Childcare Apprenticeship – Level 3 Early Years Educator

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

Requirements

• GCSE or equivalent Maths and English (grade 4/C L2)
• IT skills
• Attention to detail
• Problem solving skills
• Logical
• Team working
• Creative
• Initiative
• Patience
• Flexibility
• Punctuality
• Ability to use own initiative

Responsibilities

• Providing an excellent range of activities that ensures that the child learns whilst having fun
• Supporting children’s learning and development, including supporting planning and observations
• Preparing and maintaining the environment and resources for the children
• Preparation of 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 appropriate legal requirements as required
• Ensuring that all health and hygiene requirements are 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
• Applying the principles of risk assessment and risk management
• Teaching children to develop skills to manage risk and maintain their own and others safety
• Using a range of communication methods 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 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
• Applying strategies that support children’s ability to manage change, transition, and significant events
• Analysing observation evidence to assess and plan holistic individual learning
• Facilitating and supporting child-centred opportunities and experiences
• Providing adult-led opportunities and experiences
• Using reflection to develop professionally and personally
• Updating online portfolio in a timely manner to meet deadlines