Apprentice Early Years Educator Level 3

LITTLE ACORNS (WSM) LTD

Weston-Super-Mare (BS22 8QY)

Closes in 12 days (Friday 2 May 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 10 April 2025

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Summary

If you are energetic, caring & love working with young children, you could be the person we are looking for. We are seeking an apprentice to join our team to provide support & committed care to our children. You will receive excellent support and training in all areas of the nursery to assist you in achieving your qualification.

Wage

Competitive

Competitive wage offered

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Annual salary is £9,690 due to term-time only hours

Training course
Early years educator (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Thursday 8:30am to 3pm, Friday - college day of 6-hours, 30-minute lunch break

30 hours a week

Start date

Monday 8 September 2025

Duration

1 year 6 months

Positions available

1

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

  • Setting up and carrying out activities with children
  • Preparing snacks and supporting mealtimes
  • Assisting with personal care
  • Helping with the day-to-day running of the nursery
  • Building relationships with parents/carers
  • Enabling children to learn through different methods

Where you’ll work

500 Locking Road
Weston-Super-Mare
BS22 8QY

Training

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

College or training organisation

WESTON COLLEGE OF FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION

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

  • You will be pursuing a Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard as an Early Years Educator, through Weston College
  • As part of this program, you will attend Weston College once a week for workshops
  • An assessor will conduct on-site observations to evaluate your progress, as well as supporting you in college throughout your apprenticeship
  • At the conclusion of your program, your qualification will be assessed through an End Point Assessment
  • Training will include paediatric first aid qualification

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4/C)
  • Maths (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

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience
  • Empathy
  • Calm

Other requirements

The employer is also looking for someone with a Level 2 Early Years qualification or at least 2 years working within an Early Years setting. The ideal candidate will be flexible with working hours due to the changing staff ratio requirements of the setting.

About this company

Little Acorns (WsM) Ltd provides high quality term-time care and education in a safe, secure and happy environment for 2-4 years olds. It is a member of the Early Years Alliance and is OFSTED accredited and staffed by fully trained and experienced staff. Little Acorns is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. It is a requirement of all staff that they share this commitment and follow the prescribed policy and procedures to continuously promote a culture of safeguarding across the whole organisation.

After this apprenticeship

Permanent employment will be on offer upon successful attainment of the Level 3 Early Years Educator qualification.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

WESTON COLLEGE OF FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION

Sharna Thomson

sharna.thomson@weston.ac.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000314950.

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