Level 2 Early Years Apprenticeship
CHILTERN TRAINING LTD
Tadley, RG26 3AU
Closes on Thursday 15 May
Posted on 9 January 2025
Contents
Summary
You will be working full time at Bo Peeps Day Nursery and attend class at Chiltern Training Ltd in Reading Town Centre to complete your apprenticeship.
- Annual wage
- £13,312 a year
- Training course
- Early years practitioner (level 2)
- Hours
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You will work 40 hours a week with shifts varying from 7.00am - 7.00pm.
40 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Tuesday 20 May
- Duration
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1 year
- 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
- Child Care: Provide a safe, nurturing environment for children aged 0-5, ensuring their emotional, physical, and social well-being.
- Developmental Support: Plan and implement age-appropriate activities that promote children’s cognitive, physical, and emotional development.
- Observation & Assessment: Regularly observe and assess children's progress, sharing findings with parents and colleagues to create tailored learning experiences.
- Communication: Maintain open, regular communication with parents and caregivers regarding children's development, daily experiences, and any concerns.
- Health & Safety: Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations and nursery policies, promoting hygiene and sanitary practices.
- Team Collaboration: Work collaboratively with other staff members to create an inclusive, stimulating, and supportive learning environment.
- Behavior Management: Implement effective behavior management strategies to support positive interactions and conflict resolution among children.
- Professional Development: Engage in continuous professional development by attending training sessions and workshops to enhance skills and knowledge in early childhood education.
Where you’ll work
The Old Coach House
Church Road
Tadley
RG26 3AU
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
CHILTERN TRAINING LIMITED
Your training course
Early years practitioner (level 2)
Equal to GCSE
Course contents
- Support babies and young children through a range of transitions.e.g moving onto school, moving house or the birth of a sibling
- Recognise when a child is in danger, at risk of serious harm or abuse and explain the procedures to be followed to protect them. Types of abuse including: domestic, neglect , physical, emotional, and sexual abuse.
- Identify risks and hazards in the work setting and during off site visits.relating to both children and staff
- Demonstrate skills and understanding for the prevention and control of infection, including hand washing, food preparation and hygiene, dealing with spillages safely, safe disposal of waste, using correct personal protective equipment.
- Use equipment, furniture and materials safely, following the manufacturers’ instructions and setting’s requirements.
- Encourage children to be aware of personal safety and the safety of others and develop personal hygiene practices (including oral hygiene).
- Promote health and wellbeing in settings by encouraging babies and young children to consume healthy and balanced meals, snacks and drinks appropriate for their age and be physically active through planned and spontaneous activity throughout the day, both indoors and outdoors.
- Carry out respectful care routines appropriate to the development, stage, dignity and needs of the child, including eating (feeding and weaning/complimentary feeding), nappy changing procedures, potty/toilet training, care of skin, teeth and hair and rest and sleep provision.
- Communicate with all children in ways that will be understood, including verbal and non-verbal communication.
- Extend children’s development and learning through verbal and non-verbal communication.
- Encourage babies and young children to use a range of communication methods.
- Use a range of communication methods to exchange information with children and adults.
- Work with colleagues to identify and plan enabling environments, activities (both indoors and outdoors), play opportunities and educational programmes (both adult led and child initiated) to support children’s holistic development through a range of play, creativity, social development and learning.
- Implement and review activities to support children’s play, creativity, social development and learning and clear up after activities.
- Observe children, assess, plan and record the outcomes, sharing results accurately and confidentially in line with expected statutory framework and setting’s requirements.
- Use learning activities to support early language development.
- Support children’s early interest and development in mark making, writing, reading and being read to.
- Support children’s interest and development in mathematical learning including numbers, number patterns, counting, sorting and matching.
- Support the assessment, planning, implementation and reviewing (the graduated approach) of each baby’s and young child's individual plan for their care and participation.
- Work in ways that value and respect the developmental needs and stages of babies and children.
- Use feedback, mentoring and/or supervision to identify and support areas for development, goals and career opportunities.
- Work co-operatively with colleagues, other professionals and agencies to meet the needs of babies and young children and enable them to progress.
