Early Years Educator Apprenticeship - Oasis Watermead

Early Years Educator Apprentice

We are seeking an enthusiastic, highly motivated individual to join our Early Years team as an Early Years Educator Apprentice in our vibrant primary school setting. You will work with children under the age of five to support their learning and development and help them achieve their full potential.

About the Role

As an Early Years Educator Apprentice, you will work closely with experienced educators to support the development and well-being of children under the age of 5. Our Early Years Educator Apprenticeship programme will give you the necessary skills and confidence to work in a classroom environment within a school.

What you'll do at work

• Assist in creating a safe, stimulating, and engaging environment for children
• Support the planning and delivery of age-appropriate activities that promote learning and development
• Help monitor and record children’s progress, ensuring every child’s needs are met
• Build positive relationships with children, parents, and colleagues
• Encourage children’s independence, self-confidence, and curiosity through play-based learning
• Maintain the classroom environment, including setting up activities and tidying after sessions
• Follow safeguarding procedures to ensure the safety and welfare of all children
• Meet the children’s physical care routines, e.g. meal and snack times, toilet training and nappy changing, etc.

Where you'll work

Barrie Crescent
Sheffield
S5 8RJ

Training Details

Training Provider: LET ME PLAY LIMITED
Training course: Early years educator (level 3)

What you'll learn

• 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.