Responsibilities
- Creating fun, engaging and safe environment for the children
- Teaching within the EYFS requirements
- Partaking in a range of indoor and outdoor activities
- Supporting the children with a range of self-care needs such as feeding and personal hygiene
- Communicating with other team members and parents
- Working in a childcare setting with children ranging from ages 6 months to 5
- Liaising with external agencies, parents and providing a high level of service for the childcare setting, recognising when a child or a colleague is in danger or at risk of abuse and acting to protect them in line with safeguarding policy and procedure
- Applying legislation, policy and procedure to protect the health, safety and wellbeing of children in the setting (e.g. food safety, diets, starting solid food, allergies, COSHH, accidents, injuries and emergencies)
- Applying the principles of risk assessment and risk management within documentation and practice
- Teaching children to develop skills to manage risk and maintain their own and others safety
- Using a range of communication methods, including technology, with other professionals to meet the individual needs of the child
- Developing and maintaining effective professional, collaborative relationships with others involved in the education and care of the child
- Undertaking the role and responsibilities of key person
- Recognising and applying theories of attachment to develop effective relationships with children
- Providing sensitive and respectful personal care for children from birth to 5 years
- Advocating for all children\'s needs, including children who require SEND or EAL support
- Promoting and facilitating children\'s interpersonal communication to develop their social interactions and relationships
- Supporting children to develop a positive sense of their own identity and culture
- Supporting children to understand and respond to their emotions and make considered choices about their behaviours
- Assessing the responsiveness of the environment for effective child‑centred experiences in line with curriculum requirements
- Creating inclusive, child‑centred, dynamic, innovative and evolving physical environments both indoors and outdoors
- Creating an 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
- Applying strategies that support children\'s ability to manage change, transition and significant events
- Analyysing observation evidence to assess and plan holistic individual learning based on a comprehensive understanding of the child\'s needs and interests
- Facilitating and supporting child‑centred opportunities and experiences based on the setting\'s curriculum and pedagogy
- Providing adult‑led opportunities and experience based on the setting\'s curriculum and pedagogy
- Using reflection to develop themselves both professionally and personally
Training & Development
- Working towards an Early Years Diploma – Level 3 Diploma in Early Years Education and Care
- The apprenticeship lasts 14 months and is supported by a dedicated assessor, a mentor and other staff within the nursery
- Required dedication, commitment and punctuality for success
- Opens doors to future roles and career paths within the childcare sector
- Training takes place in the workplace
- Attending online training with the assessor for 1 day a week during the first 8 weeks for classroom-based learning, then working within the nursery with support
- Completing a qualification in paediatric first aid; attending online training with a tutor for 1 day a week during the first 8 weeks; laptop/PC essential for online learning
Pay & Working Hours
- £14,918.80 for the first year, possibly increasing depending on age
- National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices – check current rates
- Full-time placement, minimum 30 hours a week; 38 hours per week, Monday to Friday (shifts to be confirmed)
Qualifications & Skills
- Maths & English (grade Level 2) or GCSE Maths & English (grade C/4 or above)
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Number skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non‑judgemental attitude
- Patience
Additional Information
- Supporting the development of the childcare provision and ensuring Ofsted requirements are met
- Providing an excellent range of activities that ensures children learn while having fun
- Being a team player, responsible for equal opportunity delivery, creative and enthusiastic
- Following safeguarding rules and regulations
