Childcare and Playwork Apprenticeship

Summary

Working with children aged 3 - 11 years across our two Before and After School Club settings, this role provides an excellent start to a career in childcare. Working with our Playworkers and Managers to support you, along with our training provider, this is an exciting opportunity to gain a qualification with real experience in the role.

Annual wage: £9,984 to £17,846.40 a year
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Training course: Early years educator (level 3)
Hours: Monday to Friday, 7.30am until 9.00am and 3.00pm - 6.00pm during term time. In addition you will have some training/support/admin time allocated outside of session times. Extra hours available during the school holidays at holiday club if desired.
30 hours a week
Possible start date: Friday 1 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

Taking part in activities and events for the children and demonstrating how to plan for learning.
Keeping children happy, well cared for and safe during their time at Zac's Club.
Attending every Breakfast and After School session each week, and working across the two settings to gain a varied and interesting picture of life at Zac's Club.
Communicating with parents and teaching staff to ensure messages are passed on, and also sharing details of what the children have enjoyed doing each session.
Taking instruction from managers and colleagues for the smooth running of the setting, and distribution of team members.
Working as part of the team in a busy and fast paced environment.
Bringing fun and enthusiasm to everything we do, working on your own initiative, and showing genuine care for children.
Preparing healthy food options for the children to eat at breakfast and after school.

Where you’ll work

Riccall CP School

Coppergate

York

YO19 6PF

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

CITY OF YORK COUNCIL

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

Working in conjunction with our training provider York Learning you will gain the following qualifications:

Early Years Educator (level 3)
Paediatric First Aid
Level 3 Apprenticeship

You will have allocated training time each week either during the sessions, working at home, or in the office. Most of the training and work you need to complete will be done online, however you will be allocated both a mentor and line manager in the company who will support and assist you. A representative from York Learning will visit you in session, and observe your interactions with both children and the team.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

English (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
Customer care skills
Problem solving skills
Presentation skills
Administrative skills
Number skills
Team working
Creative
Initiative
Non judgemental
Patience

Other requirements

Please be aware that this role involves split shifts each day, and we are in a rural location (albeit on the 415 bus route between York and Selby) so you must be able to get to us twice a day during term time. Our working hours are flexible during the holidays. We are also seeking someone who can demonstrate a genuine desire to work with children

About this company

Zac's Club offers Breakfast, After School & Holiday Club care for children aged between 3 and 11 years. Operating from their Ofsted Registered settings at Escrick and Riccall, we pride ourselves on offering a wide range of activities and events for children, peace of mind and support for parents, and a great place to work and train for our team of dedicated staff.

http://www.zacsclub.co.uk (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

Company pension Uniformed supplied staff events Discounted childcare

After this apprenticeship

A level 3 Early Years Educator qualification can lead to many opportunities including:

Playworker
Childminder
Nursery Practitioner

The qualification can also lead to further studies and management roles within the sector. A number of our former colleagues have progressed to degree level and undertaken teaching or teaching assistant roles too.

Here at Zac's Club we are committed to offering everyone who has successfully completed their Apprenticeship with us a permanent role at the end of their studies.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

ZAC'S CLUB LIMITED

Ruth Newton

ruth@zacsclub.co.uk

07796 265978

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000279323.

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