Childcare Apprenticeship – Level 3 Early Years Educator (NL)

This apprenticeship is ideal for someone with some prior knowledge and experience within a nursery or school setting, especially someone passionate about childcare and early years, looking to further their career.

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working, learning on the job by gaining hands-on experience.

Requirements

• GCSEs in English and Maths (grade 4)
• Share any other relevant qualifications and industry experience; the apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect prior knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Providing an excellent range of activities that ensure children learn while having fun
• Supporting children’s learning and development, including planning and observations
• Preparing and maintaining the environment and resources for the children
• Preparing food for breakfast, snack, and afternoon tea
• Supporting children’s self-help needs
• Being creative and enthusiastic
• Following safeguarding rules
• Undertaking First Aid training as required
• Undertaking training as appropriate to meet any changes in standards or legal requirements
• Ensuring all Health and Hygiene requirements are always adhered to
• Recognising when a child or colleague is in danger or at risk of abuse and acting to protect them in line with safeguarding policy and procedure
• Applying legislation, policy, and procedure to protect the health, safety, and wellbeing of children (e.g., food safety, diets, allergies, COSHH, accidents, injuries, and emergencies)
• Applying the principles of risk assessment and risk management in documentation and practice
• Teaching children to develop skills to manage risk and maintain their own and others' safety
• Using a range of communication methods, including technology, with other professionals to meet the individual needs of the child
• Developing and maintaining effective professional, collaborative relationships with others involved in the education and care of the child
• Undertaking the role and responsibilities of a key person
• Recognising and applying theories of attachment to develop effective relationships with children
• Providing sensitive and respectful personal care for children from birth to 5 years
• Advocating for all children’s needs, including those requiring SEND or EAL support
• Promoting and facilitating children’s interpersonal communication to develop their social interactions and relationships
• Supporting children to develop a positive sense of their own identity and culture
• Supporting children to understand and respond to their emotions and make considered choices about their behaviours
• Assessing the responsiveness of the environment for effective child-centred experiences in line with curriculum requirements
• Creating inclusive, child-centred, dynamic, innovative, and evolving physical environments, both indoors and outdoors
• Creating inclusive and supportive emotional environments that enable children to feel safe, secure, respected, and experience a sense of wellbeing, maintaining and prioritising the child's voice
• Applying strategies that support children’s ability to manage change, transition, and significant events
• Analysing observation evidence to assess and plan holistic individual learning based on a comprehensive understanding of the child’s needs and interests
• Facilitating and supporting child-centred opportunities and experiences based on the setting's curriculum and pedagogy
• Providing adult-led opportunities and experiences based on the setting's curriculum and pedagogy
• Using reflection to develop professionally and personally