Early Years Educator Apprenticeship Level 3

Summary

Exciting position to work for a leading nursery chain within the West Midlands. This is an exciting opportunity to join a happy nursery where we focus on encouraging children to be children, learning through fun and engaging play.

Annual wage: £9,984 a year
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Training course: Early years educator (level 3)
Hours: Job Types: Full-time, Permanent Pay: £8,000.00-£13,500.00 per year Schedule: • 10 hour shift • 8 hour shift • Day shift • Monday to Friday, working hours TBC
30 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 28 October
Duration: 1 Year
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

Apprentice:

This is an exciting opportunity to join a happy nursery where we focus on encouraging children to be children, learning through fun and engaging play. You will be working with a dedicated team in a caring, family friendly, characterful, and stimulating environment which is inviting to children, parents, and staff.

As an early year's employee, you will benefit from Banana Moon brand training and a programme of continuous professional development supported by our head office quality and improvement team.

Job Purpose:

Nursery Apprentices are contracted to the nursery company and are actively engaged in a workplace training scheme operated by an external company who visit the apprentice at regular intervals during their training
Nursery Apprentices will support the nursery team in operation of the nursery facilities, to ensure a high quality, balanced provision of leading practice education and care is delivered. To adhere to Banana Moon policies and procedures and meet legislative requirements and following education curriculum
To assist the staff team to create a safe, caring and welcoming setting in which parents are happy to entrust their child and where their child is encouraged and supported to flourish in an enabling and stimulating environment

Work Location:

In person-The benefits of working in Banana Moon Mosley is we have good bus routes, wellbeing programme and internal training.
Candidate must be interested in starting an Early Years Educator Level 3 qualification

Where you’ll work

8A Wake Green Road, Birmingham

B13 9EZ

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

Early Years Educator Level 3
Training will include paediatric first aid qualification
Functional skills in maths and English (if required)
The course will be completed at the workplace location
Hybrid Delivery with webinars, online learning and face-to-face visits

Requirements

Essential qualifications

Other in:

Childcare Level 2-Must Be Qualified at Level 2 (grade Childcare Level 2 Qualified)

Desirable qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

English/Maths (grade 4 And Above)

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
Administrative skills
Analytical skills
Team working
Creative
Initiative
Non judgemental
Patience

About this company

Excellence in Children’s Day Care The emphasis at Banana Moon is to see everything from a parent’s point of view. We appreciate we are being entrusted with the care of your most precious possessions, therefore we have created a caring, loving and secure environment for children from 0 to 5 years of age. Midnight Moon Awards Franchisee of the Year 2015 Management Team of the Year 2017 Franchisee of the Year 2019 2020 Hero - Special Recognition

After this apprenticeship

The successful candidate will start on the Early Years Educator Level 3 qualification, they can potentially progress into other roles such as room leader, management roles, this would then potentially allow the candidate to start a level 5 course.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

EDEN TRAINING SOLUTIONS LIMITED

Mr Matthew Travis

matthewtravis@eden-ts.com

01709886838

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000279867.

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Closes in 18 days (Tuesday 22 October at 11:59pm)

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