Early Years Level 3 Apprenticeship - Ladybird Montessori Edgbaston
JEMIMA HOLDINGS LTD
Birmingham, B29 7HA
Closes on Tuesday 17 December
Posted on 12 November 2024
Contents
Summary
An exciting opportunity for a Level 3 apprentice is now live! Ladybird Montessori Edgbaston is the second site opened by the award-winning Ladybird Montessori group. This purpose-built setting boasts highly qualified staff, adhering to the Montessori ethos, which creates a nurturing environment catering for children's developmental needs.
- Annual wage
- £12,313.60 a year
- Training course
- Early years educator (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, hours to be determined
37 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Monday 30 December
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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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
As a level 3 apprentice you will be a key member of the nursery team, your daily activities may include:
Planning and implementing fun and educational activities with the children.
Play alongside and with children to support their play.
Supporting children’s creative and imaginative experiences.
Maintaining development records on key children.
Supervising children at rest times and at mealtimes.
Contributing to and promoting health and safety.
Ensuring the play area is clean and tidy at all times.
Working closely with parents and providing feedback on their child.
Useful Qualities to have;
Friendly and approachable.
Patient, and caring.
The ability to interact positively with children and adults.
Flexible and willing to carry out a number of different activities within the job role.
Reliable.
Trustworthy.
Motivated.
The ability to work using your own initiative.
This position would suit a candidate with a bubbly, outgoing personality who is able to work on their own initiative and is prepared to commit to the work required for an apprenticeship.
Where you’ll work
619 Pershore Road
Birmingham
B29 7HA
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
ASPIRATION TRAINING 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.
- 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
Level 3 Early Years Educator apprenticeship standard, which includes:
Level 3 Early Years Educator Diploma
End-Point Assessment (EPA)
On the job training
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
- Maths (grade 4-9)
- English (grade 4-9)
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
- Creative
- Patience
Other requirements
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About this company
Ladybird Montessori Egbaston is the second site opened by the award-winning Ladybird Montessori group. This purpose-built setting boasts highly qualified and trained staff, adhering to the Montessori ethos, which creates a nurturing environment catering to childrens developmental needs. The Montessori approach is not just a method; it’s a philosophy that has proven successful worldwide. The Montessori method focuses on child-centred learning, fostering independence, creativity, and critical thinking from an early age. Many successful individuals, including the founders of Google, Amazon, and Wikipedia, attribute their innovative thinking to their Montessori education. By allowing children to learn at their own pace in a structured environment, the Montessori method develops confident, self-motivated learners.
After this apprenticeship
Progression to a higher level qualification or full time employment may be available after completion of the apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
ASPIRATION TRAINING LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000287055.
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Closes on Tuesday 17 December
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