Early Years Educator Level 3 Apprenticeship - Katey's House Brentford

KATEY'S HOUSE LIMITED

Brentford, TW8 8HF

Closes on Friday 31 January

Posted on 6 December 2024

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Summary

At Katey’s Nursery & Pre-School, we offer a fun, nurturing, and stimulating environment for children up to the age of 5. You will be working full time at the Nursery as a Level 3 Early Years Educator Apprentice. Assisting in providing a safe, stimulating, and nurturing environment for children whilst completing the Level 3 apprenticeship.

Annual wage
£12,916.80 a year

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Possible review after 6 Months

Training course
Early years educator (level 3)
Hours
4 days per week within Monday - Friday, 8.00am to 6.00pm, including a 1 hour lunchbreak.

36 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 17 February

Duration

1 year 7 months

Positions available

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

  • Assist in providing a safe, stimulating, and nurturing environment for children
  • Support the planning and delivery of age-appropriate activities that promote learning and development
  • Work with children individually and in small groups to encourage social, emotional, and cognitive development
  • Help maintain cleanliness and hygiene standards, ensuring children’s safety at all times
  • Observe and record children’s progress, contributing to their individual learning journals
  • Support children’s personal care routines, including feeding, dressing, and toileting
  • Build positive relationships with children, parents, and staff members
  • Assist in setting up and tidying up learning spaces and outdoor play areas
  • Follow all safeguarding, health, and safety guidelines in line with nursery policies
  • Attend training sessions and complete coursework to achieve your Early Years qualification

Where you’ll work

The Old School

The Ham

Brentford

TW8 8HF

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

HAWK MANAGEMENT (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

  • You will spend at least 6 hours per week undertaking 'off-the-job training' within the workplace, supported by Hawk Training. 

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 9-4)
  • Mathematics (grade 9-4)

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
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Patience

Other requirements

Working in early years can be incredibly rewarding, but it also comes with its challenges. It's not just about playing with children; it requires patience, physical energy, and emotional resilience. Days can be long and unpredictable, with high demands for attention, problem-solving, and managing children's needs—often all at once. There’s paperwork, safeguarding responsibilities, and meeting the developmental milestones of each child, which can be stressful. It’s a hands-on role that requires dedication, flexibility, and a real passion for helping young children grow and learn, even on the toughest days.

About this company

At Katey’s Nursery & Pre-School, we offer a fun, nurturing, and stimulating environment for children up to the age of 5. Our primary focus is ensuring that your child is happy while developing their physical, intellectual, emotional, and social skills, all under the care of our dedicated professional team. We follow a carefully designed curriculum with adaptive learning, tailored to meet each child's individual needs, which covers the seven areas of learning outlined in the Early Years Foundation Stage, the national framework for early education. Our activities are planned around the children's interests and are organised around specific themes and topics throughout the year. We regularly evaluate the effectiveness of our plans and monitor each child's progress. In addition to our indoor activities, we offer opportunities for children to engage in outdoor learning. We believe that children thrive when immersed in nature and real-world environments, where hands-on experiences enhance their development.

http://www.kateyshouse.co.uk (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

• Up to 28 days holiday a year • Free daily lunch and drinks • Free staff uniform • Childcare discount • Cycle to work scheme • Refer a friend bonus of £500 (subject to probationary period completion) • Company events • CPD opportunities

After this apprenticeship

  • Career progression within the childcare sector upon completion of the apprenticeship. Allows the opportunity to progress to Room Leader or above. 

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

HAWK MANAGEMENT (UK) LIMITED

Demi Merchant

demi2@hawktraining.com

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000290827.

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Closes on Friday 31 January

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