Category: Childcare and Early Years
Level 5
Early Years Lead Practitioner
Apprenticeship
Working directly with children, skilfully leading day to day practice.
Key apprenticeship information
Title of embedded diploma/qualification:
Early Years Lead Practitioner – Level 5 Standard
Additional Functional Skills:
Level 2 English and maths
Awarding Organisation:
Training Qualifications UK
Qualification duration:
18 months and 12 weeks End Point Assessment
Who is suitable:
Influential practitioners, working directly with children
Non-levy employer contribution (5%) - £400 Levy paying employer contribution - £8000
Funding value and cost:
About your course
The Level 5 Early Years Lead Practitioner (EYLP) apprenticeship is ideal for proactive, influential practitioners, working directly with children. These highly skilled professionals take an operational lead for the care, learning, and development of all young children within their care and lead and support the practice of others. It is an excellent progression route for practitioners who hold a level 2 or level 3 qualification in Early Years; this course will progress and enhance your practice and knowledge.
Typical job titles include: Assistant manager, Baby room leader, Deputy manager, Early years coordinator, Early years foundation stage lead, Coordinator Early years officer, Early years practitioner, Early years support worker, Education welfare officer, Health play specialist, Higher level teaching and learning assistant, Hospital play worker, Key worker, Lead practitioner, Nursery officer, Pastoral assistant, Pastoral care manager, Pre-school leader, Senior key worker, Senior practitioner, Specialist practitioner in child development (health) and community nursery nurse
The Early Years Lead Practitioner programme will develop your knowledge, skills, and behaviours to be proactive and influential, skilfully leading day-to-day practice at an operational level. The course will promote the health and well-being of all children, participating in and leading daily routines, whilst ensuring compliance with legislation, policies, and strategies at national, local, and setting-based level. You will be an active and effective key worker, advocating on behalf of the children as well as disseminating best practice and demonstrating leaderful practice.
What you will learn
As part of the Early Years Lead Practitioner apprenticeship, you will learn to engage with sector developments both locally and nationally, with a commitment to developing your own professional and educational competencies. You will learn to interact with children aged from newborn to eight years, families, practitioners, other professionals, and appropriate agencies.
In this occupation, you will be responsible for supporting the quality of learning and development in the setting. You will learn to lead on the operational aspects of this provision and will typically be responsible for leading the practice of other practitioners on aspects or environment such as; Communication and Language, Planning and Assessment, SENCO, Forest School, Physical Activity, and Nutrition.
How will your qualification be delivered
Our sector expert staff will support you to achieve the apprenticeship. We have highly skilled and knowledgeable staff with significant experience of working in the industry who will be able to share their experiences and support you. All learning is either on a 1-2-1 basis or small group webinars so you have the best experience possible with Phoenix 4 Training. You will have an eportfolio to gather and store all your evidence to support your apprenticeship.
End Point Assessment
There will be an external assessment at the end of the programme once the apprentice has achieved the ‘gateway’ requirements. The end-point assessment (EPA) for the Level 5 Early Years Lead Practitioner apprenticeship includes:
Observation with questioning
Professional discussion with underpinning portfolio of evidence
Case study with report and presentation and questioning
The end-point assessment must be completed over a maximum total assessment time of two days, within an EPA period lasting typically for three months after the apprentice has met the EPA gateway requirements.
What you can do next
Having successfully completed this qualification, learners will have the opportunity to progress to the following: