Early Years Apprenticeship Level 3 at Chiltern Nurseries Ltd

Summary

We have provided a home from home environment since 2002. There’s an opportunity to apply for an apprenticeship and join our team, to begin your childcare journey. We also offer career progression, further training, and support staff to complete their childcare degrees. It requires dedication, punctuality, and enthusiasm to be successful.

Annual wage: £13,312 to £23,795.20 a year
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Training course: Early years educator (level 3)
Hours: Monday - Friday with shift patterns between 7.30am and 6.30pm. Shifts to be confirmed.
40 hours a week
Possible start date: Thursday 2 January
Duration: 1 year 6 months
Positions available: 3

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 provide high quality care and education for all children within our settings
To learn the planning format supporting children’s development, including children’s interests and next steps and contribute to these plans
Carry out planned activities with groups of children with early years workers to help support and guide
To follow nursery routines and activities, offering attention and support to all children
To have a small group of key children and be responsible for tracking their development with the support of the room leader and team
To observe and record children’s development contributing to their learning journey
To use your initiative supporting the environment and activity ideas to create excitement and awe for the children
Actively promote each child’s self-esteem
Awareness of the duty to safeguard all children within our care

Where you’ll work

Lynton House Day Nursery

Epsom Road

KT17 1LJ

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

NORTH EAST SURREY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY (NESCOT)

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

Early years educator level 3
EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage)
Safeguarding
Prevent training
How to promote Equality and Diversity
Young children’s development
Importance of play
Communicating with babies and young children
Supporting the health and wellbeing of children
Supporting children with special educational needs (SEND)
How to effectively support numeracy and literacy development in children
Functional Skills in maths and English (if required)
Paediatric First Aid
Promote the health and wellbeing of children
Food and Hygiene (short course)
Be able to support all organisational processes and procedures
How to promote the wellbeing and resilience for young children

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

English (grade 4)
Maths (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
Organisation skills
Team working
Initiative
Patience
Approachable
Time Management
Motivation

Other requirements

You will be expected to attend college two Fridays a month, to complete your qualification. This is classroom based and is supported by the college assessor and our in-house training manager. Applicant must be able to successfully obtain a DBS if successfully offered the vacancy.

About this company

Our first nursery, Chiltern Day Nursery opened in October 2002 in Sutton. Chiltern is the epitome of what we stand for as a company, a home from home for the children in our care. Glaisdale Nursery opened in 2008, and whilst substantially larger than Chiltern it still has the home from home key features that we pride ourselves in. It is during viewings of our Cheam nursery that it become evident to us that there was a lack of childcare within the Epsom area, that started our search for our third nursery site. When the site of Lynton House Preparatory School in Ewell became available we saw our vision come alive. With its traditional features of the Georgian property along with the large exploratory garden we knew it would make a beautiful nursery.

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

After this apprenticeship

Ongoing training and development
Team leading course
Management course
We support staff who wish to complete their childcare degree
Forest School leadership course

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

CHILTERN NURSERIES LTD

Ella Probert

info@glaisdaledaynursery.co.uk

0208 6428526

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000285630.

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