Apprentice Nursery Practitioner

A fantastic opportunity has become available at N Family Day Nursery. They are looking for an apprentice nursery practitioner to join their ‘Outstanding’ setting, to fit well within their friendly team and learn skills on the job whilst supporting children’s play, learning & development.

As an apprentice nursery practitioner, you will have the opportunity to rotate around the nursery rooms and Forest School, gaining hands-on experience in all areas of our nurseries. This, coupled with your apprentice training in Early Years, will equip you with all the skills, experience and qualification to apply to progress into a qualified educator role with us. This apprenticeship will either be for a Level 2 Early Years Practitioner. From there, you can develop your career at N, opting for a managerial route or pursuing a specialism in an area that excites you. This role is for multiple positions due to the growth of the business.

Responsibilities

Day to day, you will learn to:

• Support your team in the delivery of basic childcare routines
• Be responsible for the delivery of our 'learning through play’ educational ethos
• Innovate with activities and constantly challenging your children’s learning and development
• Build and maintain excellent relationships with parents
• Promote child welfare and ensure safeguarding procedures are followed.
• Work a flexible shift pattern within the opening hours (7am-7pm)

Requirements

To become an apprentice, you must:

• Be 16 or over and not already be in full-time education

As an apprentice, you will be included on a Level 2 Early Years Practitioner Apprenticeship. Apprenticeship standards are aimed at developing skills within the apprentice’s chosen career route, each standard has set knowledge, skills and behaviours required to be successful within the job role. This will include the completion of functional skills in maths and English. Once the apprentice has completed a minimum of 12 months training and the employer and Babcock regional trainer confirm they have met all the requirements of the standard, they will be put through to end point assessment. The end point assessment is independent from the training and includes a variety of assessment methods which test the skills and knowledge of the apprentice to ensure they are fully competent in their role. Each apprentice will be supported throughout the apprenticeship by a structured programme of teaching, e-learning, face to face training and workplace mentoring, this will encourage and help them to meet the requirements of the new standards and will prepare them for the end of point assessment.