Nursery Apprentice

Join a vibrant nursery team and gain hands-on experience working with children aged 0–5 years in a safe, caring, and stimulating environment. As a Nursery Apprentice, you’ll support the daily running of the nursery while working towards your nationally recognised childcare qualification.

Requirements

• Team working skills
• Passion to work with Children
• As part of our safe recruitment process, we will require at least two references and a DBS check (the company will apply).
• Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Responsibilities

• Assist with planning and delivering engaging activities that support children’s development
• Ensure the safety, security, and well-being of all children in your care
• Help maintain a clean, tidy, and nurturing environment
• Build positive relationships with children, parents, and staff
• Follow all safeguarding policies and health & safety procedures
• Undertake the role and responsibilities of key person
• 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