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COURSE OVERVIEW
This qualification offers an engaging course of study and provides learners with the opportunity to specialise within an occupational area. The qualification builds on the outcomes within the Early Years Educator occupational standard and will enable learners to acquire the knowledge, skills and behaviours required to develop additional specialist competence within education and early years. Furthermore, employers will be able to access reliable evidence of a learner’;s achievement against the criteria, which are the minimum requirements for practice in a specialised role within the occupational area, as a special educational needs co-ordinator (SENCo).
This qualification aims to:
• Focus on the study of special educational needs in the early years sector
• Incorporate a key core of knowledge
• Explore the roles and responsibilities of the special educational needs co-ordinator (SENCo) in an early years setting
• Understand the strategies and techniques for supporting children and their families
• Increase knowledge of SEND codes of practice
FURTHER INFORMATION
This qualification is designed for learners who currently have careers within the early years workforce. Applicants need to hold a relevant early years qualification at level 2 or level 3.
Learners who achieve this qualification could progress to the following:
• Employment as an early years SENCo
• Further education
An internally assessed portfolio of evidence.
£250
Funding is available for those applicants that meet the eligibility criteria.