Apprentice Early Years Educator
Chestnuts Childcare
MANSFIELD, NG20 8PJ
Closes in 30 days (Thursday 31 October at 11:59pm)
Posted on 11 September 2024
Contents
Summary
We are looking to recruit an apprentice to join our team to deliver a high standard of learning, development and care for children aged 0-5 years. To ensure that the preschool nursery is a safe environment for children, staff, and others. To developing partnerships with parents/carers to increase involvement in their child’s development.
- Annual wage
- £9,984 a year
- Training course
- Early years educator (level 3)
- Hours
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Working on a rota system, between the hours of 7.00am - 6.30pm, dependent on the needs of the business.
30 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Thursday 7 November
- 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
• To provide a safe, caring, stimulating educational environment, both indoors and outdoors, always.
• To deliver an appropriate play based Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum that enables children to make individual progress.
• To help ensure the preschool nursery always meets Ofsted requirements.
• To understand and work to preschool nursery policies and procedures, including how to deal with child protection issues appropriately and how to respond to incidents, accidents, complaints, and emergencies.
• To plan activities which ensure each child is working towards the early learning outcomes.
• To be a key person.
• To ensure records are properly maintained, e.g. daily attendance register, accident and incident book, risk assessments
• To liaise closely with parents/carers, informing them about the nursery and its curriculum, exchanging information about children’s progress and encouraging parents’ involvement.
• To work in partnership with senior management to update and review the self-evaluation and improvement plan.
• To undertake any other reasonable duties as directed, in accordance with the preschool aims and objectives.
Where you’ll work
BYRON STREET
SHIREBROOK
MANSFIELD
NG20 8PJ
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
WEST NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COLLEGE
Your training course
Early years educator (level 3)
Equal to A level
Course contents
Your training plan
Early years educator Level 3.
This is predominantly a work based programme which means that your learning will take place on the site of your employment and within your contracted working hours.
We host a series of twilight learning sessions that start at various points throughout the year and run for 12 weeks. You will attend in person at our Derby Road campus. These sessions help you to develop your knowledge, skills and understanding within the working environment as well as given you the opportunity to share good working practice with other learners from a variety of early years settings.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (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
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
Please be aware that this is a childcare setting where you will experience the daily changing emotions of the children and the personal care of the children. Please be aware of this when making your application.
About this company
Chestnuts Childcare has been established for over 19 years.We dedicate ourselves to provide the best quality of childcare for all children. We have a vast amount of experience at working with children with SEN, additional needs, multiple births, Autism, ADHD and other medical conditions. A Place to Shine All our staff are qualified to ensure they can provide quality teaching and learning to all children. Christine Scott, the Owner has spent time surveying the needs of local residents and put those needs into her business. The setting is open 52 weeks a year. We open from 5.00am to 10.30pm seven days a week. This helps us provide a service to parent/carers who work shifts or unsociable hours and have struggled to get childcare.
https://chestnutschildcare.wixsite.com/website (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
Free parking available
After this apprenticeship
There may be an opportunity to progress into a full time, permanent role.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
WEST NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COLLEGE
Karen
apprenticeships@wnc.ac.uk
01623 900632
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000276171.
Apply now
Closes in 30 days (Thursday 31 October at 11:59pm)
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