Early Years Educator Apprentice

Together Learning Partnership at Rosa Street Primary School

Spennymoor, DL16 7NA

Closes in 8 days (Tuesday 8 October at 11:59pm)

Posted on 24 September 2024


Summary

This is fantastic opportunity for a candidate who has a passion and ambition for working with small children. The role will be situated mainly within the new, purpose-built nursery but the successful applicant may also help out with afterschool, breakfast and holiday clubs.

Annual wage
£12,313.60 a year

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The contract is term time only plus 10 days, wages will be worked out pro rata.

Training course
Early years educator (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Friday between 8.00am - 6.00pm. You need to be flexible across these hours as you may have to assist in breakfast club and after school-clubs. Role is term time only + 10 days

37 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 4 November

Duration

1 Year 6 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

Duties will vary depending on the lesson planning but could include:

  • Delivering phonics and early reading and maths activities
  • Observing and promoting high quality play and conversation
  • Supervising arts and crafts
  • Organising group activities
  • Helping with school outings
  • Getting the classroom ready for a range of activities and teaching
  • Listening to children read, reading to them or telling them stories
  • Helping children who need extra support to complete tasks
  • Helping teachers to plan learning activities and complete records
  • Supporting teachers in managing class behaviour
  • Looking after children who are upset or have had accidents
  • Clearing away materials and equipment after lessons
  • Helping with sports events
  • Taking part in training
  • Helping another member of staff with an after-school club
  • Providing play and learning opportunities and maintaining high standards of quality care and educational provision
  • To be a role model at all times to children, families, fellow practitioners, students and those from the local community
  • Ensure preparation, care, cleanliness and maintenance of your classroom, the activities on offer and equipment
  • Support a welcoming environment and encourage a close relationship between yourself and parents.
  • Constantly ensure the general standards of your classroom are high and demonstrate good practice
  • You will be responsible for attending College and handing in course work as arranged to a high standard. As part of your apprenticeship you will be trained in paediatric first aid, you will need to pass this to get to the End Point Assessment of your apprenticeship

Where you’ll work

Rosa Street

Spennymoor

DL16 7NA

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

BISHOP AUCKLAND 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.
  • Your training plan

    • Early Years Educator Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard
    • You will be required to attend Bishop Auckland College one day per week
    • Full, on the job training will be provided by the employer
    • Training will include paediatric first aid qualification 

    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
    • IT skills
    • Attention to detail
    • Organisation skills
    • Customer care skills
    • Presentation skills
    • Administrative skills
    • Number skills
    • Team working
    • Creative
    • Initiative
    • Non judgemental
    • Patience

    Other requirements

    This post is subject to safeguarding and qualification checks

    About this company

    First opened in 1879, Rosa Street Primary and Nursery Academy is proud of its reputation as a happy, caring school which is committed to helping its pupils achieve their maximum potential and where they will enjoy their learning experiences. Our children are aged from 2 to 11. At Rosa Street we are committed to learning together. We have developed as a whole school community in recent years and we will continue to maintain that ethos of lifelong learning for all. We are an academy that believes that everyone matters. As such we want all those who become part of our school community, whether a child or an adult, to feel valued, happy, respected and to recognise their role in helping to build a successful school. We believe that all children who become pupils at our school deserve the best and our aim is to help them succeed in reaching their full potential in every area of school life – academic, physical, personal, social, spiritual, moral and cultural. We do this by ensuring that each child has a clear curriculum where they understand their educational journey, with set targets to help them achieve their goals. We know that parents as primary educators are fundamental in helping us to achieve this and encourage parents to work with us.

    https://www.rosastreetprimary.org.uk/ (opens in new tab)

    After this apprenticeship

    • To be discussed at interview

    Ask a question

    The contact for this apprenticeship is:

    BISHOP AUCKLAND COLLEGE

    David Brough

    david.brough@bacoll.ac.uk

    01388743164

    The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000278647.

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    Closes in 8 days (Tuesday 8 October at 11:59pm)

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