- GMFJ Reference
255697
- Wages
£12.50 p/h
- Hours
30.00 per week
- Date Posted
13/11/2024
- Start Date
24/12/2024
- Approx. Duration
15 months
- Location
Croston
- Status
Now Taking Applications
- Sector
Education & Training
- Opportunity Type
Advanced Level 3
- Apprenticeship Standard
Early years educator (ST0135)
- Employer
Croston Acorns Nursery and Pre-School
Description
As a L3 apprentice at Croston Acorns Nursery and Pre-schools you should have an excellent knowledge of the EYFS. This role can be split between 2 people covering part time hours or one full time person.
Please find below the duties and expectations of an early years educator apprentice:
- 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
For more information about this vacancy please contact Realise on 0333 444 3973 (Ref ID: 255697)
Company website : https://www.facebook.com/people/Croston-Acorns-Nursery-and-Pre-School
- Previous experience of caring for, or working with children aged 0-5 in a voluntary or paid capacity
- · An understanding of the Early Learning Goals
- · Knowledge of the National Standards for the regulation of Childcare provision
- · A commitment to the provision of high quality childcare
- · A positive approach to learning and gaining new skills through teamwork and training opportunities
- Level 2 qualification preferred but not necessary.
- It would be beneficial to be up to date with current first aid and safeguarding procedures and ideally, a minimum of one years experience in an Early Years setting.
- Option for skills Bootcamp course to start accelerated apprenticeship at level 3 for the right candidate.
Your full role and responsibilities will be set out by your employer. Croston Acorns Nursery and Pre-school 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 Croston Acorns Nursery and Pre-schools dedicated training provider, Realise.
- · Excellent communication skills, with children, colleagues, advisors and parents/carers/carers.
- · Empathy with children, colleagues and parents/carers/carers
- · Reliability and trustworthiness
- · A positive approach to inclusive practice, with children and colleagues
- · Enthusiasm for working with young children
This post requires a DBS check as there may be periods of unsupervised access to children. An Enhanced DBS and satisfactory references would be obtained prior to commencement of employment.
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