Early Years Apprentice

The Lighthouse Nursery, part of the Bright Stars group, are looking for an apprentice to join their outstanding Ofsted rated nursery. The Lighthouse Nursery is very well resourced with a wide range of both indoor and outdoor play equipment including books, bikes, scooters, role play toys, musical instruments, creative tools, ICT resources, construction materials, sand, water, messy play and much more!

Apprentice responsibilities:

Supporting the Practitioners to assess, plan and observe to support learning and development Planning playful opportunities to support learning and development Safeguarding children and following policies and procedures to maintain, safe, secure healthy and hygienic environment Liaising with parents to share information to support health, wellbeing, learning and development Working and sharing information within a team Supporting personal care needs for children

Join the team and you can expect:

Lovely purpose-built nursery environment with high quality resources available Uniform provided Paycare health benefits Join a friendly team Supportive and caring Management team Good location within a new development Ongoing training and development opportunities Career progression, if desired

Training:

Your full role and responsibilities will be set out by your employer. Bright Stars will provide you with all the on-the-job training you need to up-skill in your role, and your 20% off-the-job learning will be incorporated as part of your working day. You will be working towards the Level 3 Early Years Educator apprenticeship standard, which includes: 

Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours  Level 3 Diploma for the Early Years Educator  Level 3 Award in Paediatric First Aid or Level 3 Award in Emergency Paediatric First Aid  Level 2 Functional Skills in maths and English (if required) 

This will be delivered through Bright Star's dedicated training provider, Realise. Realise is an established training provider that’s enjoying an exciting period of growth following a management buyout and rebrand in late 2020.

Training Outcome:

Employment upon qualification with further CPD opportunities.

Employer Description:
The Lighthouse Nursery and Pre School in Leamington Spa provides a very high standard of child care and education for children aged 6 months to school age and is rated as Outstanding by Ofsted - (last report 26th February 2020).

Working Hours :
Monday - Friday, 40 hours per week. Times to be confirmed.

Skills:
Team working,Creative,Non judgemental,Patience