- GMFJ Reference
242505
- Wages
£5.28 p/h
- Hours
30.00 per week
- Date Posted
14/11/2023
- Start Date
02/01/2024
- Approx. Duration
17 months
- Location
Redditch
- Status
Now Taking Applications
- Sector
Childcare
- Opportunity Type
Advanced Level 3
- Apprenticeship Standard
Early years educator (ST0135)
- Employer
Tinkerbells Nursery
Description
At Tinkerbells Day Nursery we are looking for an Apprentice Nursery Practitioner to join our exceptionally well qualified and experienced team.
The successful candidate will be expected to;
- Plan and carry out child initiated and adult led
play activities supporting children’s individual needs and interests
- Provide play activities which encourage and promote
children’s numeracy, literacy and language development
- Undertake the role of the key person to help
children feel safe, secure and valued
- Carries out observations and use these effectively
to understand the changing needs of their individual key children and plan for
the interests in line with the early years foundation stage
- Carry out care routines such as nappy changing,
toileting, hand washing and feeding routines with care, respect and compassion
- Work in partnership with other professionals,
parents, colleagues and children to meet the individual needs of children
- Ensure the welfare, well-being and safety of
children is promoted and report safeguarding issues and concerns to the person
in charge
- Take an active role in seeking out continuous
professional development opportunities during the apprentices programme and
beyond
- Support children who are experiencing transitions
such as moving to school or birth of a sibling, using your knowledge of the
children to support them
- Take an active part in the completion of their
apprenticeship, meeting deadlines set by their trainer assessor and working
with the dedicated mentor to develop their knowledge, skills and behaviours
- Work in a non-discriminatory way to ensure all
children have equal access to opportunities
Benefits include Onsite parking, Employee discount, All training courses paid for, DBS paid for and an Employee reward programs
For more information about this vacancy please contact Realise on 0333 444 3973 (Ref ID: 242505)
Company website : https://www.tinkerbellsnursery.co.uk/
- Experience
with children
- Self-motivation
- Good
communication skills
- Ability to
meet strict deadlines
- Time
management
- Must have a
level 2 childcare qualification or 12 months experience of working in an early
years setting with children
Your full role and responsibilities will be set out by your
employer. Tinkerbells Nursery 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 Tinkerbells Nursery’s dedicated
training provider, Realise.
Realise is an established training provider that’s enjoying an
exciting period of growth following a management buyout and rebrand in late
2020.
- Patient
- Hard-working
- Diligent
- Team-player
- At the end of the
apprenticeship you will be a highly trained early years educator. Depending on
the setting in which you work you could progress onto becoming a room leader or
taking on additional specialisms such as special educational needs co-ordinator
or the designated safeguarding lead
You will be required to undertake an enhanced dbs check as part of the employers safer recruitment process.