Early Years Practitioner Apprenticeship

Pre-School Practitioner Apprentice @ Mini Adventures Pre-School

Location: Rockingham Road, Market Harborough, LE16 7BA

PLEASE NOTE: This position is for immediate start.

WHO are Mini Adventures Pre-School?

Mini Adventures pre-school provides high quality childcare in a safe and happy environment. They encourage children, through play activities, to learn and develop at their own pace. They offer a wide range of challenging and stimulating experiences through which they can achieve this.

WHAT will I get from working with Mini Adventures Pre-School?

• EARN: £8 per hour, 30 hours per week.
• EXPERIENCE- your hours: Monday to Friday 8am to 4pm - TERM TIME ONLY
• QUALIFICATION: Early Years Practitioner Level 2 takes approximately 16 months.

WHAT will my DAY look like?

You’ll be responsible for providing a high standard of physical, emotional, social, and intellectual care for children in the provision, and work as part of a team in order to provide an enabling environment in which all individual children can play, develop and learn. You’ll build and maintain a strong partnership working with parents to enable children’s needs to be met. Your daily tasks will include:

• Deliver the EYFS ensuring that the individual needs and interests of children in the provision are met (in conjunction with other team members).
• Keeping records of key children’s developments and learning journeys and share with parents, carers, and other key adults in the child’s life.
• Developing and maintaining strong partnerships and communication with parents/carers to facilitate day to day caring and early learning needs.
• Ensuring 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.
• Advising manager/deputy of any concerns, e.g., regarding children, parents, the safety of the environment, preserving confidentiality as necessary.
• Being involved in out-of-working hours activities, e.g., training, staff meetings, summer fayres etc.
• Being flexible within working practices of the provision, undertaking other responsible duties where needed, such as domestic tasks, preparation of snacks/meals, cleansing of equipment etc.
• Developing your role within the team, especially with regard to being a key person.
• Being aware of the high profile of the provision and to uphold its standards at all times, both in work hours and outside.
• Undertaking and leading on additional responsibilities such as SENCO, training coordinator, safeguarding officer etc.
• 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 & relationship building.
• Confidentiality, empathy, patience & non-judgemental.
• Organisation, creativity & problem-solving skills.
• Ability to use initiative & think logically.

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://www.miniadventures.co.uk/

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

Nursery Nurse Apprentice @ Shanklin Day Nursery

Location: 443 London Road, Leicester, LE2 3JW

PLEASE NOTE: This position is for immediate start.

WHO are Shanklin  Day Nursery?

Shanklin Day Nursery and Pre-school in Stoneygate, Leicester is a small, family run day nursery. They have been established since 1994 and provide a loving, stimulating and educational environment for children aged 0-5 years.

Their experienced and highly qualified staff ensure that every day is fun, interesting, and rewarding at Shanklin Day Nursery.

WHAT will I get from working with Shanklin Day Nursery?

• EARN: £8.50 per hour, 40 hours per week
• EXPERIENCE- your hours: Monday to Friday shifts between 7.30am and 6pm.
• QUALIFICATION: Early Years Educator Level 3 takes approximately 18 months.

WHAT will my DAY look like?

This is an exciting opportunity for you to kick-start your career in childcare. You will be joining a friendly team and supporting with the care and education of young children. Your daily tasks will include:

• Providing a safe, caring, stimulating educational environment.
• Delivering an appropriate play based Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum that enables children to make individual progress.
• Helping to ensure the preschool nursery meets Ofsted requirements at all times.
• Understanding and working to preschool nursery policies and procedures, including how to deal with child protection issues appropriately and how to respond to incidents, accidents, complaints, and emergencies.
• Planning activities which ensure each child is working towards the early learning outcomes.
• Ensuring records are properly maintained, e.g., daily attendance register, accident and incident book, risk assessments.
• Liaising closely with parents/carers, informing them about the nursery and its curriculum, exchanging information about children’s progress and encouraging parents’ involvement.
• Working in partnership with senior management to update and review the self-evaluation and improvement plan.
• Undertaking any other reasonable duties as directed, in accordance with the preschool aims and objectives.
• Minimum of 6 hours per week spent on apprenticeship work and training.

HOW does the Apprenticeship work?

Working towards your Early Years Educator Level 3 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 risk management, key person & attachment, learning & development, 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.
• Logical, organisation & initiative.
• Creativity, problem solving, non-judgemental & patience.

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://www.shanklindaynursery.co.uk/

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

Early Years Educator Apprentice @ Little Explorers Nursery, Kingsbury

Location: Behind St Sebastian and St Pancras Church, Hay Lane, Kingsbury, NW9 0NG

PLEASE NOTE: This position is for immediate start.

WHO are Little Explorers Nursery?

Little Explorers Nursery work in the childcare sector. They have created a safe, caring, and inspiring environment where children can thrive during their most important early years for children from the age of 6 months to 4 years. Their dedicated team nurtures each child’s curiosity, confidence, and creativity through play-based learning and meaningful experiences every day.

WHAT will I get from working with Little Explorers Nursery?

• EARN: £8 per hour, 30 hours per week
• EXPERIENCE- your hours: Monday to Friday – shifts between 8am and 6pm
• QUALIFICATION: Early Years Educator Level 3 takes approximately 18 months.
• BENEFITS:

WHAT will my DAY look like?

You will be supporting with the general care and guidance of children within the nursery. Your daily tasks will include:

• Supporting children's learning and development through play
• Supporting children's independence and the learning of new skills
• Helping to plan and deliver engaging activities that reflect children's individual interests and development stages
• Assisting with daily routines such as mealtimes, nappy changing, and outdoor play
• Using personal initiative to recognise and carry out changes in routines (and carrying these out in a time efficient manner)
• Building positive relationships with children, parents, and colleagues
• Maintaining a safe, clean, and welcoming environment
• Following the EYFS (statutory framework) and Nursery's individual policies and procedures for the safe and legal running of the setting
• Minimum of 6 hours per week spent on apprenticeship work and training.

HOW does the Apprenticeship work?

Working towards your Early Years Educator Level 3 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 risk management, key person & attachment, learning & development, 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
• Genuine interest in working with Children

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://littleexplorersworld.co.uk/

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