Little Angels @ Roby Job Description

Little Angels @ Roby are looking for dedicated, motivated, caring individuals with a great sense of humour, to join the team. You will interact and work with the children on a day-to-day basis, supporting the planning and delivery of play activities.

What You'll Do at Work

Do you find inspiration in the imaginations of a child? Can you appreciate the magic in a muddy puddle? At Little Angels, our apprentices play a crucial part in supporting the delivery of welfare and care in early years.

Duties and Expectations of an Early Years Practitioner Apprentice

• Ensure the welfare and safety of children is promoted and report safeguarding issues and concerns to the person in charge
• Support the planning and delivery of purposeful play activities in line with the early years foundation stage
• Work with parents, colleagues, and other agencies to ensure children’s individual needs are met
• Support the children to understand healthy life choices through engaging play activities
• Take an active role in seeking out continuous professional development opportunities during the apprenticeship programme and beyond
• Use communication and knowledge of child development to engage with children and support those requiring additional support
• Support children who are experiencing transitions such as moving to school or the birth of a sibling, using your knowledge of the children to support them
• Carry out respectful care routines such as feeding, nappy changing, and dental care
• Take an active part in the completion of their apprenticeship, meeting deadlines set by their trainer assessor and working with the dedicated mentor to develop their knowledge, skills, and behaviours
• Support children’s numeracy, literacy, and language through a range of play activities and opportunities

Your trainer assessor will meet with you regularly to provide teaching, learning, and feedback from assessments completed. To support your progress, you will be required to complete a reflective journal of the learning you have undertaken and discuss this with your trainer assessor.

Where You'll Work

2A Cassio Road
L36 7UX

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

Training Provider
REALISE LEARNING AND EMPLOYMENT LIMITED

Training Course
Early years practitioner (level 2)

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What You'll Learn

Course Contents

• Support babies and young children through a range of transitions and significant events, e.g. moving onto school, moving house, or the birth of a sibling.
• Recognise when a child is in danger, at risk of serious harm or abuse, and explain the procedures to be followed to protect them. Types of abuse including: domestic, neglect, physical, emotional, and sexual abuse.
• Identify risks and hazards in the provision and during off-site visits relating to both children and staff and visitors, and follow reporting procedures.
• Use prevention and control of infection techniques for hand washing and food preparation and hygiene, deal with spillages safely, safe disposal of waste, using correct personal protective equipment.
• Use equipment, furniture, and materials safely and securely, following the manufacturers’ instructions and provision’s requirements.
• Encourage children to be aware of personal safety and the safety of others and develop personal hygiene practices (including oral hygiene).
• Promote health and wellbeing in the provision by encouraging babies and young children to consume healthy, balanced, and nutritious meals, snacks, and drinks appropriate for their age and be physically active through planned and spontaneous activity throughout the day, both indoors and outdoors.
• Carry out respectful care routines appropriate to the development, stage, dignity, and needs of the child, including eating (feeding and weaning or complementary feeding), nappy changing procedures, potty or toilet training, care of skin, teeth, and hair, and rest and sleep provision.
• Communicate with all children, including those for whom English is an additional language and those with additional needs, in ways that will be understood. This includes verbal and non-verbal communication.
• Extend children’s development and learning through verbal and non-verbal communication.
• Encourage babies and young children to use a range of communication methods.
• Use a range of appropriate communication methods to share information with children, parents or carers, and other professionals.
• Work with colleagues to identify and plan educational programmes to support children’s holistic development through a range of play, creativity, social development, and learning.
• Implement and review activities to support children’s play, creativity, social development, and learning and clear up after activities.
• Observe children, assess, plan, and record the outcomes, share results accurately and confidentially in line with expected statutory and the provision’s requirements.
• Use learning activities to support early language development.
• Support children’s early interest and development in mark making, writing, reading, and being read to.
• Support children’s interest and development in mathematical learning including numbers, number patterns, counting, sorting, and matching.
• Support the graduated approach for the assessment, planning, implementation, and reviewing of each baby’s and young child's individual plan for their care and participation.
• Work in ways that value and respect the developmental needs and stages of babies and children.
• Use feedback and mentoring or supervision to identify and support areas for development, goals, and career opportunities.
• Work co-operatively with colleagues, other professionals, and agencies to meet the needs of babies and young children and enable them to progress.
• Work alongside parents or carers and recognise their role in the baby or child’s health, well-being, learning, and development.
• Encourage parents or carers to take an active role in the baby's or child’s care, play, learning, and development.
• Demonstrate how to share information with parents or carers about the importance of healthy, balanced, and nutritious diets for their child, looking after teeth, and being physically active.