Nursery Practitioner Apprentice

Summary

You will work as part of the nursery team under the direction of the Management team to provide safe, high quality education and care for young children. You will also take on a Level 3 Early Years Apprenticeship qualification as part of your position at AB Day Nursery.

Annual wage: £9,216 a year
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Training course: Early years educator (level 3)
Hours: Monday to Friday, shifts to be confirmed.
16 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 30 September
Duration: 1 Year 11 Months
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

To provide high quality care and learning experiences.
To provide a safe environment.
To ensure that children reach their full potential.
To Support the team in order to provide an enabling environment in which all individual children can play, learning and develop.
To continually research and reflect on practices in the industry to ensure that outstanding practice is implemented at all times.
Understanding the safeguarding and Child protection policies and procedures for the setting and local authority procedures

Where you’ll work

21 Station Road

Swanley

BR8 8ES

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

QUEST TRAINING SOUTH EAST LTD

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

Early Years Educator Level 3 Standard
Functitional skills (if required)
All training is worked based (no college days)

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 4)
Maths (grade 4)

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
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Problem solving skills
Logical
Team working
Creative
Initiative
Non judgemental
Patience

About this company

At AB Childcare, friendly, experienced and certified staff form the backbone of our service. We believe that only capable hands can provide superior childcare that is necessary for rounded child development. We thus take pride in the rigorous, high quality initial and ongoing training of our staff at all levels. From training in child development to technology-mediated childhood education, and from first aid to food hygiene, our team is constantly updating its skill sets and proficiencies.

After this apprenticeship

Potential job opportunities or progression onto a higher level apprenticeship.

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