Childcare/Early Years Educator Apprentice Level 3 - Twinkle Toes Day Nursery

Twinkle Toes Day Nursery

STOURBRIDGE (DY8 1PA)

Closes in 17 days (Sunday 24 August 2025 at 11:59pm)

To supervise care and education for children aged 0-5 years. Support children to develop numeracy and language skills through games and play, and ensure each child feels safe and secure.

Wage

£11,778 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Hours Shift pattern to be confirmed between Monday and Friday 7:30 am to 6:30 pm.

30 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

• Educating and caring for the children attending the setting
• Planning and supervising activities whilst scaffolding learning and development opportunities during experiences such as; arts and crafts, music and mealtimes
• Helping children develop communication and language skills
• Feeding babies and ensuring their personal needs are met
• Supporting purposeful observations and maintaining their learning journeys
• Focus on outside learning and exploration
• Ensuring the safeguarding and welfare of the children

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.

Early Years Educator Level 3 Standard Apprenticeship Qualification.
Training will be provided on an ongoing daily basis and when required. You will not be required to attend Dudley College premises as the course is delivered in the workplace only. An assessor will be allocated to you to progress and help you through your course. Continual assessments, coupled with assignments or exams depending on course of study. Time spent training will be part of the agreed contracted hours of the working week.

At the end of your training, you will sit an exam and submit course work as part of your assessment, and you will receive a Level 3 qualification.

English and maths qualifications form a mandatory part of all apprenticeships, provided that equivalent qualifications aren\’t already held, and must be completed before an apprentice can pass through gateway. The requirements are detailed in the current version of the apprenticeship funding rules.

You will join a well-established team of practitioners, who will help to provide quality coaching and mentoring to achieve all of the requirements needed to achieve your qualification.

You will receive training for: Safeguarding, Special Educational Needs, Paediatric First Aid, Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum, plus much more.

Apprentices must successfully complete a first aid qualification.

Requirements

GCSE in:

Maths and English (grade C/4 or above)

BTEC in:

Childcare/Early Years (grade Pass, Merit or Distinction)

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

Skills

• Creative
• Reliable
• Motivated
• Good work ethic
• Kind
• Willing to learn

Other requirements

Shifts are variable between 7:30am and 6:30pm Monday to Friday 51 weeks of the year. Overtime is expected. Care and education, working with children is not easy but it is rewarding.

About this employer

Mission Statement – Mischief & Giggles Ltd T/A Twinkle Toes Day Nursery & Pre-SchoolAt Twinkle Toes Day Nursery & Pre-School, our mission is to provide a nurturing, stimulating, and supportive environment where every child feels valued and learning is a joyful experience. We are committed to recognising and celebrating the uniqueness of each child, offering a safe and engaging space where they can explore freely and develop at their own natural pace.Our philosophy centres on fostering a strong sense of self and confidence in each child, while laying the foundation for lifelong learning and a smooth transition to formal education.With over 20 years of experience—and 10 years at our current location—we take pride in our reputation for high-quality childcare and as an outstanding employer. We are dedicated to supporting the growth and development of our team, including apprentices, by providing a warm, inclusive, and empowering work environment where everyone is encouraged to reach their full potential.

Strong possibility of a full-time position following successful completion of apprenticeship. Support to qualify to higher level.

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

DUDLEY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY

01384 363314

The reference code for this apprenticeship isVAC1000335631.

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Closes in 17 days (Sunday 24 August 2025 at 11:59pm)

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