Early Years Practitioner Apprenticeship Vacancy

CLIFFE HOUSE DAY NURSERIES LTD

Pudsey, LS28 6AA

Closes on Monday 31 March 2025

Posted on 7 February 2025

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Summary

Would you love the opportunity to work for an award-winning nursery group, to be immersed in the magic of children's play? Then this is the apprenticeship for you! The position is full time, you will earn as you learn, completing your apprenticeship at the nursery with our in-house, face-to-face early years tutors, with no need for college.

Wage
£14,133.60 a year

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Annual salary reviews.

Training course
Early years educator (level 3)
Hours
36 hours across 5 days - Monday to Friday. (30 hours in role in the nursery rooms and 6 hours study time/off the job hours - exact shifts to be confirmed)

36 hours a week

Possible start date

Thursday 1 May

Duration

1 year 6 months

Positions available

4

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

  • Create awe and inspiration for the children you care for through creating exciting activities and teaching them new skills.
  • Gain new knowledge, skills and behaviours throughout your apprenticeship to become a qualified practitioner.
  • Support all their daily needs from helping them at meal times, supporting their sleep needs and their well-being too.
  • Teach them through a range of play types both indoors and outdoors as well as taking them on outings to enhance their cultural experiences. 

Where you’ll work

Technico House

171 Richardshaw Lane, Stanningley

Pudsey

LS28 6AA

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

CLIFFE HOUSE DAY NURSERIES 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

  • All training will take place at the nursery, at your place of work.
  • This will be delivered to you face-to-face, with your own dedicated tutor, whether one-to-one or in small groups with other students. Group sizes are max of 4 students.
  • Your coaching sessions happen once a month or more often if needed, the training is unique and tailored to your learning needs, we come to you!
  • Training schedule is unique to each student to meet your individual needs.
  • Support is always here, this is something we pride ourselves on and the consistency of the same tutor throughout your course. 

More training information

  • Cliffe House Training are a unique training provider who has developed their academy to ensure that support is always there for its learners.
  • They value their delivery of face-to-face learning sessions, unique to you as the student.
  • You will receive your own online learning platform to submit and receive your work and everything is developed in a manageable way, all learning is completed in your contacted hours. 

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4)
  • Maths (grade 4)

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
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Number skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience
  • Physical fitness

About this company

Cliffe House is a family run business with our staff well-being at the heart of our success. We pride ourselves in helping staff excel in their childcare journey with us and this year we celebrate 27 years since we first started this amazing journey providing a home from home for lifelong learning.

http://www.cliffehousedaynurseries.co.uk (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

- A great holiday allowance . - Annual salary reviews. - Annual Christmas party. - Dress down days. - Nursery uniform provided for you. - Christmas Closure. - Refer a friend scheme. - Discounted childcare.

After this apprenticeship

  • Move on to complete their Level 3 with us to become a fully qualified educator.
  • This can lead to a career as a head of room/senior practitioner, deputy or nursery manager as well as many other early years roles. 

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

CLIFFE HOUSE DAY NURSERIES LIMITED

Tori Doherty

tori@cliffehousetrainingacademy.co.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000301864.

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Closes on Monday 31 March 2025

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