Summary
Kickstart Your Career in Early Years with Old MacDonalds - Bovingdon! Passionate about shaping young minds? Join Old MacDonalds as an apprentice! Work towards your Level 3 Early Years Educator (EYE) Qualification while creating a fun, nurturing environment where children can thrive. Bring your energy and creativity—we’d love to hear from you!
Wage
£17,000 a year
Salary will be discussed in more detail at interview - depending on age/experience
Training course
Early years educator (level 3)
Hours
All of our sites are open 7.30am - 6.30pm, Monday to Friday. Shifts will be discussed at interview.
40 hours a week
Possible start date
Monday 3 March
Duration
1 year 2 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
Purpose of post:
* To ensure a high standard of physical, emotional, social and intellectual care for all children in their care
* To ensure all children are safeguarded and their welfare and safety is promoted
* To give support to other team members within their immediate room and within the wider nursery
* To work as part of a team in order to provide an enabling environment in which all individual children can play, learn and develop
Duties and responsibilities:
* Operate a programme of activities that meet the individual needs and interests of children in your area in conjunction with other team members
* To keep records of your key children’s development and learning journeys and share this with parents, carers and other key adults in the child’s life
* To follow the nursery safeguarding procedure to ensure all children are kept safe, well and secure
* Support all staff and engage in a good staff team
* Liaise with and support parents and other family members
* To be involved in out of working hours activities, e.g. training, monthly staff meetings, parent evening, fundraising events etc.
* To be flexible within working practices of the nursery. Be prepared to help where needed, including to undertake certain domestic jobs within the nursery, e.g. preparation of snack meals, cleansing of equipment etc.
* Work alongside the Manager and staff team to ensure that the nursery’s philosophy is fulfilled
* Read, understand and adhere to all policies and procedures relevant to your role as deemed appropriate by the Manager
* Liaising with practitioners to record accidents in the accident book correctly. Ensure the Duty Manager has initialled the report before parents receives it
* Look upon the nursery, as a “whole” where can your help be most utilised? Be constantly aware of the individual needs of all children
* Ensure someone known and agreed by the nursery and parent collects the child
* To respect the confidentiality of all information received
Specific childcare tasks:
* The preparation and completion of activities to suit each individual child's stage of development and interests
* To develop your role within the team especially with regard as a key person
* To ensure that mealtimes are a time of pleasant social sharing
* Washing and changing children as required
* To ensure good standards of safety, hygiene and cleanliness are maintained at all times
* Ensuring a poorly child is kept calm and warm, and management is notified immediately
* To develop and maintain strong partnerships and communications with parents/carers to facilitate day-to-day caring and early learning needs
* To ensure the provision of a high-quality environment to meet the needs of individual children regardless of any disabilities, family backgrounds or medical history
* To be aware of the high profile of the nursery and to uphold its standards at all times, both within work hours and outside
* Ensuring that the policies of the company are observed, and that good practises are encouraged, particularly in the areas of Health & Safety, Equal Opportunities, and confidentiality
The above is not an exhaustive list of duties and you will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by the organisation which are relevant to your post within the company to meet the overall business objectives.
Where you’ll work
Darley Ash Farm
Chipperfield, Bovingdon
Hemel Hempstead
HP3 0JW
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
C.M.S. VOCATIONAL TRAINING LIMITED
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
* Level 3 Early Years Educator Apprenticeship Standard
* Functional skills in maths and English (if required)
* All training will be delivered on-line with 1:1 tutor support and independent learning
More training information
* if no prior experience or EYE qualification, we also offer the opportunity to complete a level 2 EYE qualification.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
* maths & English (grade 4)
Desirable qualifications
Other in:
* Early Years (grade 2)
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
* Customer care skills
* Number skills
* Team working
* Creative
* Initiative
* Non judgemental
* Patience
* Physical fitness
Other requirements
This position may close early if the right applicant is found. This post is subject to an enhanced Vetting and Barring/CRB Disclosure which will disclose all cautions, reprimands and warnings as well as convictions. Working in a nursery will involve working shift patterns including early morning starts and early evening finishes. The role may include long periods of time standing.