Caring for Vulnerable Children

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Free Online Course: Caring for Vulnerable Children provided by FutureLearn is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 6 weeks long, 4 hours a week. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from FutureLearn. Caring for Vulnerable Children is taught by Graham McPheat.

Overview
  • Explore childcare approaches for vulnerable children

    Public sector cuts have made the task of caring for vulnerable children more challenging than ever.

    On this course, aspiring or in childcare careers will better understand the characteristics of different childcare approaches and possible interventions.

    You’ll explore definitions of risk and vulnerability, good enough parenting, child development, and fostering meaningful relationships and attachments, examining these issues in the real-life context of budget cuts and increasing child poverty

    This online childcare course will be suitable if you:

    • Have no direct experience of the childcare field, but want to develop your career towards it
    • Have recently began a childcare career and have little experience
    • Have some experience and are interested in developing your qualifications further
    • Find it difficult to access childcare courses for training and development