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The key person role in early years Online Course

Course Published 15 mins CPD Accredited

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Illustrative workplace context. The course outline is listed below.

Course overview

Understand the key person approach in early years settings and how to build secure attachments that support children's development. This course covers the responsibilities of the key person, strategies for building trusting relationships with children and families, and how this approach supports emotional wellbeing and smooth transitions.

The key person role in early years at a glance

The key person role in early years is a CPD accredited online course from Chefs Bay Academy, taking 15 mins to complete. The certificate is ready to download as soon as you pass.

Entry typeCourse
Provider statusPublished
Duration15 mins, self-paced
CertificateCPD Accredited, download after passing
Study and retakesAny device, unlimited retakes within your chosen access period.

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Chefs Bay Academy is run by Chefs Bay Hospitality Limited (Company No. 13588811), a UK hospitality and care staffing agency based in Merseyside. This course is included in the training bundle, with 12, 24 or 36 months of access for one person. Certificate information is listed for this course above.

What you will learn

  1. Understanding the Key Person Approach
  2. The Importance of Secure Attachments
  3. Building Relationships with Children
  4. Working in Partnership with Parents and Carers
  5. Supporting Transitions and Settling In
  6. Record Keeping and Observations as a Key Person

Who needs this course

Early years practitioners, nursery workers, childminders, and room leaders who act as key persons and need to understand how to fulfil this role effectively within EYFS or Scottish early years frameworks.

About this course

The relationship at the centre of the key person role

This course brings together secure attachments, relationships with children and partnership with parents and carers. Settling in and transitions are included alongside the records and observations associated with the key person role.

The curriculum is aimed at nursery practitioners, childminders and room leaders who take on this responsibility. The supplied audience includes practitioners working within EYFS or Scottish early years frameworks, with the emphasis on the relationship between the child, family and practitioner.

For family engagement beyond the individual key-person relationship, explore Partnership with Parents. For attachment within wider early development, compare Child Development: Birth to 5 years.

Your certificate

Pass the assessment and your certificate is ready to download as a PDF the same day, with your name and the course title on it. Print it, email it to a manager, or attach it to a CV.

  • PDF download, same day you pass
  • CPD accredited by The CPD Certification Service
  • Retake the assessment as often as you need within your access period

These are training courses, not Ofqual-regulated qualifications. Read how our accreditation works.

Certificate of achievement

Your name

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Fulfilling the Role of the Key Person

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Your certificate, as a PDF, the same day you pass. Sample layout, your name and course are printed on it.

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  3. Complete your courses

    Work at your own pace on any device. You can pause and return within your chosen access period.

  4. Download your certificate

    Pass the end-of-course assessment, then download your course completion certificate.

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