Level 3 - Childcare Apprenticeship (LE) – Find an apprenticeship

Summary

This apprenticeship is ideal for someone with some prior knowledge and experience within a nursery or school setting and especially someone passionate in childcare and early years, looking to further their career.

Annual wage: £9,984 a year
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Training course: Early years educator (level 3)
Hours: Apprentices are required to be as flexible as possible to meet the needs of the business. The average working week will be between 30-40 hours, Monday to Friday. Shifts to be confirmed.
30 hours a week
Possible start date: Wednesday 20 November
Duration: 1 year 1 month
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

· Providing an excellent range of activities that ensures that the child learns whilst having fun.

· Supporting children’s learning and development, including supporting planning and observations.

· Preparing and maintaining the environment and resources for the children.

· Preparation of food for breakfast, snack and afternoon tea.

· Supporting children’s self-help needs.

· Being creative and enthusiastic.

· Following safeguarding rules Undertaking First Aid training as required.

· Undertaking training as appropriate to meet any changes in standards or appropriate legal requirements as required.

· Ensuring that all Health and Hygiene requirements are always adhered to.

Where you’ll work

26 PETWORTH DRIVE

LEICESTER

LE3 9RE

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

SWIFT ACI

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

· You will gain a Level 3 Early Years Educator qualification at the end of the course.

· All training is completed remotely via teams, your tutor will be there to support you throughout and visit your setting.

· Online remote training sessions will take place once every week for the first 8 weeks and they’ll be scheduled in as and when.

· You will complete your Level 3 Paediatric First Aid

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE 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
Organisation skills
Problem solving skills
Number skills
Logical
Team working
Initiative
Patience

Other requirements

You will need to be available for remote sessions on teams for 10 days out of your whole apprenticeship, for your remote learning. You will be working within the nursery for the rest of the time with the support of your dedicated childcare assessor. You will also be given 20% off-job training, this could be around 6 hours or more depending on your contracted hours.

About this company

Within our nurseries we under that every child is different. We ensure that they receive the care and education needed to reach their full potential.

After this apprenticeship

Developing into a Level 3 practitioner, with the potential of a permanent position upon successful completion. Other prospects could include applying for:

Room Leader Positions
Possible Management training
Springboard into Primary Education
Paediatric nursing
Continuous development in current nursery setting

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

SWIFT ACI

Amy Langwith

al@swiftcc.co.uk

01215940453

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000285991.

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Closes in 13 days (Tuesday 19 November at 11:59pm)

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