Graduates will function as highly competent self-aware School Age Childcare Leaders, capable of informing planning, supporting children and young teenagers development to assist them as they grow and flourish.

Graduates will function as highly competent self-aware School Age Childcare Leaders, capable of informing planning, supporting children and young teenagers development to assist them as they grow and flourish.

The suite of modules is designed to meet the needs of the School Age Childcare Sector. The flexible mode of delivery is tailored to provide students with the opportunity to acquire new skills and/or enhance existing skills and knowledge to improve their critically reflective professional practice, with children, parents, communities, colleagues and other relevant professionals is fundamental to achieving a competent system (Urban et al. 2017). In doing so the participants will be able to develop applied skills to bring about change and real improvements in their workplace and to address the challenges for their sector now and into the future.

The programme centres on relationships, leadership, supporting children to flourish and models of play. The programme has an applied focus, enabling participants to focus specifically on their own work context.