Summary
A fantastic opportunity to join this family run nursery as a baby room supervisor whilst working towards your Level 5 Early Years Lead Practitioner qualification.
Wage
£28,000 a year
Training course
Early years lead practitioner (level 5)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 8.15am - 5.45pm with a 45 minute lunch break, and two 15 minute tea breaks.
40 hours a week
Possible start date
Friday 7 March
Duration
2 years
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
Ashgrove Park & Clyde House Day Nurseries are two family run sister nurseries in Bristol. They have been providing the local community with outstanding quality, inspiring childcare since 1988.
Inside, both nurseries benefit from from downstairs free-flow rooms well-stocked with quality and inspiring resources, regularly changing set-ups and plenty of mark-marking equipment. Babies at both settings have their own floor with a play room, sleep room and separate kitchen/ dining area.
Outside, both nurseries have large, secure, all-weather outdoor spaces, so children are continually active outside and in, and have the opportunity to play and learn as much outside as inside. The gardens each have a large sensory area and different zones stocked different equipment such as large building resources, loose parts, tyres, slides, climbing frames, sand and water boxes, bikes and scooters.
Clyde House is currently seeing a Baby Room Supervisor to join the team. The baby room has a maximum of 9 babies (under 2s).
Your day to day duties and responsibilities will include:
* Encourage children to learn and develop in all seven areas of learning
* Provide activities and experiences through in the moment planning, ensure the nursery environment supports children in their learning and development
* Follow the Early Years Foundation Stage Statutory Framework
* Complete key children’s Opal paperwork
* Take care of children’s basic needs e.g. change nappies/toileting/ meal times
* Work closely with parents and give verbal and written feedback and on a daily basis
* Be knowledgeable of child protection and safeguarding and report any concerns Be knowledgeable of health and safety issues to ensure children are safe
* Lead a team and address any issues within the team through regular team meetings
* Cleaning as needed
* Supervision of students and volunteers
* Hold key person meetings with parents
* Tasks required by the management team
Where you’ll work
Clyde House Day Nursery, 1 Nevil Road
Bristol
BS7 9EG
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
SKERN LODGE 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
* Level 5 Early Years Lead Practioner Apprenticeship Standard
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
* 4 (grade 9)
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
* Organisation skills
* Customer care skills
* Problem solving skills
* Team working
* Creative
* Initiative
* Non judgemental
* Patience
* Physical fitness
Other requirements
This is a physical and active role and you will need to be alert and have the ability to get involved.