Early Years Educator Level 3 Apprentice

Summary

Are you enthusiastic, cheerful, with more energy than average? Would you like a rewarding and fulfilling career in a nurturing, fun and friendly environment? We are looking for a Childcare apprentice to join our busy team, learning all aspects of working in a nursery environment whilst studying towards your Childcare qualification.

Wage: £15,704 a year
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Training course: Early years educator (level 3)
Hours: Monday to Friday between 9am to 5:30pm. Holiday entitlement: Standard including Bank Holidays.
40 hours a week
Possible start date: Wednesday 9 April
Duration: 1 year 9 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

You will be working towards your L3 Childcare apprenticeship by assisting in a range of duties relevant to your studies, you will also be set aside time to complete your learning.

Duties include:

Meeting and greeting parents and children.
Making notes on children’s daily activities.
Helping with lunch time.
Ensuring an excellent level of health & safety is maintained at all times.
Interacting and playing with children in a fun and educational manner.

Where you’ll work

11 WARDEN HILL ROAD

CHELTENHAM

GL51 3AU

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

GLOUCESTERSHIRE COLLEGE

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

Qualification: Early Years Educator Standard Level 3. Level 3 Award in Paediatric First Aid (RQF) or Level 3 Award in Emergency Paediatric First Aid (RQF).
Delivery Model: Training is delivered in the workplace, plus two or three college-based sessions throughout the course. This can be supported by some remote delivery if required.
Duration: 18 months plus 3 months End Point Assessment (based on 52 week year working 30 hours plus per week, or pro-rata for term-time only working hours).

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade grade 4)
Maths (grade grade 4)

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
Team working
Initiative
Patience

About this company

At Winton House Day Nursery, we aim to provide quality childcare and preschool education for children from birth to 5 years, with an emphasis on learning through play, set in a beautiful homely environment. Winton House Day Nursery provides a safe, caring environment for children, run by qualified, experienced staff. The nursery is set in a beautiful home close to Hatherley Park, with bright, airy, well equipped playrooms, and benefits from having a lovely safe, large garden. We provide a carefully planned and structured environment, full of opportunities for children to experiment and initiate their own learning activities, at their own pace. Each child is valued as an individual, high self-esteem, respect for others, confidence and early independence are all encouraged. Above all, we aim for the children in our care to be happy and safe. The children at Winton House are organised into small groups and have opportunity throughout each session to be active and to rest, to be indoors and outdoors, for large and small muscle movement, for staff and child-initiated play and for small and large group activities. We have three nursery groups: Babies (0-2 years) Toddlers (2-3 years) Pre-school (3-5 years)

https://wintonhouse-daynursery.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

Staff benefits: Uniform provided - 2 polo shirts.

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

Potential position upon completion of the apprenticeship.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

GLOUCESTERSHIRE COLLEGE

GC Employer Training and Apprenticeships

Apprenticeshipvacancies@gloscol.ac.uk

0345 155 2020

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000303929.

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