Childcare Apprenticeship – Level 3 – Acorns Nurseries – Find an apprenticeship

Summary

The Aspire training team are looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic individual to complete their Level 3 Childcare apprenticeship with Acorns Nurseries. You will be providing care of the highest level to the children, including keeping them safe and ensuring that their needs are met.

Annual wage: £9,984 to £17,846.40 a year
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Training course: Early years educator (level 3)
Hours: This position is 52 weeks per year, working hours will be a minimum of 30 – 40 hours per week with shifts between the nursery’s opening hours of 7.30am and 18.00pm at Henbury Hill House and 8.00am and 6.00pm in Acorns Aviva.
30 hours a week
Possible start date: Saturday 14 December
Duration: 2 years
Positions available: 2

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

Ensure the nursery provides a high quality, safe and stimulating early years environment in which children are able to explore, play and learn through both planned activities and those of their own choosing.
To meet the care and learning needs of individual children.
Plan, prepare and implement age/stage appropriate activities which meet children’s individual developmental needs in line with the Early Years at Acorns and the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), including evaluation, assessment, and identification of next steps for learning in conjunction with other staff.
Liaise with, provide support, and maintain a professional relationship with parents, carers and any other family members at all times.
Work in partnership with parents ensuring that they are kept fully involved and informed about their child’s activities, achievements, and progress, and encourage parental involvement.
Work with parents/carers of children with additional learning needs to ensure inclusivity by implementing our procedures, liaising with the SENCO and working as part of a multi-disciplinary team where needed.

Where you’ll work

Henbury Hill House,

College Park Drive,

Bristol

United Kingdom

BS10 7AN

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

ASPIRE TRAINING TEAM 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 Childcare qualification

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

English (grade C/4 or Functional skills L2)
Maths (grade C/4 or Functional skills L2)
Childcare (grade Level 2)

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
Number skills
Logical
Team working
Creative
Initiative
Non judgemental
Patience

About this company

Acorns Nurseries’ philosophy is to provide the same high standards of care and dedication that they would want for their own children. The ethos and culture they work hard to create is that Acorns Nurseries provides the highest quality childcare in their unique nurturing environment, delivering rich learning opportunities to give each child the very best start in life. In Bristol, Acorns Nurseries consists of two branches: Henbury Hill House Acorns – Majestic listed building providing a home from home environment with plenty of open space including a dedicated forest school site, exceptional safe and secure gardens, for children between 6 weeks and 5 years of age. Acorns Aviva – Custom built workplace nursery with dedicated garden space, including a Forest School area, located in the Aviva building in Stoke Gifford, providing a home from home environment and high quality childcare for those employees at Aviva / Lakeside – for children between 6 weeks and 5 years of age.

After this apprenticeship

Potential for permanent employment

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

ASPIRE TRAINING TEAM LIMITED

Michelle

sendmycv@aspiretrainingteam.co.uk

07886196766

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000282042.

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Closes in 23 days (Thursday 14 November)

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Childcare Apprenticeship – Level 3 – Acorns Nurseries

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