Apprentice Early Years Educator - Sticky Fingers Tiny School - YO32 9UP

STICKY FINGERS TINY SCHOOL LIMITED

School Bungalow (YO32 9UP)

Closes in 8 days (Friday 11 April 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 3 March 2025

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Summary

Are you looking for a career in childcare? Sticky Fingers are recruiting passionate individuals wanting to pursue a career in childcare. You will be ensuring the educational, social, physical, emotional, health and welfare needs of the children are always met. During the apprenticeship you will complete an Early Years Educator level 3.

Wage

£12,563.20 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course
Early years educator (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Friday, 7.45am - 6.15pm Shifts (8 or 10 hours)

32 hours a week

Start date

Monday 21 July 2025

Duration

1 year 4 months

Positions available

1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you’ll do at work

  • Act in accordance with Policies, Procedures and Protocols, including the Safeguarding Procedure, including fulfilling your responsibilities under Health and Safety legislation
  • Work effectively as a member of our staff team
  • Notify your Line Manager of any concerns about carers, children, staff, volunteers or students
  • Attend all staff meetings, (including evening meetings) and our Annual General Meeting
  • Have a flexible approach regarding your general child-care duties
  • Provide a good role model for volunteers and students service provision
  • Provide a warm welcome to visitors and clients, promoting and fostering good relationships with clients
  • Promote the children’s self-esteem, helping them develop confidence in their abilities, extend their skills and develop their full potential by helping to provide a safe and stimulating play environment
  • Contribute towards displays and provide creative activities
  • Contribute to the observations, etc in Early Years and log them onto Tapestry (our on-line learning journal)
  • Maintain a high standard of hygiene and cleanliness, particularly having full regard to the health, safety and welfare of each child 

Where you’ll work

Stockton on the Forest Nursery
School Bungalow
YO32 9UP

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

EDEN TRAINING SOLUTIONS 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

  • Early years educator Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

  • or equivalent English (grade C or 4+)
  • or equivalent Maths (grade C or 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
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience

Other requirements

This setting spends a lot of time outdoors so being comfortable with this is a must.

About this company

At Sticky Fingers we strive to provide opportunities which allow children to be curious about the world they live in. It is essential that children feel happy and safe. That they can express themselves and their show their unique personalities as they grow. It is our role to create and adapt their environments to ensure this happens and maximise their learning opportunities.

After this apprenticeship

  • For the successful candidate there is the possibility of ongoing employment upon completion of the relevant qualifications

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

EDEN TRAINING SOLUTIONS LIMITED

Thomas Wilkinson

thomaswilkinson@eden-ts.com

01709886837

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000307116.

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Closes in 8 days (Friday 11 April 2025 at 11:59pm)

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