Summary
Rosewood Nursery, OX7 5UY, are looking for a Level 3 qualified member of staff to add to their fantastic team and undertake the Lead Practitioner duties, whilst working towards the Level 5 qualification.
Wage
£15,704 to £25,396.80, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
Training course
Early years lead practitioner (level 5)
Hours
We are open all year and open from 7.30am - 6.00pm, Monday to Friday. Hours will be on a rota basis.
40 hours a week
Start date
Monday 28 April 2025
Duration
1 year 6 months
Positions available
1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you’ll do at work
Early Years Level 5 Practitioner's roles and responsibilities will include:
* Looking after the health and wellbeing of the child, such as feeding babies and changing their nappies
* Observing children's progress and development and keeping a record of this to collaborate and communicate with parents
* Helping children to develop core skills, such as numeracy and literacy. This could be by reading stories or playing counting games
* Providing a safe and enabling environment for children to work in. This would require adhering to the learning environment's procedures and policies
* Teaching to the curricular requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework
* Taking children on trips or outings outside of lesson time
* Encouraging physical activities to keep children active
* Supporting children's mental health, fostering an environment where children find help if they need it. This may include reaching out to children, checking in, and working with other teams to prevent or solve any issues
* Boosting life skills, such as cooking or using money in age-appropriate activities
* Supporting communication and social skills to help children interact with those around them
* Helping children with educational disabilities or needs with their studies. Some practitioners may have specific training to cater for specific needs
* Ensure staff are deployed effectively to suit and enhance the learning environment, prioritising the safety and wellbeing of all children
* Support the practice of others. Lead and manage across all areas, aspects and environments
* Demonstrate leaderful practice through the effective deployment of resources and practitioners
Where you’ll work
Rosewood Nursery
Burford Road
Chipping Norton
Oxfordshire
OX7 5UY
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
EDEN TRAINING SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Your training course
Early years lead practitioner (level 5)
Equal to higher national diploma (HND)
Course contents
* Analyse and articulate how all children’s individual learning can be affected by their current developmental capabilities, characteristics and individual circumstances taking into account all factors contributing to typical and atypical development.
* Promote equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice.
* Observe, assess, plan, facilitate and participate in play opportunities which include current curriculum requirements.
* Ensure plans fully reflect the individual development needs and circumstances of children and actively participate in the provision of consistent care, responding quickly to the needs of the individual child.
* Provide a dynamic, evolving and enabling environment that reflects the current interests, motivations, and play of individual and groups of children.
* Encourage all children’s participation, ensuring a sensitive, respectful and effective balance within the adult and child dynamic to facilitate play opportunities.
* Engage in effective strategies to develop and extend children's learning and thinking, including sustained shared thinking.
* Support and promote children’s speech, language and communication development and determining and adapting appropriate responses and interventions.
* Support children to engage in a range of learning contexts such as individual, small groups and larger groups as appropriate for their play and support confidence within social experiences.
* Ensure staff are deployed effectively to suit and enhance the learning environment, prioritising the safety and wellbeing of all children.
* Advocate for the child, cultivating professional partnerships with parents/carers and other professionals, presenting their understanding of the child’s journey within multidisciplinary teams to holistically support the child’s individual needs.
* Demonstrate the importance of the home learning environment, developing an effective and collaborative partnership to enhance opportunities for the child.
* Make use of formative and summative assessment, tracking children’s progress to plan for future learning possibilities including early interventions based on individual developmental needs.
* Take responsibility for supporting the key person in articulating children's progress and planning future learning possibilities.
* Use current and contemporary knowledge, research, theories and approaches to develop, enhance and articulate their own pedagogical approach and practice.
* Use reflection to develop themselves both professionally and personally to enhance their practice.
* Plan, carry out and guide appropriate physical care routines for individual children.
* Promote, model and support children and families to develop a healthy approach to making choices relating to personal care including eating, sleeping and physical activity.
* Develop, model and implement strategies to support the emotional, psychological, physical and cultural needs of all children within the setting.
* Identify and act upon own responsibilities in relation to health and safety, prevention and control of infection, carrying out risk assessments and risk management processes in line with policies and procedures.
