Apprentice Early Years Educator at Footprints Child Care Ltd

FOOTPRINTS CHILD CARE LTD

PRESTON, PR5 6RQ

Closes in 18 days (Thursday 5 December at 11:59pm)

Posted on 16 October 2024

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Summary

This qualification will prepare you to become an Early Years Educator and will enable you to work with children from birth to 5 years and gain knowledge of children aged 5 to 7 years. You will also learn how to deliver the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum.

Annual wage
£13,312 a year

Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)

Minimum of 6 months at National Apprentice Rate (18 – 20 yrs £8.60) (21 + £10.18) then increasing after 6 months to National minimum wage

Training course
Early years educator (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week. Shifts tbc.

40 hours a week

Possible start date

Tuesday 10 December

Duration

1 year 8 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

Your role will be to:

  • Engage, play and care for the children in your classroom.
  • You will be given key children that you will engage with 
  • Your main responsibility is to ensure children are cared for to a high standard.
  • You will be required to undertake all necessary roles to ensure you are gaining experience in the role of a nursery practitioner.

Where you’ll work

10 BRINDLE ROAD

BAMBER BRIDGE

PRESTON

PR5 6RQ

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

RUNSHAW COLLEGE

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.
  • 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 completetion you will recieve a Level 3 Early Years Educator qualification. 

The training will be undertaken at the work place however you will be required to attend Runshaw College once a month. 

Paediatric first aid qualification.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

  • English (grade 4)
  • Maths (grade 4)
  • Early Years Practitioner (grade Pass)

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
  • Patience
  • Caring
  • Well mannered
  • Presentable

About this company

Footprints Child Care Ltd is a family run Ofsted registered child care provider based in Bamber Bridge. We care for children from birth to five years, we have over 20 qualified and dedicated, experienced practitioners who provide a professional service and extremely high quality of care for all the children in our nursery. Located in the heart of Bamber Bridge for over ten years we provide our local community with access to year round and term time child care that is affordable and of the highest quality.

https://www.footprintschildcare.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

Fully qualified Level 3 practitioner.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

RUNSHAW COLLEGE

Charlotte Ward

ward.c@runshaw.ac.uk

01772643008

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000282371.

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Closes in 18 days (Thursday 5 December at 11:59pm)

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