Early Years Educator Apprenticeship

Summary

Are you passionate about play? Would you love to work with children? We have a great opportunity to join our fabulous team! We will support you through your career and really care about you as an individual.

Annual wage: £9,984 a year
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Training course: Early years educator (level 3)
Hours: Monday - Friday. Hours to be confirmed at interview.
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

To work alongside Nursery Practitioners whilst contributing to the delivery of quality childcare provision
To help support the provision to be an inclusive, secure learning environment for young children
To maintain effective relationships with parents, carers and staff in order to meet the needs of children
To contribute to the assessment of children's needs

Where you’ll work

Mind the Monkeys

Harris & Pearson Building

Brettell Lane

Brierley Hill

DY5 3LH

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

JUNIPER TRAINING 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

Upon successful completion of the apprenticeship programme, you will achieve:

Level 3 Early Years Educator Apprenticeship Standard
Paediatric first aid

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

Maths and English (grade 4/C)

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
Problem solving skills
Number skills
Analytical skills
Logical
Team working
Creative
Initiative
Non judgemental
Patience
Physical fitness

Other requirements

You will need to be physically fit as this is a lively setting and looking after children is hard work.

About this company

"A childcare service run from the grade 2 listed Harris and Pearson building in Brierley Hill. We offer term time and all year round day care to children aged 0 to 5 years."

After this apprenticeship

A full-time position is available upon completion of the apprenticeship.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

JUNIPER TRAINING LIMITED

Neil Shakespeare

neil.shakespeare@junipertraining.co.uk

07923219046

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000280007.

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Closes in 23 days (Friday 25 October at 11:59pm)

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