Level 4 Preparing for Leadership and Management in Children's Care, Play Learning and Development
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Who is the qualification for?
This qualification is knowledge-based and is for experienced staff who wish to develop their leadership potential in order to progress to a leadership and management role within the Childcare sector. Being knowledge based, learners can complete this qualification before they have attained a leadership role.
The qualification is suitable for:
- learners who have successfully completed the following qualifications or recognised equivalents:
- Level 2 Children’s Care, Play, Learning and Development: Practice
- Level 3 Children’s Care, Play, Learning and Development: Practice
- Level 3 Children’s Care, Play, Learning and Development: Practice and Theory
- legacy qualification listed in the Social Care Wales – Qualifications Framework for Social Care and Regulated Childcare in Wales
The Level 4 Preparing for Leadership and Management in Children’s Care, Play, Learning and Development qualification consists of the following three units:
- Leading child-centred practice
- Theoretical frameworks for leadership and management
- Understand how to lead and manage effective team performance
To achieve the Level 4 Preparing for Leadership and Management in Children’s Care, Play, Learning and Development qualification learners must achieve 60 credits in total. All units in this qualification are mandatory.
The Level 4 Preparing for Leadership and Management in Children’s Care, Play, Learning and Development qualification is assessed through a combination of internal and external assessment.
For the external assessment learners must successfully complete:
- A project that contains a series of tasks based around a proposed change to practice
For the internal assessment learners must successfully complete:
- A series of tasks, involving both oral and written responses
The Level 4 Preparing for Leadership and Management in Children’s Care, Play, Learning and Development provides the knowledge to help managers take their first step into a leadership role, and for progression on to:
- Level 4 Professional Practice in Children’s Care, Play, Learning and Development with Specialism
- Level 5 Leadership and Management of Children’s Care, Play, Learning and Development: Practice providing the learner is in a suitable job role
Opportunities for further study and professional training are being explored with universities across Wales.
Contact us
Learners/New Centres
hclw.customer@cityandguilds.com
01924 930801
Existing Centres
hclw.customer@cityandguilds.com
01924 930800
Getting Started with Pro
As part of the Level 4 and 5 Health and Social Care and Childcare qualifications, all learners will need to complete an External Assessment and in order to do this, learners will need to be registered on the Pro platform, as opposed to Walled Garden. We have developed a video ’Getting started with Pro’ to advise you how to create users in the Pro platform, as well as how to register learners for these qualifications.
Further support materials are available in Pro under the Welsh Qualifications tab and if you have any further questions on this, please email: hclw.customer@cityandguilds.com’.
Head to our Training and Events page for the latest information on Professional Development events and learning opportunities for this qualification.
| Event | Link |
|---|---|
| Level 4 Children’s Care, Play, Learning and Development Professional Practice - Centre Readiness | Click here to view |
| Webinar: Winter Network: Level 4 and Level 5 Qualification Suite | Click here to view |
| Presentation PDF: Winter Network: Level 4 and 5 Qualification Suite | Click here to view |
Getting Started with Pro
As part of the Level 4 and 5 Health and Social Care and Childcare qualifications, all learners will need to complete an External Assessment and in order to do this, learners will need to be registered on the Pro platform, as opposed to Walled Garden. We have developed a video ’Getting started with Pro’ to advise you how to create users in the Pro platform, as well as how to register learners for these qualifications.
Further support materials are available in Pro under the Welsh Qualifications tab and if you have any further questions on this, please email: hclw.customer@cityandguilds.com’.