Early Years Apprentice
The Playhouse Day Nursery
NOTTINGHAM, NG8 2AN
Closes in 5 days (Friday 28 February at 11:59pm)
Posted on 24 January 2025
Contents
Summary
The nursery is a family orientated setting. We strive to make sure that the children in our care are healthy and happy, helping them grow as individuals; ensuring that they are full of confidence and curiosity. Every child is helped to reach their potential through a celebration of each achievement.
- Wage
- £9,984 a year
- Training course
- Early years educator (level 3)
- Hours
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Rota shifts each week.
Opening hours: 7.00am - 6.00pm, Monday - Friday.
30 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Friday 7 March
- Duration
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1 year 9 months
- Positions available
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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
- Helping with mealtimes andbuilding independence.
- Interacting with different age groups and learning what each stage of development children are at.
- Welcoming of parents, children and visitors
- Caring for all children
- Setting up activities and supporting children’s involvement in
activities - Assisting children at meal and snack times
- Supporting children at nap times
- Following all nursery policies and procedures including Safeguarding of the setting and Health and Safety of the Children’s environment
- Some cleaning duties will also be involved
Where you’ll work
741 WOLLATON ROAD
NOTTINGHAM
NG8 2AN
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
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
- Apprentices will be allocated a Trainer Assessor and training will be planned and delivered in conjunction with the employer to meet
the individual needs of the apprentice. - The apprentice will spend 20% of their working hours in off the job
activities and training. - On the job and off the job training will be delivered in the
workplace.
More training information
Level 3 apprenticeships
- Apprentices who have not achieved the equivalent of level 2 in
maths and English, must achieve these prior to end point
assessment.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade Grade 9-3/A-D or equivalent)
- Maths (grade Grade 9-3/A-D or equivalent)
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
- Logical
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
Are you able to travel to our location for the start times above? Bus routes are available. Interviews will be held face to face at the employers location
About this company
A new nursery opened end November 2023, Pride ourselves on a home from home environment where the children are the central point and their well being is a focal point to care. We follow the Hygge approach, and our team is like a family
After this apprenticeship
- A full-time role once qualified
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
ACCESS TRAINING (EAST MIDLANDS) LTD
Chloe Burton
chloe.burton@atem.co.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000297658.
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Closes in 5 days (Friday 28 February at 11:59pm)
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