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Apprentice Early Years Educator – Stepping Stones Day Nursery-Warrington, WA5 3LP

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Apprenticeship Opportunity: Level 3 Childcare
This apprenticeship is an excellent opportunity to progress to your level 3 childcare qualification while also gaining valuable job experience. Various duties, such as activities with the children and ensuring their safety, will be completed throughout this apprenticeship.
About the Role
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What You'll Do at Work
- Ensure that all children attending the nursery receive high-quality care and development in line with the EYFS
- Organise resources for nursery activities and experiences
- Assist in the growth of all children's developmental progression
- Establish a daily schedule in the nursery
- Maintain a high level of cleanliness and good housekeeping in the nursery
- Have a thorough understanding of all of the Nursery's rules and procedures, and ensure that they are followed and respected at all times
Location
Lingley Green Avenue
Great Sankey
Warrington
WA5 3LP
Training Details
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
- Training Provider: EDEN TRAINING SOLUTIONS LIMITED
- Training Course: Early years educator (level 3)
What You'll Learn
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 (e.g., 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.
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Training Schedule
Level 3 Early Years Educator apprenticeship standard, which includes:
- Level 3 Early Years Educator qualification
- Level 2 Functional Skills in maths and English (if required)
- End-Point Assessment (EPA)
- Employee Rights and Responsibilities (ERR)
- Personal Learning and Thinking Skills (PLTS)


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Desirable Qualifications
- GCSE in:
- English/Maths (grade Grade 4 And Above)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
About the Nursery
Our longest-running nursery having opened in 1996, Stepping Stones at Lingley Mere in Warrington is situated on Lingley Green Avenue within the Great Sankey Business Park. The nursery was awarded Outstanding by Ofsted in August 2017. We cater for children from six weeks to five years in a warm, homely environment where our dedicated team can help your child progress and develop. We’re fortunate to have a large outdoor play area with multiple surfaces available to all children at all times of day, so they can get as much fresh air as possible. We always have a good mix of ages and divide our spaces into separate areas for the different age groups, with various sessions on offer during the week from physical activities to French lessons as well as local trips, such as zoos and museums.
https://www.steppingstonesgroup.com/nursery/lingley-mere/ (opens in new tab)
Earnings
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Progression
After completing your level 3 you may be able to progress onto higher level courses.
Contact Information
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
EDEN TRAINING SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Matt Travis
matthew.travis@eden-ts.com
01924 982876
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000053718.
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