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Early Years Apprentice (Apprenticeship)
| Posting date: | 16 March 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £12.21 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 14 April 2025 |
| Location: | wokingham, RG40 1PD |
| Company: | GetMyFirstJob Ltd |
| Job type: | Apprenticeship |
| Job reference: | 258534 |
Summary
Complete Childcare is a group of 17 nurseries based in Wokingham, Bracknell, Reading, Aldermaston, Newbury and Banbury. The team at their Bramley Woods Nursery have a great opportunity to join the team as an Early Years
As part of your role you will;
Ensure that all paperwork is completed and monitored within the room
effectively
Ensure that daily paperwork such as written observations,
planning, learning journeys are relevant, linked to the EYFS and kept up to
date on a weekly basis.
Ensure
parent/family partnerships are maintained. Communicate clearly and effectively
with parents/carers sharing relevant information ensuring quality handovers.
Ensure that you show an approachable, inviting, positive and involving
demeanour towards all who enter a room.
Liaise with colleagues when finishing a shift, advising them of any information
that is to be relayed to parents when the child is collected or dropped off at
nursery. It is paramount that information shared to other colleagues is on a
need to know basis, respecting confidentiality.
Ensure confidentiality of
information of a child/family circumstances or other colleagues is kept
confidential in and out of the setting.
You should maintain regular
communication with colleagues and other key people in the nursery.
Ensure
your working practice is to a high standard.
Ensure
relevant paperwork is in place prior to a new child starting the setting if you
are the child’s key person.
It
should be your priority to safeguard children and their well-being. Knowing how
to log a concern to the correct person and follow safeguarding procedures is
paramount.
Time
keeping is paramount and it is essential that you are here five minutes prior
to starting your shift. Flexible working is important with regards to being in
different rooms/settings as and when required to ensure the effective operation
of the nursery. You must attend all out of hours’ activities: staff meetings,
training, parent’s evenings and nursery events.
Undertake certain domestic jobs within the nursery, e.g. preparation of meals,
snacks and cleansing of equipment, putting out bins and general cleaning.
Presentation
of your rooms needs to be of high standard at all times coinciding with the
EYFS seven areas of learning. Remembering your presentation is exemplary and
correct uniform must be worn always.
Ensure
that practice embraces equality of opportunity Policy at all times to ensure
that everyone is treated as individuals with respect and full consideration.
Ensure that the requirements of children with additional needs are fully
supported via appropriate programmes, and to work with the relevant outside
agencies/professionals to support the child’s needs.
Assist in the provision of high quality environments to meet the needs of
individual children from differing cultures and religious backgrounds and their
respective stages of development. Teaching the children to respect and look
after their environment.
Training
Your full role and responsibilities will be set out by your employer. Merrydale Day Nursery, part of Complete Childcare will provide you with all of 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 Merrydale Day Nursery, part of Complete Childcare dedicated training provider, Realise.
.
Qualifications required
Maths and English at Level 1 / GCSE equivalent.
Skills required
Self-motivation
Good communication skills
Ability to meet strict deadlines
Time management
Prospects
To be a Qualified practitioner within the nursery.
Qualification / Standard : ST0135 Early years educator
Duration 15 months
As part of your role you will;
Ensure that all paperwork is completed and monitored within the room
effectively
Ensure that daily paperwork such as written observations,
planning, learning journeys are relevant, linked to the EYFS and kept up to
date on a weekly basis.
Ensure
parent/family partnerships are maintained. Communicate clearly and effectively
with parents/carers sharing relevant information ensuring quality handovers.
Ensure that you show an approachable, inviting, positive and involving
demeanour towards all who enter a room.
Liaise with colleagues when finishing a shift, advising them of any information
that is to be relayed to parents when the child is collected or dropped off at
nursery. It is paramount that information shared to other colleagues is on a
need to know basis, respecting confidentiality.
Ensure confidentiality of
information of a child/family circumstances or other colleagues is kept
confidential in and out of the setting.
You should maintain regular
communication with colleagues and other key people in the nursery.
Ensure
your working practice is to a high standard.
Ensure
relevant paperwork is in place prior to a new child starting the setting if you
are the child’s key person.
It
should be your priority to safeguard children and their well-being. Knowing how
to log a concern to the correct person and follow safeguarding procedures is
paramount.
Time
keeping is paramount and it is essential that you are here five minutes prior
to starting your shift. Flexible working is important with regards to being in
different rooms/settings as and when required to ensure the effective operation
of the nursery. You must attend all out of hours’ activities: staff meetings,
training, parent’s evenings and nursery events.
Undertake certain domestic jobs within the nursery, e.g. preparation of meals,
snacks and cleansing of equipment, putting out bins and general cleaning.
Presentation
of your rooms needs to be of high standard at all times coinciding with the
EYFS seven areas of learning. Remembering your presentation is exemplary and
correct uniform must be worn always.
Ensure
that practice embraces equality of opportunity Policy at all times to ensure
that everyone is treated as individuals with respect and full consideration.
Ensure that the requirements of children with additional needs are fully
supported via appropriate programmes, and to work with the relevant outside
agencies/professionals to support the child’s needs.
Assist in the provision of high quality environments to meet the needs of
individual children from differing cultures and religious backgrounds and their
respective stages of development. Teaching the children to respect and look
after their environment.
Training
Your full role and responsibilities will be set out by your employer. Merrydale Day Nursery, part of Complete Childcare will provide you with all of 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 Merrydale Day Nursery, part of Complete Childcare dedicated training provider, Realise.
.
Qualifications required
Maths and English at Level 1 / GCSE equivalent.
Skills required
Self-motivation
Good communication skills
Ability to meet strict deadlines
Time management
Prospects
To be a Qualified practitioner within the nursery.
Qualification / Standard : ST0135 Early years educator
Duration 15 months