Apprentice Early Years Educator - Therfield Village Pre-School - SG8 9QB – Find an apprenticeship

Summary

Are you looking for a career in childcare? Therfield Pre-School are recruiting! You will be ensuring the educational, social, physical, emotional, health and welfare needs of the children are always met. During the apprenticeship you will complete an Early Years Educator level 3, having already ideally completed level 2.

Annual wage: £9,984 to £17,846.40 a year
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Training course: Early years educator (level 3)
Hours: 4 days a week from 8.30am to 4.00pm.
30 hours a week
Possible start date: Tuesday 12 November
Duration: 1 year 4 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 assist with the planning of the curriculum using the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum for guidance.
To help to set up each morning and to help tidy away at the end of the session.
To act as a key person to a small group of children, liaising closely and building an effective relationship with parents/carers and ensuring each child's needs are recognised and met.
Work in partnership with parents/carers and other family members.
To advise the Pre-school Manager of any concerns e.g. over children, parents or the safety of equipment, preserving confidentiality as necessary.
To teach children, offering an appropriate level of support and stimulating play experiences.
To ensure that children are kept safe and that you understand when to follow child protection procedures.
To support snack times within the setting, to prepare food preparation areas and snack as required, using Kitchen open and closing checks.
To actively participate at team meetings, supervisory meetings and appraisal meetings.
To attend training courses as required, including First Aid, Safeguarding children and Food Hygiene core training courses, and to take responsibility for your development, updating Continual Professional Development Records.
To keep completely confidential any information regarding the children, their families or other staff, which is acquired as part of the job.
To be aware of and adhere to all the setting’s operational policies and procedures, e.g. health and safety, fire precautions, dropping off and collection of children, food safety, cleanliness of the setting etc.
To ensure that adequate records are kept and updated regularly.
To promote the preschool to current parents and potential customers.
To undertake any other reasonable duties as directed by the Pre-school Manager, in accordance with the setting’s business plan/objectives.

This job description is not an exhaustive list of duties and the post holder will be required to undertake any other reasonable duties discussed and directed by the line manager.

Where you’ll work

FORDHAM MEMORIAL HALL

CHURCH LANE

THEFIELD

SG8 9QB

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

EDEN TRAINING SOLUTIONS 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

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

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

Early Years Practitioner (grade 2)
English (grade C or 4+)
Maths (grade C or 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
Customer care skills
Presentation skills
Logical
Team working
Creative
Initiative
Non judgemental
Patience

About this company

Our Preschool aims to provide a warm, welcoming and friendly environment. Sessions are held in a spacious village hall and offer a wide variety of structured and free play activities. The outside play area is securely fenced and has a sheltered area. There is a small digging and planting garden where children can grow their own flowers and vegetables. With our ethos of ‘learning through play’ at the heart of our practice, we use the EYFS Curriculum, children’s interests, parent and carers input and themes and special events, to plan and implement lively, varied, fun and stimulating activities and experiences for the children. We ensure by providing a balance of child-led, and adult-guided play and activities that the children are supported to develop important social and self-help skills, as well as being challenged and extended in preparation for school life. Therfield Village Preschool offers care and education for children aged 2 years to school age. Our most recent Ofsted inspection, in December 2019, awarded us with an overall rating of ‘Good’ in all inspected areas. Observations from the inspector include ‘This established and experienced staff team work together well.’ ‘Their interactions with children are warm and positive.’ ‘Children enjoy a broad selection of learning experiences that reflect their individual interests.’ ‘…they feel safe and secure in the nurturing care of staff. They have fun together…’ The report further states that ‘Staff work hard to establish trusting relationships with parents. They get to know families well and communicate with them effectively.’

https://therfieldpreschool.co.uk/about/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

For the successful candidate there is the possibility of ongoing employment upon completion of the relevant qualifications

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

EDEN TRAINING SOLUTIONS LIMITED

Maryellen Wood

maryellenwood@eden-ts.com

01709 886 836

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000278110.

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Apprentice Early Years Educator - Therfield Village Pre-School - SG8 9QB

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