City & Guilds Level 2 Children’s Care, Play, Learning and Development: Practice

The qualification is practice based and assesses learners’ knowledge and competence to practice in employment.

This qualification is primarily for those working in regulated childcare settings with families and children under the age of 8 and NHS children’s services for those working with families and children aged 0-19. It is designed for learners in work based learning.

The qualification will assess learners’ knowledge and practice through their work and will be able to demonstrate that they:
• understand, and apply in practice, the principles and values which underpin children’s care, play, learning and development
• understand, and apply in practice, child-centred approaches to care, play, learning and development
• make a positive contribution to the children’s care, play, learning and development sector through their own practice
• reflect on practice to continuously improve • understand job roles and functions within the children’s care, play, learning and development sector
• use literacy, numeracy and digital competency skills as appropriate within their role.

The qualification contains both mandatory and optional units. The mandatory units provide the essential knowledge, understanding and skills needed to be able to respond to the needs of children up to the age of 8yrs. The optional units enable the learner to focus their learning and skills to develop on key areas of interest relating to the children’s needs, including language immersion and positive approaches to behavioural support. A range of healthcare units have been included to reflect the complex needs of some children who are accessing community based services.