Level 2 Early Years Practitioner in a Nursery – Apprentice Nursery Assistant

An exciting opportunity to begin your career in childcare with Parenta Training, working in an early year setting. Become an apprentice in one of our fun and friendly nurseries working with children aged from birth to five years, gaining experience while you learn.

Requirements

• Ability to reliably travel to and from the employer location daily.
• Willingness to undergo a check of police records (e.g., a DBS).
• Willingness to subscribe to the DBS Update Service.
• Share any other relevant qualifications and industry experience (apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect existing knowledge).

Responsibilities

• Working with children between the ages of 0-5 years.
• Organising activities and being proactive with help and care in the early years teaching sector.
• Assisting and meeting the personal/emotional needs of individual children, including nappy changing, feeding, caring, and establishing relationships.
• Providing all aspects of care and support to children under supervision, ensuring participation in daily learning and play activities.
• Ensuring the setting is safe, clean, and well-presented.
• Collaborating with colleagues to maintain the highest standards of work in a positive manner.
• Contributing to a high-quality caring environment by creating a warm, friendly, and stimulating atmosphere for children's emotional, social, and educational development.
• Attending team meetings and contributing relevant ideas.
• Understanding and implementing the setting’s confidentiality policy.
• Contributing towards an effective and supportive team environment.
• Supporting babies and young children through a range of transitions and significant events.
• Recognising when a child is in danger, at risk of serious harm or abuse, and understanding procedures for protection.
• Identifying risks and hazards in the provision and during off-site visits, and following reporting procedures.
• Using prevention and control of infection techniques for hand washing, food preparation, hygiene, safe spillage management, and waste disposal.
• Safely using equipment, furniture, and materials according to instructions.
• Encouraging children's awareness of personal safety and the safety of others.
• Developing personal hygiene practices in children.
• Promoting health and wellbeing by encouraging healthy eating and physical activity.
• Carrying out respectful care routines appropriate to the child's development, dignity, and needs.
• Communicating with children, including those with English as an additional language or additional needs, using understandable methods.
• Extending children’s development and learning through verbal and non-verbal communication.
• Encouraging babies and young children to use a range of communication methods.
• Sharing information with children, parents, carers, and other professionals using appropriate communication methods.
• Collaborating with colleagues to plan educational programmes supporting children’s holistic development through play, creativity, social development, and learning.
• Implementing and reviewing activities to support children’s play, creativity, social development, and learning, and cleaning up afterwards.
• Observing children, assessing, planning, and recording outcomes, and sharing results accurately and confidentially.
• Using learning activities to support early language development.
• Supporting children’s early interest and development in mark making, writing, reading, and being read to.
• Supporting children’s interest and development in mathematical learning.
• Supporting the graduated approach for the assessment, planning, implementation, and reviewing of each child's individual plan.
• Working in ways that value and respect the developmental needs and stages of babies and children.
• Using feedback and mentoring or supervision to identify and support areas for development, goals, and career opportunities.
• Working co-operatively with colleagues, other professionals, and agencies to meet the needs of babies and young children.
• Working alongside parents or carers, recognising their role in the child’s health, well-being, learning, and development.
• Encouraging parents or carers to take an active role in the child’s care, play, learning, and development.
• Demonstrating how to share information with parents or carers about healthy diets, dental care, and physical activity.