Level 3 Apprentice in Croydon

Closes in 9 days (Friday 15 August 2025 at 11:59pm)

Are you an experienced and passionate childcare professional? Do you have a love for supporting children’s growth and development? Mini Treasures is looking for a Nursery Educator to join our dynamic and caring team.

Wage

£15,704 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Hours Monday to Friday, shifts between 7:30am to 6:30pm.

40 hours a week

Monday 1 September 2025

Duration

1 year 6 months

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

As a Nursery Educator, you will play a key role in planning and delivering high-quality early years education, ensuring that every child’s individual needs are met. You will demonstrate a positive approach to learning and gaining new skills through teamwork and training opportunities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure the room’s daily operations run smoothly and in accordance with nursery policies
• Monitor children’s progress and plan activities to support their developmental milestones
• Foster strong relationships with parents, keeping them informed of their child’s progress
• Promote a safe, clean, and welcoming environment for both children and staff

Where you\'ll work

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

• 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.

Training will take place one day a week at college.

Requirements

GCSE in:

• English (grade C or 4)
• Math (grade C or 4)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

• Initiative
• Non judgemental

About this employer

At Mini Treasures, we provide a safe, nurturing, and stimulating environment where children can thrive and develop. We believe in creating a positive atmosphere for both our children and staff, fostering an environment of growth, creativity, and joy

The reference code for this apprenticeship isVAC1000330297.

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Closes in 9 days (Friday 15 August 2025 at 11:59pm)

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