Early years Educator Apprentice - Hampshire – Find an apprenticeship

Summary

Are you looking for the opportunity share and grow your skills working with children? As an early years apprentice, you will work as part of a team to deliver a high standard of learning, development and care for children. supported by a friendly team. Salary rises to £11.50 after probation is successfully completed.

Annual wage: £12,646.40 a year
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Training course: Early years educator (level 3)
Hours: Monday - Friday 40 hours per week Shifts TBC.
38 hours a week
Possible start date: Thursday 6 February
Duration: 1 year 3 months
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

Every day is different in a RAFAKidz nursery, and you will have the opportunity share and grow your skills working with our children, colleagues and families. At RAFAKidz, there is a friendly, passionate and experienced team to support you, along with access to high quality training.
Located on station at RAF Worthy Down, we are proud to serve military personnel, families, and the local community by providing experiences that are special, unique and child focused.

Main purpose of the role:

To work as part of a team to deliver a high standard of
learning, development and care for children aged 0-5 years.
To ensure that the nursery is a safe environment for
children, staff and others.
To support the development of partnerships with
parents/carers to increase involvement in their child’s development.
To maintain records that fulfil Ofsted requirements as laid
out in the EYFS.
Ensure the Safeguarding of children and staff

Where you’ll work

Building 61 Connaught Road

Worthy Down Winchester

Hampshire

UK

SO21 2RG

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

REALISE LEARNING AND EMPLOYMENT 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

Your full role and responsibilities will be set out by your employer. RAFAKidz will provide you with all of the on-the-job training you need to up-skill in your role, and your 20% off-the-job learning will be incorporated as part of your working day.

You will be working towards the Level 3 Early Years Educator apprenticeship standard, which includes:

Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours.
Level 3 Diploma for the Early Years Educator.
Level 3 Award in Paediatric First Aid or Level 3 Award in Emergency Paediatric First Aid.
Level 2 Functional Skills in maths and English (if required).

This will be delivered through RAFAKidz ‘s dedicated training provider, Realise. Realise is an established training provider that’s enjoying an exciting period of growth following a management buyout and rebrand in late 2020.

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

Other in:

Basic Maths (grade n/a)
Standard English (grade n/a)

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

Team working
Creative
Initiative
Non judgemental
Patience

Other requirements

Onsite Parking DBS required and paid for They will need to obtain a pass for the base, that we will help them with.

About this company

Located on station at MOD Worthy Down, we are proud to serve military personnel, families, and the local community by providing experiences that are special, unique, and child focused. We put parents’ priorities and children’s development front of mind ensuring we work together to understand individual needs and requirements. We provide government funded places for two, three, and four year olds.

After this apprenticeship

Our apprentices stay with us as Level 3 practitioners.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

REALISE LEARNING AND EMPLOYMENT LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000295214.

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Closes in 19 days (Tuesday 4 February)

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