Nursery Assistant Apprenticeship
MAXIMISE POTENTIAL SKILLS LT
London, N20 9HJ
Closes in 27 days (Sunday 15 December at 11:59pm)
Posted on 15 November 2024
Contents
Summary
Are you seeking an apprenticeship within the Early Years Sector? Do you have experience working with children but have no formal qualifications in childcare? Or do you wish to gain experience and earn at the same time? If the answer is yes, then this role is for you.
- Annual wage
- £13,312 to £23,795.20 a year
- Training course
- Early years educator (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, shifts may also be rotated.
Total hours per week: 40
40 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Monday 16 December
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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2
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
Duties for this position entail the following:
- Safeguarding all children within the establishment
- Assisting with meal times and preparation
- Monitoring children's well being (ensuring any issues are reported within the staff book and passed on to the safeguarding officer)
- Liaise with parents and careers regarding feedback on children's daily activities
- Ensuring the nursery is well maintained and tidy
- Assisting with toilet training
- Promoting the wellbeing of children
Where you’ll work
1330 High Road
London
N20 9HJ
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
DAVIDSON TRAINING UK 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
Apprentices will work towards the Early Years Educator standard which includes a level 3 EYE Diploma and a Paediatric First Aid qualification.
Functional Skills Level 2 in English and maths will be provided for those without GCSE Grade 4/C (or equivalent) if required.
Training schedule has yet to be agreed. Details will be made available at a later date.
Requirements
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
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
Please note this position is based in NORTH LONDON. Please do NOT APPLY IF YOU LIVE MORE THAN 45 MINUTES AWAY.
About this company
An EXPERT recruitment consultancy which specialises in helping individuals "Maximise their own potential skills" within education, training and the workforce. Maximise Potential skills has extensive 5 star reviews on GOOGLE and is a highly reputable organisation.
After this apprenticeship
- Once you have qualified as an apprentice you will be able to further your career in-house by way of promotion to Room Leader
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
MAXIMISE POTENTIAL SKILLS LT
Gabriela Tomas
admin@maximisepotentialskills.co.uk
02081766138
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000287859.
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Closes in 27 days (Sunday 15 December at 11:59pm)
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