Apprentice Early Years Assistant

LITTLE SAINTS PRESCHOOL STOURBRIDGE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE LTD.

West Midlands (DY8 2DT)

Closes in 3 days (Friday 25 April 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 11 April 2025

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Summary

We have a fantastic opportunity that has become available for an Apprentice Early Years Assistant to join our team at Little Saints Pre-School, Norton. If you are passionate about starting out in an early years career and supporting children’s learning and development, this could be the opportunity for you.

Wage

£11,778 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Apprentices aged 19 or over, who have completed the first year of the apprenticeship, must thereafter receive at least the correct national minimum wage rate for their age group.

Training course
Early years educator (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Friday, 8.30am - 3.30pm.

30 hours a week

Start date

Monday 1 September 2025

Duration

1 year 9 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

As an apprentice, the successful candidate will be working at a Pre-School and will be able to have hands on experience. You will gain new skills working alongside a small, experienced team.

In this role, you will learn:

  • How to meet children’s social, emotional, physical, and intellectual needs by providing stimulating and age-appropriate play and learning opportunities in the setting
  • How to supervise the children where appropriate and to protect them from dangerous or harmful situations, with the support and guidance of senior staff
  • How to contribute to a high level of care that will enhance the children’s general health and wellbeing 
  • How to carry out observations of children, discuss the progress of children with the key person and contribute any ideas to informal and formal planning sessions
  • How to be aware of any special needs a child may have and to familiarise yourself with relevant play and learning plans 

Your responsibilities will also include:

  • Working with colleagues to provide fun and engaging outdoor activities to cover all areas of the children’s development.
  • Preparing healthy snacks, setting up and clearing away mealtimes and supporting children during mealtimes
  • Attending and contributing to your review sessions
  • Attending and contributing to regular staff/team meetings.
  • Sharing any child protection concerns immediately with the designated Safeguarding Lead or their deputy
  • Adhering to our code of practice on confidentiality

 

Where you’ll work

Little Saints Preschool
Leavale Road
Stourbridge
West Midlands
DY8 2DT

Training

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

College or training organisation

PRE-SCHOOL LEARNING ALLIANCE

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 enrolled on the Level 3 Early Years Educator Standard with the Early Years Alliance.

Training is delivered via monthly virtual classroom teaching sessions,  online learning, workplace learning, written tasks and face-to-face assessments and sessions with our assessors.  

 

More training information

For more information about the apprenticeship training programme, please contact Ria Clifton (Apprenticeship Coordinator) at the Early Years Alliance

ria.clifton@eyalliance.org.uk 

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade C/4 or above)
  • Maths (grade C/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
  • Customer care skills
  • Team working
  • Patience
  • Experience with young children

About this company

We are located in the heart of Stourbridge, just a couple minutes’ walk from Mary Stevens Park and on the grounds of St Joseph School. Parking will be available, local bus and train services available locally.

Company benefits

Workplace pension scheme.

After this apprenticeship

Once a qualified Early Years Educator, you can work in a variety of roles including; Room Leader, Supervisor, Deputy Manager or as a  Childminder.  

Progression to higher education, such as Level 5 Diploma for the Early Years Senior Practitioner or a degree in early years education.  

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

LITTLE SAINTS PRESCHOOL STOURBRIDGE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE LTD.

Mrs S Piggott Denison

admin@littlesaints.online

01384350359

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000314237.

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Closes in 3 days (Friday 25 April 2025 at 11:59pm)

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