Nursery Practitioner Apprentice
Watcombe Childrens Centre Nursery
Torquay, TQ2 8NU
Closes on Friday 28 March 2025
Posted on 4 February 2025
Contents
Summary
Would you like to work in Early Years, get trained and have a rewarding career? Then join us and become our level 3 Nursery Apprentice.
- Wage
- £14,133.60 to £22,857.12 a year
- Training course
- Early years educator (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, 30 hours minimum, between 07:30 - 18:00
36 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Tuesday 1 April
- 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
You will work as part of a team of Early Years trained staff.
You will have a dedicated Training Officer who you will report your training to, and discuss what your training provider has asked you to do.
Where you’ll work
Watcombe Childrens Centre Nursery
Moor Lane
Torquay
TQ2 8NU
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
SKILLS TO GROUP 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 be trained in Early Years, starting with the level 3 Early Years Educator, which includes a Paediatric First Aid qualification.
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
- English (grade 5)
- Mathematics (grade 5)
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
- IT skills
- Customer care skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
We have a very large garden, so part of your working time would be in the garden with the children.
About this company
Please have a look at our website for more details on our nursery.
After this apprenticeship
Once you are trained to Level 3, you could either apply to be a permanent member of our family, or go on and do some further education.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
Watcombe Childrens Centre Nursery
Clare Chamberlain
wpscic@gmail.com
01803 316959
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000300449.
Apply now
Closes on Friday 28 March 2025
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