Early Years Educator Apprentice

Main responsibilities:

To deliver a high standard of learning, development and care for children aged 0-5yrs To ensure that the nursery is a safe environment for children, staff and others To develop partnership with parents/carers to increase involvement in their child’s development To be responsible for any tasks delegated by the deputy Manager/Nursery Manager To complete all academic aspects of the apprenticeship 

Main duties/daily tasks:

To provide a safe, caring, stimulating educational environment, both indoors and outdoors, at all times To assist with meeting the personal, social and emotional needs of individual children To provide adult interaction with children in the nursery Contribute to ideas regarding implementation of policies and procedures such as Early Years Foundation Stage To plan activities which ensure each child is working towards the early learning outcomes Under supervision provide all aspects of care for children including washing, changing, and feeding Contribute to good standards of hygiene and cleanliness in the nursery To respect the confidentiality of information received To ensure records are properly maintained, e.g. daily attendance register, accident and incident forms To understand and work to nursery policies and procedures, including how to deal with child protection issues appropriately and how to respond to incidents, accidents, complaints and emergencies To attend all training relevant to the role and deemed appropriate by the manager/ training provider including parent’s evenings and monthly out of hours staff meetings To attend team planning sessions and participate in sharing ideas

Training:

At the workplace, you will be trained on Paediatric First Aid, Full induction, and In-house training on our policies & procedures.

You will also attend weekly Off-The-Job training college days at South Devon College, Vantage Point, Paignton.

Early years educator Level 3 (A level).

Training Outcome:

All previous apprentices at Muddy Wellies / YMCA have secured full time positions upon qualification.

Employer Description:
YMCA South Devon is a registered charity which runs Muddy Wellies Nursery. Muddy Wellies Nursery is a friendly day nursery which offers places for children from 6 months to 4 years. Our setting celebrates the outdoors with a beautiful woodland area and outdoor garden areas, set just a few minutes walk from beautiful beaches. Children learn through a play-based curriculum which encourages them to develop vital skills through discovery and exploration.

Working Hours :
Nursery is open between 07:30am & 6pm Shift pattern to be agreed, to include college day 7.5 hours per day

Skills:
Communication skills,Creative,Initiative