The Childcare Training - Early Learning and Childcare Apprenticeships and QCF's are for people who want to work with children. By completing an Intermediate Level Apprenticeship you can become an: Early Years Worker/Assistant, Care Worker/Assistant, Assistant Youth Support & Community Worker. If you complete an Advanced Level Apprenticeship you can become a: Nursery Worker/Supervisor, Child-minder, Nursery Nurse, Nursery Teaching Assistant. This Apprenticeship is for people who work with children – from birth onward (and their families) in settings or services whose main purpose is children’s care, learning and development. Workers in this area make sure children are looked after, kept active, happy and nourished. They also help children develop social and practical skills. This Apprenticeship gives people a fulfilling opportunity to work with children and young people while also gaining an understanding into the ‘how's’ and ‘whys’ of their development. Equally, it ensures candidates put childcare theory into practice.

1. QCFs or
Apprenticeships in:
Early Learning &
Childcare

2. Qualifications for those in
Early Learning & Childcare Settings
• Intermediate Apprenticeship:
Level 2 Certificate for Children &
Young People’s Workforce.
• Advanced Apprenticeship: Level 3
Diploma for Children & Young
People’s Workforce (Early
Learning & Childcare Pathway).

3. What is the right level?
Intermediate Level Apprenticeship:
• Early Years Worker/Assistant
• Care Worker/Assistant
• Assistant Youth Support & Community
Worker
Advanced Level Apprenticeship:
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Nursery Worker/Supervisor
Child-minder
Nursery Nurse
Nursery Teaching Assistant

4. How does it work?
This Apprenticeship is for people who work with children – from
birth onward (and their families) in settings or services whose main
purpose is children’s care, learning and development.
Workers in this area make sure children are looked after, kept
active, happy and nourished. They also help children develop social
and practical skills.
This Apprenticeship gives people a fulfilling opportunity to work
with children and young people while also gaining an
understanding into the ‘how's’ and ‘whys’ of their development.
Equally, it ensures candidates put childcare theory into practice

5. Who is it for?
As an Apprentice, the exact nature of your job role will depend on
your employer.
The Intermediate Level Apprenticeship
Is for those working under supervision such as a nursery assistant
or playgroup assistant working with children under five.
The Advanced Level Apprenticeship
Is for those who work on their own initiative, planning and
organising their own work and/or supervising others, for example, a
nursery nurse, playgroup leader or a child-minder working in their
own home.

6. Where can you go from here?
After successful completion of this Apprenticeship there is good
scope for progression. You may move up through the levels of
work, for example, from nursery assistant to nursery manager. There
are also opportunities to undertake further training or assessment.

7. For More Information
Please contact:
info@pathwaygroup.co.uk
Or Call on: 0121 707 0550