- GMFJ Reference
249248
- Wages
£7.00 p/h
- Hours
24.00 per week
- Date Posted
25/04/2024
- Start Date
29/05/2024
- Approx. Duration
15 months
- Location
Great Field
- Status
Now Taking Applications
- Sector
Childcare
- Opportunity Type
Intermediate Level 2
- Apprenticeship Standard
Early years practitioner (ST0888)
- Employer
Rugrats Nursery
Description
Rugrats nursery is a small private nursery that operates from St Augustine’s Church Hall in Grahame Park, Colindale.
Please find below the duties and expectations of an Early Years Practitioner apprentice:
- Ensure the welfare and safety of children is promoted and report safeguarding issues and concerns to the person in charge
- Support the planning and delivery of purposeful play activities in line with the Early Years Foundation Stage
- Work with parents, colleagues and other agencies to ensure children’s individual needs are met
- Support the children to understand healthy life choices through engaging play activities
- Take an active role in seeking out Continuous Professional Development opportunities during the apprentices programme and beyond
- Use communication and knowledge of child development to engage with children and support those requiring additional support
- 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
- Carry out respectful care routines such as feeding, nappy changing and dental care
- 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
- Support children’s numeracy, literacy and language through a range of play activities and opportunities
- We provide Fleeces and tabards and take you on Quarterly team meals out!
For more information about this vacancy please contact Realise on 0333 444 3973 (Ref ID: 249248)
Company website : http://www.saintaugustinecolindale.com/nursery.html
- Self-motivation
- Good communication skills
- Ability to meet strict deadlines
- Time management
- No entry qualification required
- Good Level of Maths and English Required
Your full role and responsibilities will be set out by your employer. Rugrats 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 2 Early Years Practitioner apprenticeship standard, which includes:
- Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours
- Level 3 Diploma for the Early Years Educator
- Level 3 Award in Paediatric First Aid (RQF) or Level 3 Award in Emergency Paediatric First Aid (RQF)
- Level 2 Functional Skills in maths and English (if required)
This will be delivered through Rugrats 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.
- Passionate
- Empathetic
- Kind
- Caring
- Dedicated
- Progression to the level 3 early years educator standard
"From Colindale tube station (right in front of the entrance), buses 204 or 303 take you to Quakers Course (2 mins, second bus stop). When you get off, just cross the road, turn right and follow the pedestrian pathway along the edge of the park and the parking lot. Go through in between the buildings, and St Augustine's is on the other side of the old block of flats.
You will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check as part of the employers safer recruitment process"