studying individual children and 350 hours' placement in a minimum of
one setting. Gabriella Jozwiak gives us the low-down.
Specialist awarding body CACHE (the Council for Awards in Care, Health and Education) aims to ensure that all students gain a rounded qualification that equips them with everything they need. So, all of the units within its Level 3 Diploma for the Early Years Workforce, Early Years Educator (EYE) are compulsory.
This is a different type of qualification from that offered by Pearson ('An eye for a specialism', 8-21 September), whose students can choose to specialise in a number of areas, including Steiner and Montessori practices.
CACHE's work-based Level 3 Diploma is one of three EYE qualifications offered by the awarding body - its other two are college-based. CACHE would not reveal how many centres deliver the work-based course and is yet to receive information about current take-up. But CACHE senior subject specialist Janet King did state the body had sold 'several thousand' handbooks.
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