In this role you will work in partnership with staff, parents, carers and their children to provide high quality, inclusive, fully integrated early years provision for the children. You will adopt a flexible and professional approach in promoting the development, welfare and potential of all children and their families.
High Quality Early Years Provision
- Taking responsibility to understand, implement and promote the Trust, Nursery's,
and school policies and procedures
- Taking responsibility to understand, implement and promote the Statutory
Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage, Ofsted requirements and all
other statutory legislation
- To understand and work within the Health and Safety framework, policies,
procedures, guidelines and legislation including fire drills. Administer First Aid and
record accidents and incidents in line with Nursery procedures
- Participate and engage in using ICT systems within the Trust for example,
SharePoint, Emails, Scholarpack
- Assisting in creating a high-quality learning environment both indoors and
outdoors and that meets each child’s individual needs
- To be vigilant at all times to ensure the safety children, adults and staff, by
maintaining effective and safe room organisation and ensure the provision of
appropriate early years resources
- Maintain and repair equipment and premises, completing risk assessments,
reporting as required and ensure appropriate steps are taken
- Maintain high standards of cleanliness and hygiene
- Participating in children’s play and conversation to stimulate and extend
language, promote questions, develop ideas and to maximise the learning
opportunities of nursery routine
- Being aware of how and where other members of the team are being deployed
and being flexible to adjust in response to the needs of the children
- To provide flexibility in covering for staff at short notice in the event of unforeseen
circumstances or planned absence. As a level 2 practitioner to take a lead in the
setting when directed by the Nursery Manager or Teacher
Observation, Assessment and Planning
- Implement an effective cycle of observation, assessment and planning, to meet
the learning and development requirements of the individual child
- Contributing to and then carefully studying the planning to ensure it is
implemented during each session
- To have responsibility for a number of key children, maintaining Learning
Journals, setting next steps of learning and recording accurate assessments
- Take responsibility for children’s personal intimate care, hand washing and
sleeping as well as encouraging self-help, social skills and promoting
independence
- Consistently respond to parental contributions to children’s learning journals
- Collaborate with parents/carers to engage them as partners in their child’s
learning and development to promote an understand of the EYFS through
effective communication and regular meetings
Inclusion
- Creating a nurturing and inclusive environment for children, their families and
carers, accessible to all
- To integrate children and parents with additional needs, sensitively and positively
into the setting, promoting participation in a range of quality activities and learning
opportunities
- To provide a service which values and respects the race, religion, language,
culture, gender and needs of all the children and families using the Nursery
- Work in partnership with families, carers and other professionals ensuring that
individual children’s childcare and development needs are met at all times. On
occasions this will require attendance to additional meeting
- This may require working 1-2-1 with a child
What training will the apprentice take and what qualification will the apprentice get at the end?
- Level 2 Diploma for the Early Years Practitioner
- Functional Skills in English and maths if required
- End Point Assessment - Knowledge Test and Professional
Discussion
- Delivery method and location of training to be confirmed
What is the expected career progression after this apprenticeship?
- Potential to progress onto an advanced apprenticeship if the opportunity is
available.