Level 3 Early Years Apprenticeship

Summary

You will be working full time at the Nursery as a Level 3 Early Years Practitioner Apprentice. This will include gaining your practical experience, and you will attend bi-weekly lessons at Chiltern Training to gain your knowledge.

Wage: £15,704 a year
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Training course: Early years educator (level 3)
Hours: You will work full time, 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday with shifts ranging between 7am-7pm.
40 hours a week
Possible start date: Tuesday 20 May
Duration: 1 year
Positions available: 3

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

What you’ll do at work:

Supervise children
Organising activities
Developing children's development
Updating children's records
Working closely with parents and staff
Preparing food and drinks

Where you’ll work

Grange Lane
Beenham
RG7 5PX

Training

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

College or training organisation

CHILTERN TRAINING 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.

Training will include paediatric first aid qualification.

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.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 4 or Functional Skills L2)
Maths (grade 4 OR Functional skills level 2)

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
Team working
Creative
Initiative
Non judgemental
Patience
Physical fitness
Caring
Kindness

About this company

Our 2 settings offer a variety of options for you, but whichever you choose you can rest assured we will care for your little one as if they were our own. Kennet Valley is a community inspired preschool in the heart of Fords Farm offering term time care for children from 2-5 years old. Beenham is a family inspired day nursery conveniently located just off the A4 near the glorious village of Beenham offering year round care for children from 3 months to 5 years old. Our children join us not just from the local area, but surrounding areas too. We celebrate all cultures, religions and backgrounds - everyone is welcome and we look forward to meeting you!

https://www.caterpillarkids.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

You can progress onto room leader, management, or use a UCAS points and go onto teaching, midwifery etc.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

CHILTERN TRAINING LIMITED

Admissions team

nichola.morrison@chilterntraining.org

0118 95 66 995

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000286344.

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Closes on Thursday 15 May 2025

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