L5 Apprentice -Early Years Practitioner

Summary

Are you passionate about working with nursery aged children? Are you excited about leading, supporting, motivating and guiding children in their play? Are you confident in developing language rich play experiences that reflect the children’s interests?

Annual wage: £12,480 to £22,308 a year
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Training course: Early years lead practitioner (level 5)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, 38 weeks a year ( Term Time working only )
37 hours a week
Possible start date: Wednesday 20 November
Duration: 2 Years
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

Act in accordance with OurBD4 policies, procedures and protocols
To work as part of a team under the direction of the Nursery Manager /Deputy Nursery Manager.
Notify the Nursery Manager / Designated Safeguarding Lead of any safeguarding concerns regarding parents, children, staff, volunteers and students
Provide a safe and stimulating environment in which each individual child can play, develop and learn
Ensuring that children, parents and the staff team work together to provide high quality childcare.
To be a keyperson for a group of children and plan activities that meet the children’s needs

To communicate effectively with all members of staff and to be professional at all times.
Work within the margin of confidentiality respecting information pertaining to children, parents and staff.
Manage your own time effectively to compete tasks by prioritising workload
To contribute and participate in development of new ideas.
To keep up to date on all current childcare issues and legislation.
Take overall responsibility for the safety and wellbeing of the children, ensuring that their needs are met.
To ensure the nursery is fully equipped with basic and essential resources.
To take part in regular staff meetings, parents evenings and community events.
To maintain children’s records to a high standard due to confidentiality.
To observe children through play to identify their individual needs.
To ensure parents are fully happy about the nursery and that new parents are welcomed appropriately giving due regard to their concerns and questions.
Be professional and polite in all verbal and non-verbal interactions with staff, parents, and children at all times.
To observe children’s interests in order to implement ‘in the moment planning’
To help set up the nursery ready for daily activities and help tidy away at the end of session.
To support children’s learning, whilst offering an appropriate level of support and stimulation
To attend in house and external training courses as required.
To assist in observations of children and record keeping of their work.
To comply with The Life Nursery policies and procedures, Early Years Foundation Stage and the OFSTED framework.

Where you’ll work

102-104 BIERLEY HOUSE AVENUE

BRADFORD

BD4 6BU

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

SPRINGFIELD TRAINING LIMITED

Your training course

Early years lead practitioner (level 5)

Equal to higher national diploma (HND)

Course contents

Analyse and articulate how all children’s individual learning can be affected by their current developmental capabilities, characteristics and individual circumstances taking into account all factors contributing to typical and atypical development.

Promote equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice.

Observe, assess, plan, facilitate and participate in play opportunities which include current curriculum requirements.

Ensure plans fully reflect the individual development needs and circumstances of children and actively participate in the provision of consistent care, responding quickly to the needs of the individual child.

Provide a dynamic, evolving and enabling environment that reflects the current interests, motivations, and play of individual and groups of children.

Encourage all children’s participation, ensuring a sensitive, respectful and effective balance within the adult and child dynamic to facilitate play opportunities.

Engage in effective strategies to develop and extend children's learning and thinking, including sustained shared thinking.

Support and promote children’s speech, language and communication development and determining and adapting appropriate responses and interventions.

Support children to engage in a range of learning contexts such as individual, small groups and larger groups as appropriate for their play and support confidence within social experiences.

Ensure staff are deployed effectively to suit and enhance the learning environment, prioritising the safety and wellbeing of all children.

Advocate for the child, cultivating professional partnerships with parents/carers and other professionals, presenting their understanding of the child’s journey within multidisciplinary teams to holistically support the child’s individual needs.

Demonstrate the importance of the home learning environment, developing an effective and collaborative partnership to enhance opportunities for the child.

Make use of formative and summative assessment, tracking children’s progress to plan for future learning possibilities including early interventions based on individual developmental needs.

Take responsibility for supporting the key person in articulating children's progress and planning future learning possibilities.

Use current and contemporary knowledge, research, theories and approaches to develop, enhance and articulate their own pedagogical approach and practice.

Use reflection to develop themselves both professionally and personally to enhance their practice.

Plan, carry out and guide appropriate physical care routines for individual children.

Promote, model and support children and families to develop a healthy approach to making choices relating to personal care including eating, sleeping and physical activity.

Develop, model and implement strategies to support the emotional, psychological, physical and cultural needs of all children within the setting.

Identify and act upon own responsibilities in relation to health and safety, prevention and control of infection, carrying out risk assessments and risk management processes in line with policies and procedures.

Ensure the security and confidentiality of data, records and information in line with current legislation.

Be a leaderful practitioner to support, mentor, coach, train and guide colleagues in a range of settings, providing inspiration and motivation to engage others to develop their practice.

Be confident to identify, action and competently challenge issues and undertake difficult conversations where appropriate.

Advocate for children through their child centred approach, listening to the voice of the child; ensuring children’s rights, views and wishes are heard, respected and acted upon at all times. Offer appropriate support and influence decisions in the best interests of the child.

Competently action and carry out safeguarding procedures, using their professional curiosity, knowledge, insight and understanding.

Explore and understand, challenge and question; knowing when to act to safeguard and protect children.