Early Years Educator Apprenticeship

Summary

Join Jack and Jill’s Day Nursery in Halesowen as an Early Years Educator Apprentice! Work 37.5 hours/week at £6.40/hour while completing a 16-month Level 3 Early Years Educator qualification. Help create a nurturing, inclusive environment for children aged 0–5 by planning activities, monitoring progress, and fostering development.

Annual wage: £12,480 a year
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Training course: Early years educator (level 3)
Hours: Starting time and end time may change, e.g. 7.00am to 4.00pm, 9.00am to 6.00pm, etc.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
Possible start date: Monday 17 February
Duration: 1 year 6 months
Positions available: 1

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

Carry out daily room checks and report any issues to the management team.
Adhere to all policies and procedures, keeping up to date with any changes.
Ensure all visitors comply with the nursery’s policies and procedures at all times.
Report any changes in a child’s behavior or appearance to the manager, especially those that may concern the child’s health, welfare, or development.
Take responsibility for the children in your group, ensuring individual care and attention with regard to their physical, intellectual, cultural, emotional, and religious needs.
Provide quality daycare for children aged 0–8 years, respecting their abilities, ethnic, cultural, and religious backgrounds.
Promote a sense of identity and self-worth in each child by being sensitive to their ethnic, cultural, and religious backgrounds, as outlined in the equality and diversity policy.
Create a varied and stimulating program of activities to encourage children’s development, completing weekly planning in line with the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS).
Evaluate weekly plans to align with the EYFS standards.
Regularly monitor and record each child’s development progress, identifying areas needing additional support.
Ensure children’s records are consistently up to date.
Participate in staff appraisals, parent/carer evenings, staff meetings, training sessions, and professional meetings concerning children, even outside of regular working hours.
Develop strong relationships with parents/carers and work in partnership with them to ensure the children’s safety and well-being.
Be aware of your roles and responsibilities, following correct routines and procedures.
Maintain high cleanliness standards, participating in cleaning rotas.
Communicate confidently and effectively with parents/carers, children, staff, proprietors, visitors, and external agencies.
Understand and abide by the confidentiality policy, signing a confidentiality agreement.
Be punctual, reliable, flexible, and ready to work as per your rota.
Display a friendly, fair, and approachable manner at all times.
Provide cover at the sister nursery as required, for both short-term and long-term periods.
Perform any other duties and responsibilities necessary for the efficient running of the nursery.

Where you’ll work

146-148 COOMBS ROAD

HALESOWEN

B62 8AF

Training

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.

College or training organisation

LET ME PLAY 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

Training Provider: LMP Education (Rated Best UK training provider!).
All learning delivered online/ remotely alongside role.

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
Logical
Team working
Creative
Initiative
Non judgemental

About this company

Jack and Jill’s Day Nursery in Halesowen is a trusted childcare provider offering a caring and enriching environment for children aged 0 to 5 years. The nursery prioritises the well-being, development, and happiness of each child, delivering high-quality early education guided by the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework. With a dedicated team of experienced staff, the nursery provides a wide range of activities designed to encourage learning, creativity, and social interaction. Jack and Jill’s Day Nursery values diversity and inclusivity, creating a supportive space where every child can thrive and reach their full potential.

After this apprenticeship

Full-time role to be considered upon completion of the apprenticeship.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

LET ME PLAY LIMITED

Owen MacKinnon

owen.mackinnon@lmpeducation.org

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000296376.

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Closes in 29 days (Friday 14 February at 11:59pm)

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