Apprentice Early Years Educator

Shotley Bridge Primary School

Co Durham, DH8 0SQ

Closes in 22 days (Monday 13 January at 11:59pm)

Posted on 27 November 2024

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Summary

As an Apprentice Early Years Educator you will be passionate about offering children an environment that encourages them to love learning and promotes our school values. Within the school team, you will be based within a smaller team of staff who are specialised in the EYFS working within our pre-school with nursery aged children.

Annual wage
£12,313.60 to £22,010.56 a year

Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)

Term time only and the rate of pay is National Minimum Wage. £6.40 for under 18 £8.60 for 18-20 £11.44 if over 21

Training course
Early years educator (level 3)
Hours
8.00am – 4.00pm Monday to Thursday, 8.00am – 3.30pm Friday (Including 30-minute lunch each day)

37 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 27 January

Duration

1 year 6 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

  • Plans and supervises child initiated and adult led activities which are based around the needs and interests of each individual child.
  • Supports children to develop numeracy and language skills through play based learning.
  • Has key person responsibility to help ensure each child feels safe and secure.
  • Observes each child and shapes their learning experience to reflect their observations.
  • Meets the care needs of the individual child such as feeding, changing nappies and underwear.
  • Works in partnership with other colleagues, parents and/or carers or other professionals to meet the individual needs of each child.

Where you’ll work

Shotley Bridge Primary School

Benfieldside Road

Shotley Bridge

Co Durham

DH8 0SQ

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

DERWENTSIDE 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

All training will be delivered in the workplace. 

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4/C)
  • Math's (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
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience

Other requirements

Employment to start in January 2025.

About this company

Shotley Bridge Primary School is a successful village school situated close to the Durham and Northumberland border. We have Pre-School children up to Year 6 split over two sites.

https://shotleybridgeprimary.durham.sch.uk/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

Our pre-school is newly established for 2024 and is growing in numbers. There is potential for the successful applicant to obtain a permanent position at the school if they fulfil the requirements of the role and are successful in completing their apprenticeship.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

DERWENTSIDE COLLEGE

Apprenticeship Recruitment Team

apprenticeships@derwentside.ac.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000289308.

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Closes in 22 days (Monday 13 January at 11:59pm)

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