Summary
You'll provide essential care, support play and learning, and build strong relationships with children and parents. From setting up activities to tracking development, every day is rewarding. If you’re nurturing, organised, and love working with children, apply now to be part of our supportive early years setting!
Wage
£11,778 a year
Training course
Early years educator (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Thursday, 9.00am - 3.00pm, with a 20 - 30 minute break each day. Study day on Fridays.
30 hours a week
Possible start date
Tuesday 1 April
Duration
1 year 9 months
Positions available
1
Work
As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.
What you’ll do at work
* Carry out regular care and routine support; including feeding, supporting sleep, changing nappies
* Contribute to keeping the setting clean, tidy and organised
* Support children’s play and relationships
* Communicate daily with parents on a routine basis
* Carry out routine daily activities, such as circle time, snack, song time, story time
* Carry out planned activities
* Take part in reflective practice
* Contribute to the maintenance and upkeep of equipment and buildings
* Assist in maintaining and update displays
* Effectively manage children’s behaviour
* Implement the principles of EYFS (early years foundation stage)
* Prepare snack, involving the children as much as possible
* Support colleagues with the lunch time routine
* Monitor and track children’s development
* Support children with toileting
* Contribute to managing children’s transitions
* Contribute to managing inventory and ordering or materials, resources and consumables
* Ensure that children are properly supervised
* Support children’s independence and development
* Set up play materials and prepare the play space
The potential candidate should have good knowledge and understanding of child development, safeguarding and the Learning and Development requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS).
The candidate must be enthusiastic, enjoy supporting children with their development, and ideally have practical experience of working with children from 0-5 years.
Where you’ll work
TRENTHAMS
CHAPEL ROAD
FINGRINGHOE
COLCHESTER
CO5 7AU
Training
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.
College or training organisation
COLCHESTER INSTITUTE
Your training course
Early years educator (level 3)
Equal to A level
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.
* 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.
Your training plan
* The apprentice will be working towards the Early Years Educator Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard including a paediatric first aid qualification
* Functional Skills in maths and English, if required
More training information
* Apprentices will receive tutor support throughout the programme from an assessor and class tuition will be arranged on an individual basis
* Resources will be accessed via an online e-learning platform
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
* maths and English (grade 9-3/A*-D)
Other in:
* Early Years or working towards this (grade Pass)
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
* maths and English (grade 9-4/A*-C)
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
* Team working
* Creative
* Initiative
* Non judgemental
* Patience
* Physical fitness
* Enthusiastic
Other requirements
The setting is in a rural location with infrequent buses.