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- You register with an approved centre. That is a college, training provider or employer ProQual Awarding Body has approved to offer this qualification. Zavmo is not an approved centre, so you register with them, not with us.
- The centre assesses, and ProQual Awarding Body awards. A qualified assessor at the centre judges your evidence, and the certificate comes from ProQual Awarding Body.
The Level 4 Diploma in Advanced Childcare Practice and Management aims to provide practitioners in the childcare workforce the opportunity to upskill and develop management skills for taking on new roles and responsibilities.
These are the units ProQual Awarding Body registers against this qualification. It is a catalogue, not a syllabus. Which of them you take depends on the combination the qualification requires, and that is set by the awarding body rather than by us. Every unit here is regulated. Zavmo teaches towards them on your own work, and work done here is recognised as prior learning under the agreements we hold.
Zavmo is not an awarding body, is not an approved centre, and is not affiliated with ProQual Awarding Body. It does the teaching and the mapping. ProQual Awarding Body sets this qualification and awards it, and a qualified human assessor makes the assessment decision.
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What each unit actually teaches you to do
Care of Two Year Olds Real unit · ProQual Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Understand 2 year funding criteria and the application process.
- Carry out a 2 year old assessment check.
- Understand the developing 2 year old.
- Provide quality care for 2 year olds.
Care of two year olds Real unit · ProQual Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the eligibility criteria for 2-year-old funding in the UK.
- Understand the application process for accessing 2-year-old funding.
- Carry out a 2-year-old assessment check, following relevant guidelines and procedures.
- Understand the key developmental milestones typically achieved by 2-year-olds.
- Understand the individual needs and characteristics of developing 2-year-olds.
- Provide high-quality care that meets the developmental needs of 2-year-olds.
- Create a stimulating and supportive environment for 2-year-olds.
Carrying Out a Research Project Real unit · ProQual Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the elements to be used in a research project.
- Choose a topic for research.
- Complete a research project.
Carrying out a research project Real unit · ProQual Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the key elements that should be included in a research project, including planning, methodology, and ethical considerations
- Choose a suitable and relevant topic for a research project, considering feasibility and scope
- Complete a research project, adhering to ethical guidelines and appropriate research methodologies
Leadership, Management and Supervision Real unit · ProQual Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Understand different styles/theories of leadership and management.
- Understand effective team performance.
- Understand the purpose of professional supervision.
Leadership, management and supervision Real unit · ProQual Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Understand different styles and theories of leadership and management, and their application in a professional setting
- Understand the factors that contribute to effective team performance, including communication, collaboration, and shared goals
- Understand the purpose and benefits of professional supervision, including its role in supporting professional development and ensuring quality practice
Legal Requirements/Legislation in Childcare Real unit · ProQual Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the current legislative framework for Health and Safety within a childcare setting.
- Understand the current legislative framework relating to Equality within a childcare setting.
- Understand the current legislative framework relating to Inclusion within a childcare setting.
- Understand the current legislative framework relating to Diversity within a childcare setting.
- Understand the current legislative framework relating to The Welfare Requirements within a childcare setting.
- Understand the current legislative framework relating to Employment Rights within a childcare setting.
- Understand responsibilities relating to Looked After Children.
- Understand procedures relating to Looked After Children.
- Understand how to prepare for an Ofsted Inspection.
- Understand work place policies.
- Understand work place procedures.
- Understand how information gathered is used to monitor the work setting’s practice.
Legal Requirements/Legislation in Childcare Real unit · ProQual Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the current legislative framework for Health and Safety, Equality, Inclusion, Diversity, The Welfare Requirements and Employment Rights.
- Understand responsibilities and procedures relating to Looked After Children.
- Understand how to prepare for an Ofsted Inspection.
- Understand workplace policies and procedures.
- Understand how information gathered is used to monitor the work setting’s practice.
Longitudinal Studies Real unit · ProQual Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the purpose of a longitudinal study.
- Carry out a longitudinal study over a period of six months using observations.
- Critically evaluate the outcomes of a longitudinal study.
Longitudinal Studies Real unit · ProQual Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the purpose and benefits of conducting a longitudinal study in a relevant context
- Carry out a longitudinal study over a period of six months, using observations to assess and plan for a child’s developmental needs in line with relevant current frameworks and best practice
- Critically evaluate the outcomes of a longitudinal study, identifying strengths, limitations, and implications for practice
Play for Out of School/Holiday Provision Real unit · ProQual Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the role and value of play.
- Understand and plan for different types of play.
- Understand the importance of online safety.
- Understand types of bullying, effects of bullying, and support available.
- Support communication and develop relationships.
Play for out of school/holiday provision Real unit · ProQual Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the role of play in out of school/holiday provision.
- Understand the value of play in out of school/holiday provision.
- Understand different types of play.
- Understand how to plan for different types of play.
- Understand the importance of online safety for children in out of school/holiday provision.
- Understand different types of bullying.
- Understand the effects of bullying on children.
- Understand the support available for children experiencing bullying.
- Support communication with children in out of school/holiday provision.
- Develop relationships with children in out of school/holiday provision.
Reflecting, Reviewing and Evaluating Own Practice Real unit · ProQual Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Understand what professional development is.
- Reflect on their own practice.
- Use reflective practice to plan professional development.
- Improve practice through reflection and professional development.
Reflecting, reviewing and evaluating own practice Real unit · ProQual Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the meaning and importance of professional development in early years settings.
- Reflect on their own practice in an objective and constructive manner.
- Use reflective practice to identify areas for professional development.
- Plan professional development activities based on reflective practice.
- Improve their practice through engagement in reflection and professional development activities.
- Evaluate the impact of professional development on their own practice.
