Level 3 Early Years Apprenticeship

You'll create meaningful relationships with the children, your team and with parents to provide the best service for our families. Ensure that every child's wellbeing is met by providing a thriving and safe environment. Safeguarding all children in the setting and making sure any child protection concerns are always appropriately acted upon immediately. You will observe, monitor and support delivering activities and learning experiences linked to the EYFS. Ensure children’s progress and achievements are regularly and effectively assessed and recorded. Including any activities, meals served and medication administered. Meet the needs of individual children, having an awareness of any disabilities, family cultures, and medical histories. Learn and maintain high standards in the nursery. Support and serve food to children, ensuring any special dietary requirements are met at all times. 

Training:

The programme offers a blended approach including virtual classrooms, webinars, work-based tasks and online assignments. We use an online platform (BUD) that helps you learn the topics and skills, reflect on your practice and build your portfolio.

Candidates are not required to attend college, instead, this will include off the job training hours used throughout this apprenticeship. These OTJH will be within working hours of Employment- e.g., 30+ hours per week = 6 hours per week OTJH, less than 30 hours is 20% OTJH. 

You will also receive one-to-one support and tuition from your apprenticeship tutor, this tutor will make in person visits to you at the nursery, or schedule online meetings every 5-6 weeks.

Training Outcome:

Once you have finished the apprenticeship, there may be an opportunity to continue working for the same company and progress on to Level 5 Early Years Lead Practitioner, EYITT, ECT or Level 3 Early Years SENCO.

Early Years Educators are found in a range of settings including day nurseries, playgroups, nursery schools, pre-schools, kindergartens, primary schools, hospitals, social care settings, out of school environments and local authority provision, giving you a broad range of employment opportunities. 

Employer Description:
We are a family run Day Nursery that has been providing innovative, quality childcare in South Croydon since 1995. We're open Monday to Friday 7:30am until 6:30pm. Our Nursery is open 51 weeks of the year. We believe that children benefit the most when parents and staff work together in partnership to ensure quality care and learning for the children. The nursery team welcomes parents as partners and this relationship needs to be built on trust and understanding. It is important that we, as carers, are able to support parents in an open and sensitive manner. A two way sharing of information is key. Our vision is: -We are kind -We learn together -We have fun -We value our feelings -We are all important -We are growing

Working Hours :
Shift pattern 8am-5pm 9am-6pm 9:30am-6:30pm Days TBC

Skills:
Communication skills,Attention to detail,Organisation skills,Customer care skills,Problem solving skills,Number skills,Team working,Creative,Non judgemental,Patience