Summary
Fun is an essential ingredient in all Childbase Partnership nurseries where the care and education opportunities for every child are as extraordinary as our colleagues who provide them. This is your opportunity to be part of the fun and join us as an apprentice at our Devonshire Day Nursery in Chiswick.
What you will do at work
As a childcare apprentice, your main responsibilities will be to:
- Work as part of a team to create and maintain safe and supportive learning environments across the nursery, plan and implement opportunities to enhance children’s development, and complete observations linked to the early years curriculum
- Interact positively with all nursery users and work in partnership with colleagues and parents to ensure all children’s individual needs are met at all times whilst they are in your care
- Adhere to nursery routines and policies and to seek guidance from your leadership team as required
- Successfully manage your time to ensure you submit your coursework by the deadlines set by your assessor / tutor
Training
This apprenticeship will provide you with the opportunity to learn how to provide outstanding early years care and education. By the end of your apprenticeship with us you will gain:
- Level 3 Early Years Educator qualification, there will be an online assessment during our shortlisting stage to ensure a level 3 apprenticeship is suitable for you
- Appropriate functional skills qualifications in maths and English, if you do not already have equivalent qualifications in these subjects when you commence your apprenticeship
- A paediatric first aid qualification
Our early years apprenticeship offers you:
- The opportunity to gain valuable, practical childcare experience, working with children aged 0-5 years in a nursery setting
- ‘Off the job’ learning time within your working week which will support your studies
- A childcare trainer / assessor from our in-house EduBase Training Academy of Excellence, who will visit you at the nursery on a regular basis to guide and direct you
- Group training sessions, with other apprentices from across our partnership, held at our EduBase Academy in Newport Pagnell (there are 11 sessions as part of the level 3 course)
- A permanent contract subject to you successfully gaining your qualification, where, after completion, you will be appointed as a qualified Nursery Nurse within our partnership
Requirements and skills
Skills
- Communication skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Qualifications
- GCSE English (4) – desired
- GCSE maths (4) – desired
About this employer
At Childbase Partnership we have been delivering childcare excellence since 1989. Our mission is to give children the best possible start in life and instil a lifelong passion for learning. Across all 44-day nurseries, Head Office, and our EduBase Training Academy of Excellence, our dedicated colleagues work together to create a lasting, positive impact in our local communities. We are determined to be excellent and constantly strive for the best outcomes, not only for the children in our care but for every colleague too. What makes us special? • We are 100% employee-owned – which means we are all partners, we all have a meaningful voice, and we own our future (this includes sharing profits too, tax-free). • ‘Number 1’ – we have earned the top spot in the prestigious Nursery World league tables for our Ofsted outcomes, all thanks to our extraordinary colleagues. • Record-breaking Green Flag achievements, and climate-positive status – we save more CO2 than we create (take that, climate change!). • Planting in excess of 2,000 trees in the Eden Restoration project – because the planet needs a hug too. • Over £3.5 million raised for charity – we’re basically fundraising superheroes (without the capes).
After this apprenticeship
- A permanent contract subject to you successfully gaining your qualification, where, after completion, you will be appointed as a qualified Nursery Nurse within our partnership
- Longer term, as a level 3 qualified practitioner, you will be able to progress into roles such as Team Leader, Deputy Manager and Nursery Manager
During your apprenticeship with us, you will benefit from:
- 23 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, with the option to buy and sell days
- Perk Box access offering various retail discounts and reduced ticket prices on days out
- Fully paid enhanced DBS check
- Complimentary breakfast, lunch and refreshments when you are at work
- Thrive mental health app, employee assistance scheme and occupational health service
- £1000 ‘recommend a friend’ bonus if you successfully refer someone to come and work for us
- Cycle to work scheme
- Annual staff conference and awards event, at which individual and team achievements are recognised
Things to consider
For your application to be considered, at the time you apply, you must be able to evidence your NI number and right to work in the UK, ideally have photographic ID (valid passport or driving licence), have access to a computer, been resident in the UK for at least 3 years and be comfortable travelling to the training sessions in Newport Pagnell.