Early Years Educator Level 3 Apprenticeship

Summary

Our childcare setting is rooted in a nature-inspired ethos, with outdoor learning and play at the heart. We believe in nurturing children's development through exploration, creativity, and a strong connection to the natural world. If you’re ambitious, eager to learn & excited to embrace our outdoor learning philosophy, we’d love to hear from you!

Annual wage: £10,101.90 a year
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Training course: Early years educator (level 3)
Hours: Open Monday to Friday with wraparound starting at 07:30 and after school clubs finishing at 17:30. Our Preschool sessions start at 09:00 and typically finish at 15:00. We're flexible and happy to discuss hours, full or part time.
30 hours a week
Possible start date: Saturday 1 February
Duration: 1 year 6 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

Create meaningful relationships with the children, your team and with parents to provide the best service for our families
Ensure that every child's wellbeing is met by providing a thriving and safe environment
Safeguarding all children in the setting and making sure any child protection concerns are always appropriately acted upon immediately
You will observe, monitor and support delivering activities and learning experiences linked to the EYFS
Support delivery of a nature-inspired play-based approach to learning, with several mornings per week based in our private woodland area
Ensure children’s progress and achievements are regularly and effectively assessed and recorded
Meet the needs of individual children, having an awareness of any disabilities, family cultures, and medical histories. Including any activities, meals served, and medication administered
Learn and maintain high standards in the nursery
Support and serve food to children, ensuring any special dietary requirements are met at all times
Ensure that every child's wellbeing is met by providing a thriving and safe environment
Safeguarding all children in the setting and making sure any child protection concerns are always appropriately acted upon immediately
You will observe, monitor and support delivering activities and learning experiences linked to the EYFS
Ensure children’s progress and achievements are regularly and effectively assessed and recorded, including any activities, meals served, and medication administered
Meet the needs of individual children, having an awareness of any disabilities, family cultures, and medical histories
Learn and maintain high standards in the nursery
Support and serve food to children, ensuring any special dietary requirements are met at all times

Where you’ll work

WHALTON C OF E AIDED FIRST SCHOOL

WHALTON

MORPETH

NORTHUMBERLAND

NE61 3XH

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

EDEN TRAINING SOLUTIONS 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
NCFE Diploma for the Early Years Workforce
Level 3 Award in Paediatric First Aid OR Level 3 Award Emergency Paediatric First Aid
Apprentices will achieve a qualification which has been approved to count towards the EYFS Level 3 child to staff ratios
Level 2 Functional skills in maths and English, if required

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English Language (grade Grade 4/C)
Maths (grade Grade 4/C)

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
Initiative
Patience
Reliable
Self starter
Outdoorsy

Other requirements

We like to get our boots muddy as often as we can. We’re a Forest School, running preschool and after school club sessions several times per week in our private woodland area, a short walk from our Preschool.

About this company

You will find us in the beautiful village of Whalton, just a 10-minute drive from both Morpeth and Ponteland. Our neighbours are Whalton Church of England Aided Primary School, with whom we share a spacious playing field and yard. We're a small setting with many of our wraparound children coming from the school. At PAWS we are passionate about outdoor learning. Outdoors we have breathtaking views, big open spaces and lots of nature to explore. Our green spaces are a priceless learning resource and so we use them to great effect. We introduce environmental concepts early – so it becomes second nature to take care of nature. In our raised bed we can grow our own veg and learn where our food comes from. Our outdoor classroom includes bird feeders, nests and bug hotels and we keep an eye on little visitors with our binoculars. We're Forest School Accredited spending as much time as possible learning outdoors and in our private woodland area a short walk away.

https://pawspreschool.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

We’re a close-knit, supportive team nurturing children’s development through creativity and nature. Enjoy 5.6 weeks holiday per year, flexible working, free parking, hot lunches, and company events. If you're ambitious and eager to learn, apply now!

After this apprenticeship

Once you have finished the apprenticeship, there may be an opportunity to continue working for the same company and progress on to Level 5 Early Years Lead Practitioner, EYITT, ECT or Level 3 Early Years SENCO
Early Years Educators are found in a range of settings including day nurseries, playgroups, nursery schools, pre-schools, kindergartens, primary schools, hospitals, social care settings, out of school environments and local authority provision, giving you a broad range of employment opportunities

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