Summary
Working in a childcare setting with children ranging from ages 0 to 5. You will be working towards an Advanced Diploma in Early Years Educator. Your apprenticeship will last for 13-months. This apprenticeship requires dedication, commitment and punctuality for you to be successful.
What you will do at work
- Working in a childcare setting with children ranging from ages 0-5
- Completing a variety of day-to-day childcare tasks to ensure that children’s needs, welfare and education is catered for. This can include helping children to learn numeracy and language skills through games, taking part in singing, role playing and storytelling and more
- Also, being able to liaise with external customers and parents, to provide a high level of service for the childcare setting
- Meets the care needs of the individual child, such as feeding, changing nappies and administration of medicine
Training
- Early Years Educator Level 3
- Training will include paediatric first aid qualification
- Training will take place in the workplace
- You will need to attend online training with your assessor for 10 days out of your 13-month apprenticeship, for your classroom-based learning, and you will be working within the nursery for the rest of the time with the support of your dedicated childcare assessor
Requirements and skills
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Qualifications
- GCSE English (4) – essential
- GCSE Maths (4) – essential
About this employer
Bridge Lane Nursery is an OFSTED registered nursery with 66 places for children from 3 months to 5 years old.The Nursery is ideal for working parents, opening from 7am–6.30pm for fifty one weeks of the year. They offer full time day care.
After this apprenticeship
Developing into a Level 3 Educator, with the potential of a position upon successful completion. Other prospects could include applying for:
- Room Leader positions
- Possible management training
- Springboard into primary education
- Paediatric nursing
- Continuous development in the current nursery setting
Things to consider
You will need to attend online training with your assessor for 8-days out of your 13-month apprenticeship, for your classroom-based learning, and you will be working within the nursery for the rest of the time with the support of your dedicated childcare assessor.