* Ensure the security and confidentiality of data, records and information in line with current legislation.
* Be a leaderful practitioner to support, mentor, coach, train and guide colleagues in a range of settings, providing inspiration and motivation to engage others to develop their practice.
* Be confident to identify, action and competently challenge issues and undertake difficult conversations where appropriate.
* Advocate for children through their child centred approach, listening to the voice of the child; ensuring children’s rights, views and wishes are heard, respected and acted upon at all times. Offer appropriate support and influence decisions in the best interests of the child.
* Competently action and carry out safeguarding procedures, using their professional curiosity, knowledge, insight and understanding.
* Explore and understand, challenge and question; knowing when to act to safeguard and protect children.
* Analyse and articulate how all children’s individual learning can be affected by their current developmental capabilities, characteristics and individual circumstances taking into account all factors contributing to typical and atypical development.
* Promote equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice.
* Observe, assess, plan, facilitate and participate in play opportunities which include current curriculum requirements.
* Ensure plans fully reflect the individual development needs and circumstances of children and actively participate in the provision of consistent care, responding quickly to the needs of the individual child.
* Provide a dynamic, evolving and enabling environment that reflects the current interests, motivations, and play of individual and groups of children.
* Encourage all children’s participation, ensuring a sensitive, respectful and effective balance within the adult and child dynamic to facilitate play opportunities.
* Engage in effective strategies to develop and extend children's learning and thinking, including sustained shared thinking.
* Support and promote children’s speech, language and communication development and determining and adapting appropriate responses and interventions.
* Support children to engage in a range of learning contexts such as individual, small groups and larger groups as appropriate for their play and support confidence within social experiences.
* Ensure staff are deployed effectively to suit and enhance the learning environment, prioritising the safety and wellbeing of all children.
* Advocate for the child, cultivating professional partnerships with parents/carers and other professionals, presenting their understanding of the child’s journey within multidisciplinary teams to holistically support the child’s individual needs.
* Demonstrate the importance of the home learning environment, developing an effective and collaborative partnership to enhance opportunities for the child.
* Make use of formative and summative assessment, tracking children’s progress to plan for future learning possibilities including early interventions based on individual developmental needs.
* Take responsibility for supporting the key person in articulating children's progress and planning future learning possibilities.
* Use current and contemporary knowledge, research, theories and approaches to develop, enhance and articulate their own pedagogical approach and practice.
* Use reflection to develop themselves both professionally and personally to enhance their practice.
* Plan, carry out and guide appropriate physical care routines for individual children.
* Promote, model and support children and families to develop a healthy approach to making choices relating to personal care including eating, sleeping and physical activity.
* Develop, model and implement strategies to support the emotional, psychological, physical and cultural needs of all children within the setting.
* Identify and act upon own responsibilities in relation to health and safety, prevention and control of infection, carrying out risk assessments and risk management processes in line with policies and procedures.
* Ensure the security and confidentiality of data, records and information in line with current legislation.
* Be a leaderful practitioner to support, mentor, coach, train and guide colleagues in a range of settings, providing inspiration and motivation to engage others to develop their practice.
* Be confident to identify, action and competently challenge issues and undertake difficult conversations where appropriate.
* Advocate for children through their child centred approach, listening to the voice of the child; ensuring children’s rights, views and wishes are heard, respected and acted upon at all times. Offer appropriate support and influence decisions in the best interests of the child.
* Competently action and carry out safeguarding procedures, using their professional curiosity, knowledge, insight and understanding.
* Explore and understand, challenge and question; knowing when to act to safeguard and protect children.
Your training plan
Training schedule has yet to be agreed. Details will be made available at a later date.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
* English Language (grade Grade C/4+)
A Level in:
* Early Years Educator (grade Level 3)
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
* Maths (grade (Grade C or 4+))
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
* Communication skills
* Attention to detail
* Organisation skills
* Customer care skills
* Problem solving skills
* Presentation skills
* Administrative skills
* Number skills
* Analytical skills
* Logical
* Team working
* Creative
* Initiative
* Non judgemental
* Patience