This course is fully funded by the Department for the Economy, under the Skill Up Programme. This course is a part of a suite of free online accredited courses that the College is offering to upskill, retrain and gain a qualification with no costs associated.

The OCN NI Level 3 Award in Infant and Child Mental Health and its Impact on Social and Emotional Development qualification has been designed to enable the learner to understand the factors that affect infant mental health and development. Learners will also understand how to evaluate strategies and activities that support a child’s social and emotional development.

The objectives of the qualification are to enable learners to understand:

• social and emotional development in infants from 0-3 years
• how mental health and other factors may affect a child’s social and emotional development
• how to support a child’s social and emotional development
• how to use everyday care routines and activities to support independence, health, safety and well-being
• how to support children through life transitions
• how to evaluate strategies and activities that support a child’s social and emotional development

The OCN NI Level 3 Award in Infant and Child Mental Health and its Impact on Social and Emotional Development will allow learners to progress to other qualifications in the areas of learning and development/early years

• You must be at least 18 years of age.
• You must be a resident of Northern Ireland and eligible to work in the UK.
• You will be required to have sufficient literacy and numeracy skills to enable them to successfully complete the qualification.