courses delivered online, we can minimise costs and provide you with official qualifications for less than most physical colleges.
Supportive tutors
All of our friendly tutors are experts in their field and will be on hand to support you every step of the way through your Early Years course.
Online tuition
Our online tuition allows you to study from the comfort of your own home and at your own pace.
Accredited courses
All of our courses are accredited by NCFE giving you an RQF qualification recognised by all schools.
Save time
Because you’ll be studying online, there’s no need to travel to and from classes, saving you both time and money.
Highly rated
We’ve built a reputation for quality, and all of our courses regularly receive outstanding feedback from students.