Apprentice Advert
BRIGHT SPARKS PRIVATE DAY NURSERY LTD
MANSFIELD (NG18 5BN)
Closes in 9 days (Thursday 10 April 2025)
Posted on 19 March 2025
Contents
Summary
Join a highly skilled workforce to learn about the wonders of Early Education and care and learn as you earn in a beautiful rural , independent nursery.
- Wage
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£15,704 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
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Wages reviewed each year. Bonus scheme available each month
- Training course
- Early years educator (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, 8 hours per day with an hour for lunch.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Friday 11 April 2025
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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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
- Learn how to safeguard children
- Follow and deliver the Early Years Foundation Stage
- Become an active and succesful member of a committed team
- Understand language development and contribute towards children's language acquisition.
Where you’ll work
DERBY ROAD
MANSFIELD
NG18 5BN
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
ACCESS TRAINING (EAST MIDLANDS) LTD
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
40 hours per week at Bright Sparks Private Day Nursery, Derby Road, Mansfield NG18 5BN.
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
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
The applicant will need their own transport as we are not located on a public transport route
About this company
We are a small, private, independent local childcare provider offering outstanding day care to children aged 0-5years. We work in a wonderful team of committed, caring and loyal practitioners in a homely, welcoming and rural setting with an emphasis on responsible nutrition, exercise and high level engagement with our children and families.
https://brightsparks-nursery.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
Free parking.
After this apprenticeship
Qualified Level Three practitioners can progress ono Level 5 training courses.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
BRIGHT SPARKS PRIVATE DAY NURSERY LTD
Laura Gapski
lauragapski@brightsparks-nursery.co.uk
01623652220
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000310460.
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Closes in 9 days (Thursday 10 April 2025)
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Company’s application instructions
Use the contact link on the website or email directly: lauragapski@brightsparks-nursery.co.uk