Early Years Educator Nursery Apprentice
TREGS DAY NURSERY LIMITED
LONDON, E13 8DA
Closes in 12 days (Thursday 30 January at 11:59pm)
Posted on 16 January 2025
Contents
Summary
Start your career as an Early Years Educator apprentice working towards a level 3 qualification in Early Years, supporting children’s learning and development in a nurturing environment. This apprenticeship will provide hands-on experience in applying the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS).
- Annual wage
- £13,312 a year
- Training course
- Early years educator (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, shifts will be adjusted to availability and demand.
40 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Monday 3 February
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- 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
- Interact with and support children’s learning through play and activities.
- Observe, assess, and plan learning experiences based on the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) requirements.
- Ensure a safe, inclusive, and stimulating environment for children, promoting equality and diversity.
- Build strong relationships with children, parents, and carers, acting as a key person for assigned children.
- Support children’s emotional and social development, helping them develop positive relationships with peers.
- Assist in maintaining a clean, safe, and stimulating environment, both indoors and outdoors.
- Work alongside colleagues and multi-agency professionals to ensure the well-being and development of all children.
Where you’ll work
97 WHITWELL ROAD
PLAISTOW
LONDON
E13 8DA
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
NEXTSTEP TRAINING 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
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
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Patience
Other requirements
The apprenticeship involves working closely with young children, so patience, creativity, and a passion for child development are essential.
About this company
TREGS Day Care and Educational Centre is an Ofsted registered nursery which provides high quality childcare for babies and young children from the age of 0-5 years. We also provide an afterschool club session which goes up to the age of 11. Our aim is to encourage individual progress. To boost self-confidence and self-awareness, to provide a stimulating environment as well as promoting positive relationships. We believe that the Early Years are the building stones on our journey of curiosity. We work like a family of educators and we welcome children and families to feel comfortable amongst us. We are all very passionate, caring, nurturing and very talented individual members of staff who bring the nursery to life.
After this apprenticeship
Upon completing the Early Years Educator apprenticeship, you can pursue various career opportunities in early childhood education, such as:
- Nursery Room Leader or Supervisor: Take on a leadership role in managing a team and overseeing the daily running of a nursery room.
- Early Years Coordinator or Manager: Progress into more senior positions managing early years settings or children's centres.
- Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO): Specialise in supporting children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) within early years environments.
- Further Qualifications: Consider further study such as a Level 4 or 5 qualification in Early Years or a degree in Early Childhood Education to open more advanced career options.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
NEXTSTEP TRAINING LIMITED
Zakariyya Vesamia
zak@nextsteptrainingltd.co.uk
020 7247 5497
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000296721.
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Closes in 12 days (Thursday 30 January at 11:59pm)
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