Early Years Apprenticeship

The Apprentice works 4 days in Nursery and has a 7-hour day at college, therefore total working hours per week are either 38.5 or 39 hours depending on the college day.

As an Apprentice at Babraham you will receive excellent benefits, study support and funding, as well as longer term career development and opportunities.

The main daily duties as an Apprentice Early Years Educator include:

To primarily be responsible with the Senior Nursery Nurse and the staff team for a group of young children To be flexible and willing to work with all age groups within the base rooms of the nursery, as required To ensure that the child’s welfare as an individual and as a member of a group is paramount at all times To plan, develop and supervise suitable programmes of activity to cater for the children’s educational, social, emotional, recreational and welfare needs, ensuring that each child’s individual needs are met at all times, with support from the staff team To liaise with the parents/carers about their child To have the ability to communicate well and to participate in observing children according to the Early Years Foundation Stage, with support

Training Outcome:
Successful candidates can choose to start a level 2 or level 3 qualification, meaning that once complete they are able to work as a qualified staff member in a nursery Those who complete a level 2 are able to progress onto a level 3 to become the higher level Early Years Educator and those individuals who complete a level 3, are also able to move onto a degree level qualification They are able to take on further responsibilities and leadership roles within settings should they wish to The level 3 provides greater career progression, opening up opportunities to work within hospitals, schools and within the community to support children in varying ways

Employer Description:

Babraham Nursery is a workplace nursery primarily for the use of staff at the Babraham Institute, we also provide spaces for the Babraham Research Campus and the wider community too. The Babraham Institute itself is a charity, which is world-renowned for its research in life sciences that leads to new medicines and treatments for human diseases.
Babraham Nursery has been open since 1990 and are registered to accommodate up to 90 children from six weeks to five years old. Historically we have been rated as outstanding by Ofsted, and continue to be so.

Although we have easy travel links to Cambridge or Haverhill we are located in a quiet corner of Babraham village. Despite employing 40 members of staff we are an extremely supportive and friendly organisation and we are often described as having a warm, friendly atmosphere, whilst parents and staff say that there is a real sense of community. We have a highly qualified, extremely knowledgeable team who would be able to offer an apprentice an excellent opportunity to gain a wealth of experience.

Working Hours :
The working hours in nursery for an Apprentice are 08:45 - 17:45 Monday - Thursday (and 08:45 - 17:15 on Fridays) The Apprentice works 4 days in Nursery and has a 7-hour day at college.

Skills:
Communication skills,Attention to detail,Organisation skills,Customer care skills,Team working,Creative,Initiative,Non judgemental,Patience,Physical fitness