Child & Family Practitioner Apprenticeship

Our Child and Family Practitioners have excellent written and verbal communication skills. It goes without saying you’ll be a confident team member with a positive attitude and driven approach.

You’ll plan and participate in group-led activities with individuals and groups of children as appropriate to their development, age and interests, meeting their individual needs and supporting their access to a broad, balanced indoor and outdoor curriculum, in accordance with the Early Years Foundation Stage.

Responsibilities:

To be a key person for one or more children to develop warm relationships with children and families that support a child’s learning and development, so that each child benefits from the shared interest in and knowledge about their progress and support them to play and learn effectively. To involve parents/carers in their child’s progress through daily informal contact, record keeping, and attending review meetings as appropriate. To support and value each child’s home culture and language. To contribute to planning for children with English as an additional language to help their language development. To contribute towards the provision and sustainability of a stimulating, secure, caring and learning environment that promotes equal opportunities and diversity for the children, and their parents, families and carers. Help set out and clear away play materials and equipment to ensure a welcoming, safe environment. To take responsibility for children in both indoor and outdoor areas and on trips, providing appropriate levels of supervision and intervention to progress children’s learning. Be aware of and comply with the Ofsted registration requirements for crèches and childcare. To carry out appropriate tasks in order that a high standard of hygiene, safety and cleanliness is always maintained, including to help clean the various toys and equipment used. To carry out and/or participate in risk assessments as required pertaining to health and safety and centre activities, including outdoor play areas. To report any concerns regarding the safeguarding of a child to the relevant staff member.

At GLL, you will be working towards an Early Years Educator Apprenticeship L3 Apprenticeship Qualification over the course of 15 months.

Training Outcome:

Once you are established as a good Child & Family Practitioner, the next step is to become a Room Leader as a Senior Child & Family Practitioner. Then you can progress to Deputy Manager and Manager roles.

There are also opportunities to get more involved with the wider Children’s Centre offer, delivering crèches for children while their parents/carers are on courses and also stays & plays with the whole family.

Employer Description:
As a Charitable Social Enterprise and workers cooperative GLL has grown over the last 30+ years to become the UK’s largest public leisure and libraries operator, managing over 375 facilities across England, Wales and Northern Island. As a staff owned business, we ensure all our people are paid fairly and in 2023 were awarded with Investors in People Gold status, whilst offering a range of meaningful careers and training for everyone in our local communities.

Working Hours :
20 hours per week. Exact days and shifts to be confirmed.

Skills:
Communication skills,Attention to detail,Customer care skills,Team working,Patience