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About the Role
Working in a childcare setting with children ranging from ages 0-5. You will be working towards an Advanced Diploma Early Years. Your apprenticeship will last for 14-months. This apprenticeship requires dedication, commitment, and punctuality for you to be successful.
Responsibilities
- Creating fun, engaging, and safe environments for the children.
- Teaching within the EYFS requirements.
- Participating in a range of indoor and outdoor activities.
- Supporting the children with a range of self-care needs such as feeding and personal hygiene.
- Communicating with other team members and parents.
- Liaising with external customers and parents.
- Providing a high level of service for the childcare setting.
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.
- 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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Training Schedule
- Working towards an Advanced Level 3 Diploma in Early Years.
- 14-month apprenticeship with a dedicated assessor, mentor, and other staff within the nursery.
- Requires dedication, commitment, and punctuality.
- Opens doors to a variety of future roles and career paths within the childcare sector.
- Training will take place in the workplace.
- Attend online training with your assessor for 1 day a week for the first 8 weeks of your 14-month apprenticeship for classroom-based learning.
- Complete a qualification in paediatric first aid along with your diploma.
Requirements
- GCSE in Maths & English (grade C/4 or above).
- Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
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Set within the charming streets of Wapping, our newest setting is a five-minute walk from Wapping Overground Station. Built in 1871 this stunning and unique building provides our children with ample space and opportunity to spend their most formative years. There are 7 classrooms tailored to specific age groups, all of which have beautiful large windows flooding the rooms with natural sunlight.
Dedicated Spaces:
- Mini Kitchen – A custom child-height kitchen for cooking and baking activities within our beautiful conservatory.
- Life Sciences – Opportunities to bring the outside in and explore scientific concepts in a fun and engaging way.
- Art Atelier – The Reggio approach highlights the environment as the third teacher and our dedicated Art Room is evidence of this.
- Dedicated Library – Our bespoke reading nooks encourage children to spend some quiet time with their parents or staff devouring pages of our favourite children’s books that can also be borrowed to read at home.
Garden and Outdoor Learning:
- Large outdoor space designed to stimulate physical play and provide children with ample opportunities to learn about nature.
- The garden is designed as two distinct areas reflecting the different areas of learning and development.
- Forest School curriculum is delivered in local green spaces including Wapping Green, Wapping Gardens, and Waterside Gardens, all a short walk away.
After This Apprenticeship
- Earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship.
- Potential for a full-time position upon successful completion.
- Other prospects could include applying for:
- Room Leader positions
- Possible management training
- Springboard into primary education
- Paediatric nursing
- Continuous development in the current nursery setting.
Contact Information
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SWIFT ACI
Stuart Beer
sb@swiftcc.co.uk
07875009366
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000039614.
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