Early Years Educator Apprenticeship Level 3 - Rohampton

ALTON COMMUNITY PLAYSCHOOL

LONDON (SW15 4LY)

Closes in 9 days (Wednesday 30 April 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 7 April 2025

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Summary

Are you passionate about working with young children? An excellent opportunity is available to do a Level 3 Early Years Educator apprenticeship at Alton Community Playschool.

Wage

£11,778 to £19,047.60, depending on your age

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Training course
Early years educator (level 3)
Hours
30 Hours per week.

30 hours a week

Start date

Friday 2 May 2025

Duration

1 year 3 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

  • To effectively deliver the EYFS, ensuring that the individual needs and interests of children in the setting are met (in conjunction with other team members),
  • To keep records of your key children’s development and learning journeys and share them with parents, carers and other key adults in the child’s life,
  • To support all staff and engage in a good staff team,
  • To develop and maintain strong partnerships and communication with parents/carers to facilitate day-to-day caring and early learning needs,
  • To ensure the provision of a high-quality environment to meet the needs of individual children having an awareness of any disabilities, family cultures and medical histories, advise manager/deputy/DSL of any concerns, e.g. over children, parents, the safety of the environment, preserving confidentiality as necessary, etc.

Where you’ll work

FONTLEY WAY
ROEHAMPTON
LONDON
SW15 4LY

Training

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

College or training organisation

NORTH EAST SURREY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY (NESCOT)

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

Training will be at Nescot College (Epsom - KT17 3DS). The learner will attend in person training every other Friday.

Working towards a Level 3 Early Years Educator apprenticeship standard, including Functional Skills in English and maths if required.

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

  • Customer care skills
  • Team working
  • Non judgemental

About this company

Alton Community Playschool is a small nursery based in Roehampton, established in 1985. We provide early years education for all children aged from two to five years without exceptions. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all staff members and volunteers to share this commitment. We take pride in our commitment to our staff members and the commitment they show to the children, families and community. As an experienced provider of early years education, which has been in the market for almost 40 years, we recognise the clear link between well-qualified, enthusiastic staff members and quality of education.

Company benefits

Working alongside a well-trained team Pension scheme (Scottish Widows) Access to Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) Wellbeing Officer and wellbeing basket Complementary Paid Day for Birthday Continuous Professional Development

After this apprenticeship

  • Nursery Manager
  • Team Leader/Supervisor
  • Teaching Assistant
  • Further Training - Level 5 qualification

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

NORTH EAST SURREY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY (NESCOT)

Martin Walker-Smith

mwalkersmith@nescot.ac.uk

02083948593

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000314273.

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Closes in 9 days (Wednesday 30 April 2025 at 11:59pm)

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