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 individual 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 To assist in developing and maintaining an environment that promotes physical, emotional and social development for children of all ages and abilities, through a range of arts, crafts, games and activities, both indoors and outdoors To 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 relevant staff member

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

Training:
Early Years Educator Apprenticeship Level 3 including Functional Skills in maths and English Paediatric First Aid (this can be provided by GLL)

Training Outcome:
Once you are established as a good Child & Family Pratitioner, next steps are 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 creches for children while their parents/carers are on courses and also Stay & 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 :
Exact shifts to be confirmed.

Skills:
Team Working,Organisation Skills