- Work alongside parents and/or carers and recognise their role in the baby’s/child’s health, well-being, learning and development.
- Encourage parents and/or carers to take an active role in the baby’s/child’s care, play, learning and development.
- Demonstrate how to share information with parents/carers about the importance of healthy balanced diets, looking after teeth and being physically active.
- Support babies and young children through a range of transitions.e.g moving onto school, moving house or the birth of a sibling
- Recognise when a child is in danger, at risk of serious harm or abuse and explain the procedures to be followed to protect them. Types of abuse including: domestic, neglect , physical, emotional, and sexual abuse.
- Identify risks and hazards in the work setting and during off site visits.relating to both children and staff
- Demonstrate skills and understanding for the prevention and control of infection, including hand washing, food preparation and hygiene, dealing with spillages safely, safe disposal of waste, using correct personal protective equipment.
- Use equipment, furniture and materials safely, following the manufacturers’ instructions and setting’s requirements.
- Encourage children to be aware of personal safety and the safety of others and develop personal hygiene practices (including oral hygiene).
- Promote health and wellbeing in settings by encouraging babies and young children to consume healthy and balanced meals, snacks and drinks appropriate for their age and be physically active through planned and spontaneous activity throughout the day, both indoors and outdoors.
- Carry out respectful care routines appropriate to the development, stage, dignity and needs of the child, including eating (feeding and weaning/complimentary feeding), nappy changing procedures, potty/toilet training, care of skin, teeth and hair and rest and sleep provision.
- Communicate with all children in ways that will be understood, including verbal and non-verbal communication.
- Extend children’s development and learning through verbal and non-verbal communication.
- Encourage babies and young children to use a range of communication methods.
- Use a range of communication methods to exchange information with children and adults.
- Work with colleagues to identify and plan enabling environments, activities (both indoors and outdoors), play opportunities and educational programmes (both adult led and child initiated) to support children’s holistic development through a range of play, creativity, social development and learning.
- Implement and review activities to support children’s play, creativity, social development and learning and clear up after activities.
- Observe children, assess, plan and record the outcomes, sharing results accurately and confidentially in line with expected statutory framework and setting’s requirements.
- Use learning activities to support early language development.
- Support children’s early interest and development in mark making, writing, reading and being read to.
- Support children’s interest and development in mathematical learning including numbers, number patterns, counting, sorting and matching.
- Support the assessment, planning, implementation and reviewing (the graduated approach) of each baby’s and young child's individual plan for their care and participation.
- Work in ways that value and respect the developmental needs and stages of babies and children.
- Use feedback, mentoring and/or supervision to identify and support areas for development, goals and career opportunities.
- Work co-operatively with colleagues, other professionals and agencies to meet the needs of babies and young children and enable them to progress.
- Work alongside parents and/or carers and recognise their role in the baby’s/child’s health, well-being, learning and development.
- Encourage parents and/or carers to take an active role in the baby’s/child’s care, play, learning and development.
- Demonstrate how to share information with parents/carers about the importance of healthy balanced diets, looking after teeth and being physically active.
Your training plan
- You will attend classes at Chiltern Training Ltd in the Reading town centre. One Valpy, 20 Valpy Street, RG1 1AR.
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 2)
- Maths (grade 2)
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
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
- Caring
- Kindness
About this company
Bo Peep’s Day Nursery has been established since 2003. We are accommodated in a tastefully converted listed building within a conservation area on the edge of Tadley. The nursery has extensive garden facilities surrounded by fields. It is common to see a family of deer grazing in the fields. The nursery has good quality outdoor equipment for the children to enjoy and they are encouraged to play outside every day. The nursery is registered with Ofsted (Office for Standards in Education) to care for 34 children aged 3 months to 5 years. We are open 51 weeks of the year from 7.30 to 6.00 Monday to Friday.
After this apprenticeship
- Once completing the Level 2 Apprenticeship you can progress onto your level 3 Early Years Apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
CHILTERN TRAINING LIMITED
Admissions team
enquiries@chilterntraining.org
0118 95 66 995
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000295425.
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Closes on Thursday 15 May
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