Early Years Educator Apprentice - Poole – Find an apprenticeship

Summary

A great opportunity has arisen for an Apprentice to join the team at Happy Days Poole and undertake their Level 3 qualification in Early Years. We are looking for someone who shares our enthusiasm for providing quality childcare, to support the learning and development of children by delivering outstanding childcare to every child.

Annual wage: £17,888 a year
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Training course: Early years educator (level 3)
Hours: 40 hours per week. Monday - Friday, shifts to be confirmed at offer stage.
40 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 30 September
Duration: 1 Year
Positions available: 1

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

Do you have the enthusiasm and passion for working in childcare, whilst gaining a DfE recognised Early Years qualification?

Are you looking for a role whereby you will be mentored and supported along the way?

Would you like to be part of our team creating a safe and stimulating environment for our children, in line with the EYFS and Happy Days ethos?

If you answered yes to the above 3 questions then you are one step closer to joining the Happy Days family..

Our teams, whether in our nurseries or our support centre SHINE, they ensure we are delivering outstanding childcare to every child in our settings everyday, this helps to make Happy Days a great place to work. By ensuring we are always recruiting, retaining and promoting a diverse mix of colleagues, who are representative of the communities within which our nurseries sits gives us the best opportunity to continue to deliver outstanding childcare.

Please find below the duties and expectations of an early years educator apprentice:

Ensure the welfare and safety of children is promoted and report safeguarding issues and concerns to the person in charge
Support the planning and delivery of purposeful play activities in line with the early years foundation stage
Work with parents, colleagues and other agencies to ensure children’s individual needs are met
Support the children to understand healthy life choices through engaging play activities
Undertake the role of the key person to help children feel safe, secure and valued
Carry out observations and use these effectively to understand the changing needs of their individual key children and plan for the interests in line with the early years foundation stage
Take an active role in seeking out continuous professional development opportunities during the apprentices programme and beyond
Communication and knowledge of child development to engage with children and support those requiring additional support
Support children who are experiencing transitions such as moving to school or birth of a sibling, using your knowledge of the children to support them
Carry out respectful care routines such as feeding, nappy changing and dental care
Take an active part in the completion of their apprenticeship, meeting deadlines set by their trainer assessor and working with the dedicated mentor to develop their knowledge, skills and behaviours
Support children’s numeracy, literacy and language through a range of play activities and opportunities
We can offer you;

Additional leave - paid Christmas closedown

20 days annual leave

Childcare Employee discount - 50% off

Flexible working - full time and part-time available

Free on-site Parking

Health & wellbeing programme

Are you:

Committed to entering a career in childcare and completing the qualifications needed to achieve this?

Able to interact with young children and have an understanding of child development?

Confident to ask for help and guidance, listen to instruction and carry out requests with regards to all aspects of the nursery?

Able to communicate with a wide range of people, including colleagues and parents?

If you are hardworking, self-disciplined in appearance and manner, have a friendly nature with a positive outlook we would like to hear from you.

Where you’ll work

Beechbank Ave,

Poole

UK

BH17 7FF

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

REALISE LEARNING AND EMPLOYMENT LIMITED

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.

Your training plan

Your full role and responsibilities will be set out by your employer. Happy Days Nursery will provide you with all of the on-the-job training you need to up-skill in your role, and your 20% off-the-job learning will be incorporated as part of your working day. You will be working towards the Level 3 Early Years Educator apprenticeship standard, which includes:

• Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours

• Level 3 Diploma for the Early Years Educator

• Level 3 Award in Paediatric First Aid or Level 3 Award in Emergency Paediatric First Aid

• Level 2 Functional Skills in maths and English (if required)

This will be delivered through Happy Days Nurseries dedicated training provider, Realise.

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

Other in:

Basic Maths (grade n/a)
Standard English (grade n/a)

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
Logical
Team working
Creative
Initiative
Non judgemental
Patience

Other requirements

DBS is required

About this company

We have over thirty years of expert experience and an ethos to support children to become strong and motivated learners for life. We pride ourselves on providing a service to enable parents to work and live their daily lives knowing their children are cherished and cared for to the highest standard by our dedicated team of professional childcare colleagues. Happy Days Nurseries and Pre-Schools offer the best quality childcare across the South West.

After this apprenticeship

Guaranteed employment at the end of qualification.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

REALISE LEARNING AND EMPLOYMENT LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000258002.

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Closes in 8 days (Friday 27 September)

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