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Level 5 Residential Childcare Leadership Course Online – The Childcare Company

Cost£2,568.00
Duration12 months
LevelLevel 5
DeliveryOnline
StartFlexible
Awarding bodyTraining Qualifications UK awarding body
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About this course

Level 5 Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare Course. Study online, at your own pace, over 12 months. This leadership and management for residential childcare qualification is designed for deputy managers and managers working in residential childcare settings. You'll develop the skills, knowledge and behaviours needed to manage others and support children, young people and families toward positive outcomes. The course fits around your existing job role; you'll need to be working in a relevant position to complete the programme.

Who this course is for

This level 5 training programme develops the skills, knowledge and behaviours required to manage others in working with children, young people and families to achieve positive outcomes and sustainable change in their everyday lives.

It is suitable for deputy managers and managers in a residential childcare setting.

Entry requirements

You must be able to commit to the full length of the programme, and be able to meet the programme modules through your job role.

What you will learn

  • You'll develop skills to manage and lead a team in a residential childcare setting.
  • You'll learn how to support children, young people and families to achieve positive outcomes.
  • You'll build knowledge of safeguarding responsibilities at a management level.
  • You'll understand how to drive sustainable change in residential childcare practice.
  • You'll learn how to manage performance, wellbeing and professional development of staff.
  • You'll develop understanding of legislation, policy and regulatory frameworks relevant to residential childcare.

How you will learn

You study online and complete the programme through your job role. Assessment is work-based, meaning you demonstrate your skills and knowledge through your day-to-day responsibilities as a manager or deputy manager in a residential childcare setting. You must be able to commit to the full 12-month programme and meet the requirements of each module through your practice at work.

What you will need to bring

The Childcare Company will confirm anything you need before you start. You must be working in a deputy manager or manager role in a residential childcare setting to complete the programme.

Where next

Jobs you could do

  • Residential childcare manager: lead a home for children or young people
  • Deputy manager in residential childcare: support the registered manager day to day
  • Children's home manager: manage a regulated residential setting
  • Registered manager: take on Ofsted-registered leadership of a children's home
  • Team leader in residential childcare: supervise frontline residential care staff
  • Looked-after children's service manager: oversee care for children in local authority placements

What you could study next

  • Level 6 or Level 7 qualifications in leadership and management (such as CMI or ILM programmes) if you want to move into senior operational or strategic roles.
  • A degree or postgraduate qualification in social work if you're considering a move into qualified social work practice.
  • Registered Manager qualifications recognised by Ofsted, where required for your specific role and setting.
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