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Early Years Apprenticeship Level 3 at Chiltern Nurseries Ltd
Since 2002, we have provided a home-from-home environment. There’s an opportunity for an apprenticeship to join our team and begin your childcare journey. We also offer career progression, further training, and support for staff to complete their childcare degrees. It requires dedication, punctuality, and enthusiasm to be successful.
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
Responsibilities
- Provide high-quality care and education for all children within our settings
- Learn the planning format supporting children’s development, including children’s interests and next steps, and contribute to these plans
- Carry out planned activities with groups of children with early years workers to help support and guide
- Follow nursery routines and activities, offering attention and support to all children
- Have a small group of key children and be responsible for tracking their development with the support of the room leader and team
- Observe and record children’s development, contributing to their learning journey
- Use initiative supporting the environment and activity ideas to create excitement and awe for the children
- Actively promote each child’s self-esteem
- Maintain awareness of the duty to safeguard all children within our care
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Requirements
- GCSE in English (grade 4)
- GCSE in Maths (grade 4)
- Be able to successfully obtain a DBS
- Share any other relevant qualifications and industry experience (the apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know)
Benefits
- Career progression opportunities
- Further training
- Support to complete childcare degrees
- Team leading course
- Management course
- Forest School leadership course
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About Lynton House Day Nursery
Lynton House Day Nursery, located at Epsom Road, KT17 1LJ, is part of a group that started in 2002 with Chiltern Day Nursery in Sutton. Glaisdale Nursery opened in 2008. Lynton House Day Nursery was established after identifying a lack of childcare in the Epsom area, with the site of Lynton House Preparatory School providing a beautiful setting with traditional Georgian features and a large garden.
Training
Training Provider: NORTH EAST SURREY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY (NESCOT) Training Course: Early years educator (level 3)
What you'll learn:
- Safeguarding: Recognise when a child or colleague is at risk of abuse and act to protect them.
- Health, Safety & Wellbeing: Apply legislation, policy, and procedure to protect children’s health, safety, and wellbeing, including food safety, COSHH, and emergency procedures.
- Risk Management: Apply principles of risk assessment and management, and teach children to manage risk and maintain safety.
- Communication: Use various communication methods, including technology, with other professionals to meet individual child needs.
- Professional Relationships: Develop and maintain effective professional relationships with others involved in a child’s education and care.
- Key Person Role: Undertake the role and responsibilities of a key person.
- Attachment Theories: Recognise and apply theories of attachment to develop effective relationships with children.
- Personal Care: Provide sensitive and respectful personal care for children aged 0-5 years.
- SEND & EAL Support: Advocate for the needs of all children, including those requiring SEND or EAL support.
- Communication Skills: Promote and facilitate children’s interpersonal communication to develop social interactions and relationships.
- Identity & Culture: Support children to develop a positive sense of their own identity and culture.
- Emotional Development: Support children to understand and respond to their emotions and make considered choices about their behaviours.
- Environment: Assess and create responsive, inclusive, child-centred, dynamic, innovative, and evolving physical and emotional environments.
- Transitions: Apply strategies that support children’s ability to manage change, transition, and significant events.
- Learning & Development: Analyse observation evidence to assess and plan holistic individual learning based on child needs and interests.
- Facilitation: Facilitate child-centred and adult-led opportunities and experiences based on the setting's curriculum and pedagogy.
- Professional Development: Use reflection to develop professionally and personally.
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Training Schedule:
- Early Years Educator Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard
- EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage)
- Safeguarding
- Prevent training
- Promoting Equality and Diversity
- Young children’s development
- Importance of play
- Communicating with babies and young children
- Supporting the health and wellbeing of children
- Supporting children with special educational needs (SEND)
- Supporting numeracy and literacy development
- Functional Skills in maths and English (if required)
- Paediatric First Aid
- Promoting the health and wellbeing of children
- Food and Hygiene (short course)
- Supporting organisational processes and procedures
- Promoting wellbeing and resilience for young children
You will be expected to attend college two Fridays a month for classroom-based training, supported by the college assessor and our in-house training manager. You may also be expected to attend college two Wednesdays a month.
Contact
CHILTERN NURSERIES LTD Ella Probert info@lyntonhousedaynursery.co.uk 01372 575040 Reference code: VAC2000031384
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