Early Years Lead Practitioner Apprenticeship – Level 5 – Brambles Outdoor Group, Figheldean – Find an apprenticeship

Summary

Aspire Training Team are looking for an enthusiastic and hardworking individual to complete their Level 5 Childcare Apprenticeship at Brambles Outdoor Nursery Group, Figheldean. Within this role you will be required to support the children’s learning and development and ensure that safeguarding procedures are being followed at all times.

Annual wage: £30,000 a year
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Training course: Early years lead practitioner (level 5)
Hours: Brambles Figheldean is open from 07:30am – 18:00pm, Monday to Friday. The successful candidate will be required to work 40 hours per week with shift patterns to be discussed.
40 hours a week
Possible start date: Wednesday 5 February
Duration: 2 years
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 ensure that the provision meets the required Early Years Foundation Stage welfare requirements and promotes continuous improvement.
To deliver the standards of learning and development within the Early Years Foundation Stage framework.
Within the role of Key Person where necessary to be responsible for meeting the individual needs of the children in your care and to be able to communication and interaction with the parents/carers.
To ensure the smooth running of the childcare provision.
To ensure that all policies and procedures are implemented, in line with Early Years Foundation Stage welfare requirements.
Carry out day to day administration and maintain records on children in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.
Actively promote Brambles’s commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.
To participate/run staff meetings as appropriate.
To participate, organise, and run events at the setting.
To keep personal skills and knowledge up to date with current research and thinking by attending courses, reading, and participating in group discussions to meet any changes in legal requirement
Undertake Paediatric First Aid training as required ensuring that all First Aid administered is recorded in line with EYFS welfare requirements.
Have regard for equality of opportunity in delivery, access, and attitude in all aspects of service delivery.
To respect the confidentiality of information received about the children and their families.
To be accountable for monitoring and ordering resources and equipment, reporting to the directors when necessary.
To use our systems to maintain staff profile, ensuring staff qualifications DBS and suitability are current including supervisions.
To ensure enrolment of children and ratios are maintained and accurate.
To work in a flexible way when the occasion arises so that all tasks which are not in your job description are undertaken. The additional duties will normally be compatible with your regular type of work.
To work outdoors as required during sessions in line with the aims of the setting.

Where you’ll work

ABLINGTON

FIGHELDEAN

SALISBURY

SP4 8JX

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 lead practitioner (level 5)

Equal to higher national diploma (HND)

Course contents

Analyse and articulate how all children’s individual learning can be affected by their current developmental capabilities, characteristics and individual circumstances taking into account all factors contributing to typical and atypical development.

Promote equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice.

Observe, assess, plan, facilitate and participate in play opportunities which include current curriculum requirements.

Ensure plans fully reflect the individual development needs and circumstances of children and actively participate in the provision of consistent care, responding quickly to the needs of the individual child.

Provide a dynamic, evolving and enabling environment that reflects the current interests, motivations, and play of individual and groups of children.

Encourage all children’s participation, ensuring a sensitive, respectful and effective balance within the adult and child dynamic to facilitate play opportunities.

Engage in effective strategies to develop and extend children's learning and thinking, including sustained shared thinking.

Support and promote children’s speech, language and communication development and determining and adapting appropriate responses and interventions.

Support children to engage in a range of learning contexts such as individual, small groups and larger groups as appropriate for their play and support confidence within social experiences.

Ensure staff are deployed effectively to suit and enhance the learning environment, prioritising the safety and wellbeing of all children.

Advocate for the child, cultivating professional partnerships with parents/carers and other professionals, presenting their understanding of the child’s journey within multidisciplinary teams to holistically support the child’s individual needs.

Demonstrate the importance of the home learning environment, developing an effective and collaborative partnership to enhance opportunities for the child.

Make use of formative and summative assessment, tracking children’s progress to plan for future learning possibilities including early interventions based on individual developmental needs.

Take responsibility for supporting the key person in articulating children's progress and planning future learning possibilities.

Use current and contemporary knowledge, research, theories and approaches to develop, enhance and articulate their own pedagogical approach and practice.

Use reflection to develop themselves both professionally and personally to enhance their practice.

Plan, carry out and guide appropriate physical care routines for individual children.

Promote, model and support children and families to develop a healthy approach to making choices relating to personal care including eating, sleeping and physical activity.

Develop, model and implement strategies to support the emotional, psychological, physical and cultural needs of all children within the setting.

Identify and act upon own responsibilities in relation to health and safety, prevention and control of infection, carrying out risk assessments and risk management processes in line with policies and procedures.

Ensure the security and confidentiality of data, records and information in line with current legislation.

Be a leaderful practitioner to support, mentor, coach, train and guide colleagues in a range of settings, providing inspiration and motivation to engage others to develop their practice.

Be confident to identify, action and competently challenge issues and undertake difficult conversations where appropriate.

Advocate for children through their child centred approach, listening to the voice of the child; ensuring children’s rights, views and wishes are heard, respected and acted upon at all times. Offer appropriate support and influence decisions in the best interests of the child.

Competently action and carry out safeguarding procedures, using their professional curiosity, knowledge, insight and understanding.

Explore and understand, challenge and question; knowing when to act to safeguard and protect children.