Early Years Apprenticeship
Old Macdonald's Day Nursery - Bovingdon
Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0JW
Closes in 13 days (Wednesday 6 November at 11:59pm)
Posted on 4 October 2024
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Summary
Old MacDonalds have an exciting opportunity for an apprentice with a passion for Early Years to join their team. This role would be a great chance to kick start, or to develop your career. You will help to provide an engaging and caring environment for children to reach their full potential whilst working towards a level 2 or 3 EYE Qualification.
- Annual wage
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£17,000 a year
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Salary will be discussed in more detail at interview - depending on age/experience
- Training course
- Early years practitioner (level 2)
- Hours
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All of our sites are open 7.30am - 6.30pm, Monday to Friday. Shifts will be discussed at interview.
40 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Monday 11 November
- Duration
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1 year 2 months
- Positions available
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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
Purpose of post;
- To ensure a high standard of physical, emotional, social and intellectual care for all children in their care
- To ensure all children are safeguarded and their welfare and safety is promoted
- To give support to other team members within their immediate room and within the wider nursery
- To work as part of a team in order to provide an enabling environment in which all individual children can play, learn and develop.
Duties and responsibilities;
- Operate a programme of activities that meet the individual needs and interests of children in your area in conjunction with other team members
- To keep records of your key children’s development and learning journeys and share this with parents, carers and other key adults in the child’s life
- To follow the nursery safeguarding procedure to ensure all children are kept safe, well and secure
- Support all staff and engage in a good staff team
- Liaise with and support parents and other family members
- To be involved in out of working hours activities, e.g. training, monthly staff meetings, parent evening, fundraising events etc.
- To be flexible within working practices of the nursery. Be prepared to help where needed, including to undertake certain domestic jobs within the nursery, e.g. preparation of snack meals, cleansing of equipment etc.
- Work alongside the Manager and staff team to ensure that the nursery’s philosophy is fulfilled
- Read, understand and adhere to all policies and procedures relevant to your role as deemed appropriate by the Manager
- Liaising with practitioners to record accidents in the accident book correctly. Ensure the Duty Manager has initialled the report before parents receives it
- Look upon the nursery, as a “whole” where can your help be most utilised? Be constantly aware of the individual needs of all children
- Ensure someone known and agreed by the nursery and parent collects the child
- To respect the confidentiality of all information received.
Specific childcare tasks;
- The preparation and completion of activities to suit each individual child's stage of development and interests
- To develop your role within the team, especially with regard as a key person
- To ensure that meal times are a time of pleasant social sharing
- Washing and changing children as required
- To ensure good standards of safety, hygiene and cleanliness are maintained at all times
- Ensuring a poorly child is kept calm and warm and management is notified immediately
- To develop and maintain strong partnerships and communications with parents/carers to facilitate day-to-day caring and early learning needs
- To ensure the provision of a high-quality environment to meet the needs of individual children regardless of any disabilities, family backgrounds or medical history
- To be aware of the high profile of the nursery and to uphold its standards at all times, both within work hours and outside
- Ensuring that the policies of the company are observed, and that good practices are encouraged, particularly in the areas of Health & Safety, Equal Opportunities, and confidentiality
The above is not an exhaustive list of duties and you will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by the organisation which are relevant to your post within the company to meet the overall business objectives.
Where you’ll work
Darley Ash Farm, Old MacDonald's Day Nursery
Chipperfield Road, Bovingdon
Hemel Hempstead
HP3 0JW
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
C.M.S. VOCATIONAL TRAINING LIMITED
Your training course
Early years practitioner (level 2)
Equal to GCSE
Course contents
Your training plan
- Level 2 Early Years Practitioner Apprenticeship Standard
- Functional skills in maths and English (if required)
- All training will be delivered on-line with 1:1 tutor support and independant learning
More training information
- Learners with prior experience or qualifications will be enrolled onto a level 3 EYE qualification
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- maths & 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
- Customer care skills
- Number skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
If you already have a Level 2 early years qualification or relevant experience, you can work towards a level 3 qualification. This position may close early if the right applicant is found. This post is subject to an enhanced Vetting and Barring/CRB Disclosure which will disclose all cautions, reprimands and warnings as well as convictions. Working in a nursery will involve working shift patterns including early morning starts and early evening finishes. The role may include long periods of time standing.
About this company
We are a family run business that opened in Bovingdon in 1998, since then we have opened 5 nursery settings and a term time only lodge based at The Grove hotel in Watford. We are OFSTED registered and have been awarded an Outstanding rating in some of our latest OFSTED reports. Bovingdon - The nursery has 74 child places at any one time for children from 3 months to 5 years. We are open Monday to Friday 7.30am – 6.30pm all year round except for public bank holidays. We offer morning and afternoon sessions, full days or a full week. Upon entering nursery premises, the main building on your left is for children from 3 months to 3½ years. The building on your right is our Pre-school unit which is for children from 3 to 5 years, here children are requested to wear uniform. We follow The Early Years Foundation Stage for children from Birth to 5 years. Our cook produces nutritious home-made food, the children having breakfast, a mid-morning snack, hot home-made lunch and dessert, afternoon snack and then a high tea (all-day children receive all of these, morning/afternoon children receive the meals applicable for the time of day). We have a variety of extra curriculum activities throughout the year such as sport sessions with Challenge Sport & Education, music/dance classes with Dinky Dancers etc. As the name suggests, Old MacDonald’s – Bovingdon is surrounded by open farmland. The main farm and fields beyond us (covering 200+ acres) are home to donkeys, sheep, goats, horses, cows and chickens where we go for walks, weather permitting, to see the animals.
https://www.oldmacdonaldsdaynursery.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
There are a whole host of employee benefits, including; Employee of the month award-Receive an extra day Holiday, Social Events, Long service bonus every 5 years, Team awards, A present for qualifying (with a full and relevant qualification).
After this apprenticeship
- Possibility of securing a permanent position within the nursery on completion of the Apprenticeship Programme and progression to a higher level qualification.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
C.M.S. VOCATIONAL TRAINING LIMITED
Katrina Clarke
katrina.clarke@cmsvoc.co.uk
01924 470477
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000280661.
Apply now
Closes in 13 days (Wednesday 6 November at 11:59pm)
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