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The SSSC has defined three categories of day care of children service workers. Which of these best describes your current role?
Lead Practitioner / Manager
Managers/lead practitioners in day care of children services are defined as workers who hold responsibilities for the overall development, management and quality assurance of service provision including the supervision of staff and the management of resources.
The term ‘manager’ shall be taken to include ‘lead practitioner’ as the responsibilities for both positions are the same.
Practitioner
Practitioners in day care of children services are defined as workers who identify and meet the care, support and learning needs of children and contribute to the development and quality assurance of informal learning activities and/or curriculum. They may also be responsible for the supervision of other workers.
Support Worker
Support workers are defined as workers who have delegated responsibility for providing care and support to children. |
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| Do I need a qualification to register with the SSSC?
To register, a worker must satisfy the criteria for registration. This includes holding the appropriate qualifications for the job they do. Applicants to the Register who do not hold the required qualifications may, if they meet all the other eligibility criteria such as evidence of good character, be granted registration subject to the condition that they achieve the required qualification within a specific period of time - normally within the first three years of their registration. |
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The current qualifications for registration with SSSC as an early years and childcare worker are: |
Support Worker
- NC Early Education and Child Care
- SVQ Level 2 Child Care Learning and Development
- SVQ Level 2 Playwork
Practitioner
- HNC Early Education and Child Care
- SVQ Level 3 Children's Care Learning and Development
- SVQ Level 3 Playwork
- SNNEB
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Lead Practitioner / Manager
- BA Childhood Practice (Upon entry to this award, you will be expected to hold a recognised practitioner qualification)
- Postgraduate Diploma Childhood Practice
- SVQ Level 4 in Child Care Learning and Development or Playwork
- HNC Early Education and Childcare + PDA Childhood Practice
If you qualified some time ago you may have one of the qualifications which are also accepted for registration. These are listed here |
| Do you have one of these qualifications? |
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