Apprentice Level 5 Lead Early Years Educator Term Time TW7 6HY

Key Responsibilities:

Lead and manage a room within the setting, ensuring the smooth day-to-day running of activities and routines. Plan, deliver, and oversee engaging activities aligned with the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework. Maintain a safe, secure, and stimulating environment for all children in your care. Supervise and mentor a team of assistants and apprentices, providing guidance and support. Build strong relationships with parents, providing updates on their child’s progress and development. Ensure the highest standards of care, hygiene, and safeguarding are upheld at all times. Manage daily routines, including nap times, meals, and transitions between activities. Ensure the home is a learning environment. Review significant events to identify all potential learning to develop care and staff skills.

Responsibilities towards children

Ensure the home is warm and welcoming and that children feel able to contribute to the development of the facilities and environment. Ensure children are safe in your home. Develop, lead and monitor staff and their safeguarding abilities. Ensure children’s voices are heard and acted upon. Ensure staff promote and uphold children’s rights. Ensure staff know how to manage relationships between children and help them learn how to manage their own relationships. To prepare for, attend and actively contribute to reviews any other meeting relating to children in your care. During meetings, to appropriately challenge any decisions that you do not consider to be in the best interests of the child. To advocate for the child and/or support the child to express their views and be heard. Develop relationships with the child’s parents (where appropriate) and all other professionals involved with the child. To challenge appropriately.

Training:
Over the course of 24 months (dependent upon the level of course an apprentice is being enrolled onto), you will study things such as the principles of healthcare and safeguarding, person-centred care & support, physiological measurements, basic life support, dementia, cognitive & mental health support, moving, handling and infection control, supporting daily living, lifespan development and healthcare needs, duty of care and legislation. Higher level courses go into more depth within different pathways such as dementia, learning disabilities and Autism, children & adolescent mental health, combined therapies, complex care, maternity, mental health, rehabilitation, substance misuse and acquired brain injury (these topics may differ).  Upon successful completion of the apprenticeship programme, you will achieve a qualification and a TQUK Diploma in Care. We and our employer partners are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, so a DBS check will be required for this role. To make you aware, this position is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore all convictions, cautions and bind-overs, including those regarded as ‘spent’ must be declared, and you will be asked about these during the recruitment process. Our delivery of training is through blended learning. Supported by one of our sector specialist tutors, they will deliver teaching sessions using various methods including face to face teaching, Skype, Facetime, telephone and peer virtual classroom whilst using our interactive multi-sensory teaching resources. Teaching sessions are normally bi-weekly or monthly, depending on the learner’s preferred learning style. Additionally, the tutor will provide the support required to ensure the learner enjoys and ultimately successfully achieves their goals and completes their training. We want learners to feel that our team are approachable at any stage of their learning journey. You will initially take an online assessment that will help us to understand your learning style and needs, then we will tailor your learning experience accordingly. We ensure that you stay on track to complete your programme on time by managing your expectations through our state-of-the-art e-portfolio system. At the end of your programme, your learnt knowledge, skills and behaviours will be assessed by an independent assessor in your end point assessment (EPA). As part of the apprenticeship, alongside your job role, 20% of your time in work must be dedicated to developing new skills. This can be any time devoted to learning and improving new skills without interruption.

Training Outcome:
A permanent position on succesfull completion of the apprenticeship

Employer Description:
At Sweet Cuddles Nursery, we are passionate about providing high-quality education to all individuals in our care. Our story began with a desire to make education accessible to everyone, regardless of their background or location. At Sweet Cuddles Nursery, our approach to learning, centers around the belief that children thrive when engaged in purposeful play. We emphasise a holistic learning environment, providing children with genuine opportunities to explore and connect with their surroundings. This philosophy aligns with the Early Years Foundation Stage framework, fostering development across various areas such as communication, physical, personal, and social skills. Through play, we aim to create a rich and interactive atmosphere that nurtures the overall growth and well-being of each child in our care.

Working Hours :
Monday-Friday Term Time only

Skills:
Communication skills,Organisation skills,Problem solving skills,Team working,Non judgemental,Patience