Apprentice Early Years Practitioner

Apprentice Early Years Practitioner @ Rainbow Day Nursery

Location: Summerhill Road, Dartford, Kent, DA1 2LP

PLEASE NOTE: This position is for immediate start.

WHO are Rainbow Day Nursery?

Rainbow Day Nursery in Dartford is a privately owned, home from home, Ofsted registered full day care nursery for children from 6 months of age, providing high-quality care and early education since 1985.

There are 5 spacious playrooms, providing a home from home approach, building on children’s individuality, learning and supports all areas of development.

Their practitioners strive to create a calm and welcoming environment where children can feel safe, secure, loved and have a sense of belonging.

WHAT will I get from working with Rainbow Day Nursery?

• EARN: £8 per hour, 37.5 hours per week
• EXPERIENCE- your hours: Monday to Friday shifts between 7am and 6pm.
• QUALIFICATION: Early Years Practitioner Level 2 takes approximately 16 months.

WHAT will my DAY look like?

This is an exciting opportunity to kick start your career in Early Years! Rainbow Day Nursery have a friendly and supportive team who will help you throughout your apprenticeship journey. Your daily tasks will include:

• Working as part of a team under the direction of the Nursery Management/Leadership team and qualified practitioners.
• Building confidence in liaising closely with parent/carers to develop strong parent partnerships to support children’s holistic well-being.
• Helping to provide an enabling environment in which all individual children can play, develop and learn.
• Always maintaining Confidentiality and respecting information relating to all children, parents, visitors and staff members associated with Rainbow Day nursery.
• Always ensuring effective supervision of the children and environment including understanding and being aware of staff: child ratios, as well as staff deployment.
• Reading, understanding and adhering to all policies and procedures to ensure the safe running of the setting. This includes knowing where policies are kept.
• Developing knowledge of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and Characteristics of Effective Learning (CoEL).
• When the time comes, building confidence in developing role as a Key Person ensuring children’s learning and development needs are met in accordance with the EYFS and CoEL.
• Minimum of 6 hours per week spent on apprenticeship work and training.

HOW does the Apprenticeship Work?

Working towards your Early Years Practitioner Level 2 Qualification, you’ll attend monthly 1-2-1 meetings (online via teams every month – NO classroom OR college!) with your tutor and learn about modules including child development from birth to 7 years, safeguarding, promoting wellbeing, supporting activities, purposeful play & educational programmes, and more!  You will be given a minimum of 3 hours per week to complete any apprenticeship work (assignments, research, and projects) and will receive at least another 3 hours of training from your employer. All apprenticeship work and training is completed in the workplace, during working hours.

WHAT skills/qualifications do I NEED?

• Minimum GRADE 4/C in GCSE (or equivalent) Maths & English.
• UK Residency – must have lived in the UK for at least 3 years.
• Communication & team working.
• Caring & compassionate.
• Initiative & problem solving.

What happens next?

If your application is successful, you will receive a call from our dedicated Recruitment Consultant who will discuss the qualification, location and course length in more detail. Following this call, you will be asked to write a supporting statement and complete an English and Maths assessment.

If you really want to impress us, why not show your enthusiasm and carry out some further research on the employer and the qualification you’ll be working towards! Links are provided below:

Employer Website: https://rainbownurserydartford.co.uk/

About the Qualification: https://www.ctskills.co.uk/apprenticeships/childcare