Intro to Professional Practice (Children & Families)

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An introduction by Barry Cooper detailing the Postgraduate Certificate and Diploma in Professional Practice (Children & Families). These new qualifications are designed for professionally qualified childcare workers with a DipHE or higher. Applicants should also have one year's post-qualifying experience working in childcare. The qualifications offer continuous professional development through a flexible study pattern and curriculum, enabling tailoring of the course to individual needs. Subjects available include child development, safeguarding, parenting, communication, professional supervision and working with marginalised communities. Teaching and assessment is closely linked to practice enabling learning to be integrated to reflect critically on practice. This qualification is equivalent to General Social Care Council (GSCC) Higher Specialist Post Qualification awards

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Further information on childhood and youth on OpenLearn http://www.open.ac.uk/openlearn/body-mind/childhood-youth

Study for PG Diploma in Advancing Professional Practice (Children and Families) with the OU http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/qualification/e70.htm

Study for PG Certificate in Professional Practice (Children and Families) with the OU http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/qualification/K14.htm

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Education

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• Dr Barry Cooper
• postgraduate qualifications
• social work
• children and families
• childcare worker
• childcare practitioner
• healthcare practitioner
• flexible pace of study
• flexible award
• online tutor panel
• online classroom
• ou_k14
• ou_e70
• open university

[youlittleripper100]

wtf, is that tony benn?

[youlittleripper100]

Nice!