Study Skills Real unit · ProQual Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to complete research for a specific topic/subject and present findings in an appropriate format.
- Understand how to edit a piece of work to fit an assignment brief.
- Understand how to prepare and present a report.
Study Skills Real unit · ProQual Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to complete research for a specific topic or subject.
- Understand how to present research findings in an appropriate format.
- Understand how to edit a piece of work to fit an assignment brief.
- Understand how to prepare a report.
- Understand how to present a report.
Support Programmes that Promote Children’s Development Real unit · ProQual Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Understand different observation methods.
- Complete and support developmental assessment of children and provision including activities and resources in the work setting.
- Develop and implement programmes that support children’s development including children requiring additional support.
- Evaluate programmes and provision that support children’s development including children requiring additional support.
Support programmes that promote children's development Real unit · ProQual Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Understand different observation methods used in early years settings.
- Complete developmental assessments of children accurately and comprehensively.
- Support the developmental assessment process within the work setting.
- Provide activities and resources that support children's development in the work setting.
- Develop programmes that support children’s development, taking into account individual needs.
- Implement programmes that support children’s development, including those requiring additional support.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of programmes designed to support children’s development.
- Evaluate the suitability of provision that supports children’s development, including children requiring additional support.
Understanding Child Development and How Children Learn Real unit · ProQual Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the expected pattern of child development across different age ranges.
- Understand the various factors that can have a positive or negative impact on a child's development.
- Understand different theories of child development and their key principles.
- Understand different theoretical perspectives on children’s development.
- Understand how theories and perspectives of child development influence current practice in early years settings.
- Understand the potential effects of transitions on children’s development, such as starting nursery or moving house.
- Understand the potential effects of significant events on children’s development, such as bereavement or parental separation.
Understanding Child Development and How Children Learn Real unit · ProQual Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the expected pattern of development and the factors that can have an impact on this pattern.
- Understand theories of development and theoretical perspectives of children’s development and how they influence current practice.
- Understand the possible effects transitions and significant events can have on children’s development.
Working in Partnership Real unit · ProQual Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Understand partnership working.
- Deal with conflict when working in partnership.
- Understand multi-agency working.
Working in partnership Real unit · ProQual Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the fundamental principles of partnership working within relevant contexts
- Effectively deal with conflict situations that may arise when working in partnership with others
- Understand the principles and practices of multi-agency working and collaboration
Working with Babies 0-18 Months Real unit · ProQual Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Understand development from birth to 18 months.
- Understand feeding and care of skin and teeth of babies 0-18 months.
- Understand illness and common ailments of babies 0-18 months.
- Lead and support play opportunities for babies 0-18 months.
- Work with parents/carers encouraging them to take an active role in their baby’s learning and development.
Working with babies 0-18 months Real unit · ProQual Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the typical stages of development from birth to 18 months.
- Understand factors that can influence development from birth to 18 months.
- Understand best practice in feeding babies aged 0-18 months.
- Understand best practice in caring for the skin of babies aged 0-18 months.
- Understand best practice in caring for the teeth of babies aged 0-18 months.
- Understand common illnesses and ailments affecting babies aged 0-18 months.
- Lead play opportunities suitable for babies aged 0-18 months.
- Support play opportunities suitable for babies aged 0-18 months.
- Work with parents/carers to encourage their active role in their baby’s learning.
- Work with parents/carers to encourage their active role in their baby’s development.
The national standards these units are built against
What the job actually needs, in the words employers and awarding bodies already use for the work itself.
- Standard
Obtain approval for selected research and development activities
- Standard
Reflect on and update own knowledge and practice
The credits, and who awards them
Level 4 credits are regulated, and they are awarded by ProQual Awarding Body rather than by Zavmo. They don’t vanish when a subscription ends or a website closes. They travel to any employer, and Zavmo keeps the map of what you have covered and what is next.
What you would be collecting
Care of Two Year OldsCare of two year oldsCarrying Out a Research ProjectCarrying out a research projectLeadership, Management and SupervisionLeadership, management and supervisionLegal Requirements/Legislation in ChildcareLegal Requirements/Legislation in Childcare
Each one is a real unit registered against this qualification.
How you’d practise it
You don’t watch this. You do it.
You are not assessed on remembering this. You are assessed on applying it, analysing it, evaluating it and producing something. So that is what the practice is: projects, role play and your own live cases, with a tutor in the room.
The Navigator · your what-if tutor Illustration - Bring your own plan Create
For “Carrying Out a Research Project” you bring the plan you are actually working on, not a case study. Zavmo pulls on the assumptions in it until the weak one shows.
- Map a live decision Analyse
“Carrying out a research project” runs on a decision you are facing now. Zavmo maps it with you and shows what the second-order effect looks like before you find out the slow way.
- Lead it Apply
“Leadership, Management and Supervision” is practised on the team you actually have. You talk through the call you are about to make, and Zavmo makes you say it the way you would say it to them.
How you would learn this
One to one, on the work you already do
A tutor sets the task against your own job and marks the reasoning, at your pace. There is no cohort to fall behind.
A lesson from Care of Two Year Olds, one of this qualification's own units.
Applied to your own work
To develop the knowledge, understanding and skills to care for two year olds.
- 1 Remember
- 2 Understand
- 3 Apply
- 4 Analyse
- 5 Evaluate
- 6 Create
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Built for ProQual Level 4 Diploma in Advanced Childcare Practice and Management
13 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by ProQual Awarding Body.
- Care of two year olds
- Carrying out a research project
- Leadership, management and supervision
- Legal Requirements/Legislation in Childcare
- Longitudinal Studies
- Play for out of school/holiday provision
and 7 more in the full unit list below.
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