Early Years Educator Apprentice

Summary

Teesville Primary School are looking for an Apprentice Early Years Educator to join there team. You will be their to support and assist teachers as part of a professional team contributing to raising standards of pupils' achievement as well as to learn and gain on the job experience whilst completing your level 3 Early Years qualification.

Annual wage: £10,816 a year
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Training course: Early years educator (level 3)
Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30am - 3:30pm
32 hours 30 minutes a week
Possible start date: Monday 20 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

• Assisting individual pupils or small groups of pupils in classroom activities under the specific direction of the teacher and/or other support staff.
• Assisting in ensuring that the length of time spent on tasks and activities is consistent with the individual pupil's needs and according to instructions.
• Supervising the use of equipment as required to maintain pupils' needs, and support their participation in learning tasks and activities.
• Understanding and implementing targets appropriate to pupils’ needs
• Undertaking duties in connection with personal hygiene and welfare of
pupils, as directed by the teaching staff. i.e changing nappies, washing hands.
Nappy changing may be required as a part of the role.
• Assisting in the provision of activities for the fullest development of the pupils, which may involve work outside the school base and in the local community.
• Establish constructive relationships with pupils and interact with them according to individual needs.

• Contributing to the assessment of pupils' progress and development as directed by the teacher through observations, basic record-keeping and discussion with the teacher (for example contributing evidence to the planning and production of Personalised Plans).
• Assisting in the preparation of learning materials and the management of resources.
• Overseeing the care and cleanliness of the teaching environment, equipment, apparatus and materials.
• Assisting in the preparation of display materials
• Supporting teaching staff or senior colleagues with routine administration.
• Establish constructive relationship withs parents interacting with them and will be expected to carry out keypersons responsibilities i.e speaking to parents about their child’s progress or any incidents regarding their child.

Where you’ll work

Lime Road

Middlesbrough

North Yorkshire

TS6 0BZ

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

MIDDLESBROUGH 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

Day release at Middlesbrough College

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

Maths and English (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
Logical
Team working
Creative
Non judgemental
Patience

About this company

We are a primary school who are committed to making sure our children are safe and looked after as well as to provide them with quality education.

After this apprenticeship

Depending on the circumstances of the business upon completion of the apprenticeship programme there could be a potential position of employment available.

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