Level 3 Childcare and Education Apprenticeship
LITTLE CHESTNUTS PRE-SCHOOL
HALSTEAD, CO9 4DR
Closes in 28 days (Friday 29 November)
Posted on 23 October 2024
Contents
Summary
To provide a safe and fun setting for children aged 2-5 years to learn, form friendships and prepare for their transition to school. To support and work as part of a small team, planning activities, ensuring they are age appropriate and enrich each child's learning and development. To ensure all areas of safeguarding are adhered to.
- Annual wage
- £13,312 a year
- Training course
- Early years educator (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday 8am - 4pm. Term time only, but you will also be required to attend planning, safeguarding and cleaning days during the school holidays
40 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Monday 6 January
- Duration
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1 year 9 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 assist with the planning of the curriculum using the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum for guidance.
- To help to set up the playroom(s) for the daily programme and to help tidy away at the end of the session.
- To act as a key person to a small group of children, liaising closely and building an effective relationship with parents/carers and ensuring each child's needs are recognised and met.
- Work in partnership with parents/carers and other family members.
- To advise the Pre-school Manager of any concerns e.g. over children, parents, or the safety of equipment, preserving confidentiality as necessary.
- To teach children, offering an appropriate level of support and stimulating play experiences.
- To ensure that children are kept safe and that you understand when to follow child protection procedures.
- To support meal times within the setting.
- To actively participate at team meetings, supervisor meetings and appraisal meetings.
- To attend training courses as required and to take responsibility for your development.
- To keep completely confidential any information regarding the children, their family’s, or other staff, which is acquired as part of the job.
- To be aware of and adhere to all the setting’s operational policies and procedures, e.g. health and safety, fire precautions, dropping off and collection of children, food safety, cleanliness of the setting etc.
- To ensure that adequate records are kept and updated regularly.
- To promote the nursery to current parents and potential customers.
- To undertake any other reasonable duties as directed by the Pre-school Manager, in accordance with the setting’s business plan/objectives.
Where you’ll work
Village Hall
CHURCH LANE
TOPPESFIELD
HALSTEAD
CO9 4DR
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
COLCHESTER INSTITUTE
Your training course
Early years educator (level 3)
Equal to A level
Course contents
Your training plan
- The apprentice will be working towards the Early Years Educator Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard.
- Clases at the Colchester Institute - Colchester Campus one day per week during term time.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- maths and English (grade 9-4/A*-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
- Organisation skills
- Administrative skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
Please check that you are able to get to Toppesfield before applying as there are no buses or trains to the village.
About this company
Little Chestnuts is a small village pre-school, based in the village hall of Toppesfield, we have been running for 50 years, and provide childcare for children aged 2 - 5 years. We offer a safe, fun setting for children of all abilities to learn, play and develop.
http://www.littlechestnutspre-school.co.uk (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
We provide a uniform and a pension scheme.
After this apprenticeship
There is the possibility of a permanent position once the apprenticeship is completed dependent on staff needs.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
COLCHESTER INSTITUTE
Colchester Institute - Apprenticeship Team
ci.apprenticeships@colchester.ac.uk
01206 712043
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000283485.
Apply now
Closes in 28 days (Friday 29 November)
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