Early Years Educator Apprenticeship
ACTIVE ANGELS LTD
SOLIHULL, B90 4BY
Closes in 6 days (Saturday 1 March at 11:59pm)
Posted on 7 February 2025
Contents
Summary
Active Angels has a new and exciting opportunity for a newly qualified Level 2 practitioner to join their team, completing the Early Years Educator Level 3 apprenticeship. This role would be a amazing opportunity to work alongside a great team to further your career in Early Years.
- Wage
- £12,480 a year
- Training course
- Early years educator (level 3)
- Hours
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Full Time, Monday to Friday, shifts to be arranged.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Possible start date
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Monday 10 March
- Duration
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1 year 6 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
- Learning and developing the skills to successfully observe, monitor and record children's learning and development
- Plan and carry out activities to encourage children's progress
- Communicate and engage with children to support their learning journey
- Provide a safe and nurturing environment
- Follow policies and procedures within the setting
- Support the preparation of meals and snacks
- Liaise with colleagues, parents/ carers and other professionals
- Be able to use own initiative
- Any other day to day tasks as requested
Where you’ll work
TANWORTH LANE
SHIRLEY
SOLIHULL
B90 4BY
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
STAFF SELECT 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
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.
More training information
- Early Years Educator Level 3
- Functional Skills maths/ english if required
- Training carried out within the working environment, online portfolio, coach visits once a month
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- Maths & English (grade 4/C)
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
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
About this company
The nursery was set up in April 2006 by Managing Director Lisa Hill and is fully OFSTED Registered (Rated OUTSTANDING August 2024) in addition to holding a 5* Food Hygiene Rating for the past 18 years. The nursery prides itself on providing a ‘home from home’ environment for all children ranging from 0-5 years, and is ran by a large team of experienced staff including: A hands on Director, A Strong Leader’s & Management Team, Level 2 & 3 Qualified Staff, Support Staff and a private Kitchen Chef. All staff are Paediatric First Aid Trained and we are delighted to state that 75% of our staff have been with us for 5 years +.
After this apprenticeship
- Potential full time employment with the nursery
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
STAFF SELECT LTD
Ryan Whitehouse
ryan.whitehouse@novatraining.co.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000301750.
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Closes in 6 days (Saturday 1 March at 11:59pm)
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