Childcare Apprentice

Summary

Little Leapers Limited are offering the chance for a candidate to take part in a Childcare Apprenticeship (Level 3). The successful candidate will be working as part of a team to ensure the essential day to day tasks are completed in line with policies and procedures and legislation from governing bodies.

Annual wage: £14,500 a year
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Training course: Early years educator (level 3)
Hours: Shifts will be rotated on a 3 week basis, being either early, middle of the day (i.e. 9am to 5:30pm) or lates. 8 hours working per day. 1 of the 5 days will be spent ‘off the job’ either in classroom/ workshops/ shadowing/ writing assessments etc.
40 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 6 January
Duration: 1 year 6 months
Positions available: 3

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

Deliver the highest care and education standards and ensure secure knowledge and understanding of Policies and Procedures and child development and knowledge of EYFS and Canopy curriculum and regulatory standards.
Ensuring internal policies and procedures and legislation from governing bodies are adhered to and demonstrate your knowledge through high standards of practice.
Deliver and support the Canopy curriculum to ensure a child-centred approach to operating all aspects of the nursery, and support the observation and planning process to meet the needs of all children in line with the Quality Assurance Framework.
Demonstrate effective written and verbal communication with all stakeholders of the nursery and wider Canopy community including parent professionals and colleagues.
Ensure Keeping health and safety policies and procedures and continuously and demonstrate behaviours that underpin a high performing safety culture.
Working as part of the team to ensure all essential day to day tasks are completed in line with the demands of the area you are working within i.e... Hygiene standards and room preparation.
Understand the referral processes when necessary to engage with professionals to support a child referral.
Attend staff meetings and training to ensure a continuation of personal and professional development to ensure your knowledge and skills are up to date, full, and relevant to the role of Nursery Practitioner.

Where you’ll work

West Riding

Bricket Wood

St Albans

AL2 3QR

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

HERTFORD REGIONAL COLLEGE

Your training course

Early years educator (level 3)

Equal to A level

Course contents

Recognise when a child or a colleague is in danger or at risk of abuse and act to protect them in line with safeguarding policy and procedure.
Apply legislation, policy and procedure to protect the health, safety and wellbeing of children in the setting (for example, food safety, diets, starting solid food, allergies, COSHH, and accidents, injuries, and emergencies).
Apply the principles of risk assessment and risk management within documentation and practice.
Teach children to develop skills to manage risk and maintain their own and others safety.
Use a range of communication methods, including technology, with other professionals to meet the individual needs of the child.
Develop and maintain effective professional, collaborative relationships with others involved in the education and care of the child.
Undertake the role and responsibilities of key person.
Recognise and apply theories of attachment to develop effective relationships with children.
Provide sensitive and respectful personal care for children from birth to 5 years.
Advocate for all children’s needs, including children which require SEND or EAL support.
Promote and facilitate children’s interpersonal communication to develop their social interactions and relationships.
Support children to develop a positive sense of their own identity and culture.
Support children to understand and respond to their emotions and make considered choices about their behaviours.
Assess the responsiveness of the environment for effective child-centred experiences in line with curriculum requirements.
Create inclusive, child-centred, dynamic, innovative, and evolving physical environments both indoors and outdoors.
Create inclusive and supportive emotional environment that enables the child to feel safe, secure, respected and experience a sense of wellbeing; maintaining and prioritising the individual child’s voice.
Apply strategies that support children’s ability to manage change, transition, and significant events.
Analyse observation evidence to assess and plan holistic individual learning based on a comprehensive understanding of the child’s needs and interests.
Facilitate and support child-centred opportunities and experiences based on the setting's curriculum and pedagogy.
Provide adult led opportunities and experience based on the setting's curriculum and pedagogy.
Use reflection to develop themselves both professionally and personally.
Recognise when a child or a colleague is in danger or at risk of abuse and act to protect them in line with safeguarding policy and procedure.
Apply legislation, policy and procedure to protect the health, safety and wellbeing of children in the setting (for example, food safety, diets, starting solid food, allergies, COSHH, and accidents, injuries, and emergencies).
Apply the principles of risk assessment and risk management within documentation and practice.
Teach children to develop skills to manage risk and maintain their own and others safety.
Use a range of communication methods, including technology, with other professionals to meet the individual needs of the child.
Develop and maintain effective professional, collaborative relationships with others involved in the education and care of the child.
Undertake the role and responsibilities of key person.
Recognise and apply theories of attachment to develop effective relationships with children.
Provide sensitive and respectful personal care for children from birth to 5 years.
Advocate for all children’s needs, including children which require SEND or EAL support.
Promote and facilitate children’s interpersonal communication to develop their social interactions and relationships.
Support children to develop a positive sense of their own identity and culture.
Support children to understand and respond to their emotions and make considered choices about their behaviours.
Assess the responsiveness of the environment for effective child-centred experiences in line with curriculum requirements.
Create inclusive, child-centred, dynamic, innovative, and evolving physical environments both indoors and outdoors.
Create inclusive and supportive emotional environment that enables the child to feel safe, secure, respected and experience a sense of wellbeing; maintaining and prioritising the individual child’s voice.
Apply strategies that support children’s ability to manage change, transition, and significant events.
Analyse observation evidence to assess and plan holistic individual learning based on a comprehensive understanding of the child’s needs and interests.
Facilitate and support child-centred opportunities and experiences based on the setting's curriculum and pedagogy.
Provide adult led opportunities and experience based on the setting's curriculum and pedagogy.
Use reflection to develop themselves both professionally and personally.

Your training plan

Working towards completing Level 3 Early years Educator Apprenticeship Standard
Work based learning with ad hoc attendance at Hertford Regional College for workshops
The Training schedule has yet to be agreed upon. Details will be made available at a later date

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

English (grade A*-C (9-4))
Maths (grade A*-C (9-4))

Desirable qualifications

NVQ or SVQ Level 2 or equivalent in:

Childcare (grade Pass)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Communication skills
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Team working
Creative
Patience
Reliable
Can do attitude

Other requirements

Early shifts will begin at 7.30am and lates ending at 6.30pm.

About this company

Following an extensive refurbishment programme, we opened our doors to our first cohort of babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers on 5th June 2023. Our day nursery has space for 83 children. Our L shaped, single storey building has windows on both sides, filling the 3 large rooms with light, as well as double doors to the rear, giving each room its own access to the extensive gardens. The natural environment extends inside the nursery as plants and natural resources abound to maintain the fresh, calm atmosphere of a wooded glade.

https://canopynurseries.co.uk/st-albans/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

There will be opportunities for progression and a permanent position subject to performance

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

HERTFORD REGIONAL COLLEGE

The Apprenticeship Team

apprenticeship@hrc.ac.uk

01992411572

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000251362.

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