Early Years Apprentice - Stourbridge

Posting date:	17 March 2026
Salary:	£301.88 per week
Additional salary information:	37.5 hours a week Monday - Friday - shifts between 7.30am - 6pm
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	16 April 2026
Location:	Dudley, Midlands, DY8 1PS
Company:	Realise Training
Job type:	Apprenticeship
Job reference:	VAC-02012

Summary

At Little Hands Daycare our ethos is to ensure that each child in our care has a unique experience in a happy, stimulating and caring environment. While working towards your early years qualification with access to support and guidance, you will gain hands-on experience supporting children’s care, learning and development.

Duties will include;
• To effectively deliver the EYFS ensuring that the individual needs and interest of children in the setting are met (in conjunction with other team members)
• To keep records of your key children’s development and learning journeys and share with parents, carers and other key adults in the child’s life
• Support all staff and engage in a good staff team
• To develop and maintain strong partnerships and communication with parents/carers to facilitate day-to-day caring and early learning needs
• To ensure the provision of a high quality environment to meet the needs of individual children having an awareness of any disabilities, family cultures and medical histories
• To be involved in out of working hours activities, e.g. training, monthly staff meetings, summer fayre, etc.
• To be flexible within working practices of the setting, undertaking other responsible duties where needed, such as domestic tasks, preparation of snack meals, cleansing of equipment, etc.
• To develop your role within the team, especially with regard to being a key person
• To keep completely confidential any information regarding the children, their families or other staff that is acquired as part of the job
• To be aware of the high profile of the setting and to uphold its standards at all times, both in work hours and outside
• To ensure good standards of safety, hygiene and cleanliness are maintained at all times
• Undertake any other duties as reasonably requested by line management
• To be flexible to work in all rooms of our nurseries, covering a wide age range

For successful candidates a vast range of employee benefits is available, including but not limited to:

• Competitive salaries and annual pay reviews
• Incentive and bonus schemes
• Unlimited training and professional development opportunities
• Paid day off for birthday
• Company pension scheme
• Free uniform
• Opportunities to gain additional holiday entitlement, including for length of serviceTraining to be Provided

Your full role and responsibilities will be set out by your employer. They 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 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 by your dedicated training provider, Realise.

Apprenticeship Duration

14 Months

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