Early Years Apprentice Practitioner - Wandsworth

The Wandsworth Day Nursery and Preschool, part of Grandir UK, is looking for a Nursery Apprentice to provide high-quality childcare whilst working toward a recognised qualification.

Requirements

• GCSE or equivalent in English Language (grade 3)
• GCSE or equivalent in Mathematics (grade 3)
• Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
• Grandir UK is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and an enhanced DBS check will be required for this role.
• Administrative skills
• Analytical Skills
• Attention to detail
• Communication Skills
• Creative
• Customer care skills
• Initiative
• IT skills
• Logical
• Maths and English
• Non judgemental
• Number skills
• Patience
• Presentation skills
• Problem solving skills
• Team working

Responsibilities

• Identify and meet each child’s individual needs.
• Supervise and support children throughout the day.
• Engage in a variety of interactive activities such as reading stories, helping at mealtimes, playing games, and changing nappies.
• Act as a positive and practical role model.
• Build friendly and professional relationships with staff and parents.
• Ensure you fully understand and follow safeguarding procedures.
• 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.
• 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 by encouraging healthy, balanced and nutritious meals and snacks, and being physically active.
• Carry out respectful care routines appropriate to the development, stage, dignity and needs of the child, including eating, 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.
• 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.
• 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, looking after teeth and being physically active.