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Level 3 Early Years Educator Apprenticeship

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Quality Early Years Setting in Buxton with Experienced OWNER, MANAGER AND STAFF
AN ENABLING ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE WANT EVERYONE TO FLOURISH.
We are looking for an enthusiastic apprentice at Level 3 to join our team and develop.
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
- Playing educational games
- Supporting physical needs
- Helping children develop early language skills
- Shadowing staff
- Recording routines
- Acquiring educational knowledge from practice, reading, and training
Where you'll work
WATERDELL HOUSE
3 BURLINGTON ROAD
BUXTON
SK17 9AR
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
UNIVERSITY OF DERBY
Training course
Early years educator (level 3)
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.
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Early Years Educator Level 3
Training will include paediatric first aid qualification
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About Us
As a Private Day Nursery School, we have been serving the local community since 1982. We have a strong local reputation and provide a caring and nurturing environment, where your child will be SAFE, LOVED, and LEARNING.
Our team of expert, experienced, and well-trained practitioners are dedicated to providing care, teaching, and learning for all children and their families throughout their early years education. We have strong staff retention and we nurture their expertise.
We strongly believe that children learn best when they are happy and settled, and this is why we place children's well-being at the centre of all we do.
Company benefits
- Uniform is provided
- Childcare staff discount
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
Permanent work, progress to a higher-level encouraged. Several staff started like this and progressed to degree level and are key team members.
Contact
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
UNIVERSITY OF DERBY
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000054354.
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