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Early Years Educator Apprentice Tiny Treasures

Pilgrims Hatch
£15.4k/yr
Posted 1 day ago
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Looking to develop a career working with children? We are seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic Nursery Apprentice to join our Broughton Cottage team, to support the care and learning of babies and young children in the setting. Hours are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 8am to 5.30pm or 8.30am to 6pm, all year round.

The position is in our Tiny Treasures nursery. This role involves supporting the daily activities within the nursery, ensuring a safe and nurturing environment for all children. The Nursery Practitioner will work closely with the lead educators to promote the development and well-being of each child in our care. The ideal candidate will have a passion for working with young children.

We will support candidates to undertake an apprenticeship in Childcare alongside working with us in the setting.

Responsibilities:

  • Supervise and engage with children during playtime, ensuring their safety and well-being.
  • Communicate effectively with children, encouraging their social skills and emotional development.
  • Communicating with parents daily and during parents' evenings, sharing information regarding their child's development.
  • Support children in their daily routines, including meals, naps, and personal hygiene.
  • Maintain a clean and organised nursery environment, ensuring all equipment is safe and suitable for use.
  • Collaborate with colleagues to create a positive atmosphere that fosters learning and growth.
  • Manage behaviour in accordance with nursery policies, promoting positive interactions among children.
  • Drive initiatives that enhance children's learning experiences through creative play.
  • Writing observations on their key children to create a child's learning journey and support them with their next steps.

We can offer you:

  • Additional leave.
  • Discounted or free food.
  • Company events.
  • On-site parking.

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 educator (level 3)

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What you'll learn

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 (for example, food safety, diets, starting solid food, allergies, COSHH, and accidents, injuries, and emergencies).
  • 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.
  • 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 (for example, food safety, diets, starting solid food, allergies, COSHH, and accidents, injuries, and emergencies).
  • 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.

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Your full role and responsibilities will be set out by your employer. They will provide you with all the on-the-job training you need to up-skill in your role, and your 20% off-the-job learning will be incorporated as part of your working day.

You will be working towards the Level 3 Early Years Educator apprenticeship standard, which includes:

  • Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours.
  • Level 3 Diploma for the Early Years Educator.
  • Level 3 Award in Paediatric First Aid or Level 3 Award in Emergency Paediatric First Aid.
  • Level 2 Functional Skills in maths and English (if required).

This will be delivered by your dedicated training provider, Realise.

Desirable qualifications

  • GCSE in:
    • English Language (grade 4)
    • Mathematics (grade 4)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Other requirements

Looking for someone as soon as possible. Job will require a DBS and reference checks to meet safer recruitment requirements.

The nursery is based on the grounds of a school with private grounds. The nursery opened in 2009 and has a baby, toddler and preschool room. Tiny Acorns is part of the Toots Nursery group. The nursery is open 51 weeks of the year and closes Christmas to New Year. The nursery was graded Outstanding by Ofsted.

https://www.tinytreasuresdaynursery.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

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Career opportunities within the nursery and group to develop.

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

REALISE LEARNING AND EMPLOYMENT LIMITED

Laura Moseley

Laura.Longden@realisetraining.com

0114 478 4378

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000040943.

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Skills

Communication skills
Team working
Attention to detail
Caring
Creative
Initiative
Logical
Non judgemental
Patience
Safeguarding
Risk assessment
Child development
SEND support
EAL support
Paediatric first aid

Location

437 Ongar Rd, Pilgrims Hatch, Brentwood CM15 9JG, UK

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