Introduction to Childcare

This course is to help prepare you for the workplace or for a higher level course. The course is adapted for different positions in the workplace, for example: childcare, classroom assistant, care, retail, hospitality or business administration.

• Improve your workplace Welsh and English literacy skills through varied and interesting activities focussing on developing spelling, grammar, speaking and listening, and writing skills.
• Brush up on numeracy looking at ‘The four rules of number’ - addition, subtraction, division and multiplication. Further developing these skills by applying them to be used in Spreadsheets and other workplace tasks/scenarios.
• Develop your existing IT skills using Email and Internet for the workplace. Exploring useful applications and tools. Making use of the Office Suite (Word processing, Presentations, Spreadsheets and Publishing). How to manage files and folders.
• Build your confidence to work as part of a team and speak in small groups (team meetings)through discussions and debate.

You will work on a career action plan to map out your learning or career goals into manageable chunks. You will receive support and guidance to complete applications for further training or employment.