Early Years Educator Apprenticeship - Wendover Day Nursery

GROWING FINGERS LIMITED

Buckinghamshire (HP22 6LX)

Closes in 8 days (Thursday 8 May 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 3 April 2025

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Summary

As Early childhood Developer Apprentice you will support children between the ages of 0-5 in their development and care.  Work to Provide stimulating and purposeful experiences, environments and resources to children that are appropriate to their age and stage of development, whilst also enhancing daily needs of children.

Wage

£14,918.80 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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£7.55 per hour. All Year Round (52 weeks)

Training course
Early years educator (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Friday, shifts to be discussed on interview.

38 hours a week

Start date

Monday 12 May 2025

Duration

1 year 6 months

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

  • Learn whilst working
  • Work to Provide stimulating and purposeful experiences, environments and resources to children that are appropriate
    to their age and stage of development
  • Enhance the all-around daily needs of children, including their physical, intellectual, social and emotional development
  • Assist with embedding an effective key person approach to enable children to form secure attachments.
  • Ensure the safety and well-being of every child, staff, parent and visitor always
  • Work within a team to support all children and team members within your room
  • Understand and ensure that the requirements of the statutory framework for the Early Years Curriculum are met

Where you’ll work

Wendover Day Nursery
Aylesbury Road
Wendover Aylesbury
Buckinghamshire
HP22 6LX

Training

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

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

Work towards your Level 3 Early Years Educator Qualification. (All learning is delivered online/ remote). 

 

More training information

Training Provider: LMP Education (rated 1st best UK training provider)!

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
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Logical
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience

About this company

Our purpose-built nursery has been designed with our child-centred philosophy in mind, creating inspiring environments to spark your child’s curiosity and imagination. We pride ourselves on creating a safe, homely and nurturing environment that enables children to thrive at their own pace. Our location has been hand-picked to ensure we offer an extensive, secure outdoor space that overlooks beautifully green farmland – allowing your little ones the freedom to play, explore and have fun. Our team provide quality childcare led by highly experienced Early Childhood Professionals for children aged 3 months to 5 years.

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

Horiya

horiya.haji@lmpeducation.org

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000313893.

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Closes in 8 days (Thursday 8 May 2025 at 11:59pm)

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