Childcare Apprenticeship - Little Thinkers Nursery at New Horizons

Location

Portsmouth (PO2 7JB)

Closing Date

Closes in 31 days (Sunday 1 November 2026 at 11:59pm)

Wage

£15,392 to £24,454.04, depending on your age

Hours

Monday - Friday, between 07:15 - 18:00. 37 hours a week

Start Date

Tuesday 1 December 2026

Duration

1 year 6 months

Positions Available

1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

• Create meaningful relationships with the children, your team and with the parents, making sure we provide the best service for our families
• Engaging the children within our setting in exciting and educational activities, to develop skills for life
• Supporting the staff within their team with following the day-to-day routine of the room, ensuring that the children's needs are met
• Be a part of maintaining high standards within the nursery
• Support during mealtimes, serving food to the children ensuring that any dietary requirements are met at all times
• Safeguarding all children within the setting to make sure any child protection concerns are always appropriately acted on immediately
• Observe, monitor and support delivering activities and learning experiences linked to our curriculum, Birth to five matters
• Meeting the needs of the individual children, having an awareness of any disabilities, family cultures and medical histories

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training Provider

REACH4SKILLS TRAINING LTD

Training Course

Early years educator (level 3)

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.
• 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.