Early Years Childcare Practitioner Apprentice
Chestnut Nursery School St. Nicholas House
North Walsham, NR28 9AT
Closes in 21 days (Tuesday 4 March at 11:59pm)
Posted on 5 February 2025
Contents
Summary
Are you the apprentice we have been looking for? With us be part of the family developing the future! We are looking for a passionate, friendly, hard-working and eager to learn apprentice to join our nursery team based at Chestnut Nursery School St Nicholas House, NR28 9AT.
- Wage
- £13,312 a year
- Training course
- Early years educator (level 3)
- Hours
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This is a full-time role working Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week/8 hours a day following a shift pattern with a 1 hour unpaid lunch break. St Nicholas House is open between the hours of 7.45am-6.30pm.
40 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Wednesday 5 March
- 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
No week is ever the same, creating a stimulating and inspiring learning environment for the children of the future.
Working as a team you will:
*Support the children's learning through play based activities
*Observe and record the progress of the children
*Build relationships with key children and their families
*Support daily routines
*Follow policies and procedures
*Maintain confidentiality
*Safeguard the children from harm
*Learn and provide a good high level of practice
Where you’ll work
St Nicholas House Chestnut Nursery School
St Nicholas House 46 Yarmouth Road
North Walsham
NR28 9AT
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
SIMPLY ONE STOP 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
- L3 Early years educator Apprenticeship Standard
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4 or above)
- Maths (grade 4 or above)
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
- Initiative
About this company
"Chestnut Nursery Schools offers quality education in a stimulating environment. We are one of the UK's leading providers of high-quality, pre-school education, with nurseries based in London, Norwich, and Cambridgeshire. Chestnut Nursery Schools Ltd. was set up in August 2002 by Steven Davies and David Saunders. David was a Deputy Head Teacher for many years and Steven was a College Lecturer. They opened their first nursery in a large Victorian house in Newham, on Chestnut Avenue, and that is where Chestnut Nursery Schools Ltd. began. David and Steven's vision was to always provide the highest quality childcare and education in a safe and secure environment that inspires young minds. All nurseries are delivering the vision that started in 2002"
After this apprenticeship
Opportunity to move into a full-time position and progress through the roles within the company e.g. Lead Practitioner, SENDCo, Senior lead, Deputy Manager, Nursery Manager. Continue to expand your academic knowledge and skills with a level 5 apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SIMPLY ONE STOP LIMITED
Perri Broughton
perri@chestnut-nursery.com
07525329444
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000300723.
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Closes in 21 days (Tuesday 4 March at 11:59pm)
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