Summary
Have you completed a Level 2 Early Years Practitioner Apprenticeship? A great opportunity to progress to a Level 3 Early Years Educator Apprenticeship at Village Bears Nursery, Wall Heath working with children to ensure they achieve the learning objectives and according to the Early Years Foundation Stage, observing and recording their development.
What you will do at work
- Be responsible for a small number of children in your key room as their key person, ensuring their care and with support from qualified staff ensure their learning and development
- Ensure the children in your key group meet their learning objectives according to the Early Years Foundation stage by planning for and observing their development with support from the qualified members of staff
- Create individual learning journeys to record and evaluate your key groups leaning and development and progress
- Gain a full understanding of the Early Years Foundation Stage
- Provide an interesting, fun, age-appropriate learning environment with a variety of activities that stimulate the children’s learning in you care
- Make and maintain learning materials and resources
- Gain a full understanding of the five outcomes for children from “Every Child Matters” change for children
- Record key information regarding the child’s daily routine following the nursery systems that have been put in place
- Feedback the children’s routine to parents on a daily basis, creating continuous partnerships with parents
- To have a full understanding to the settings policies and procedures and ensure they are implemented
- Ensure all children are continuously stimulated and a range of activities are provided for all the children ensuring that they reach their full potential
- To share in the responsibility for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children in the nursery
- Assist in the daily domestic duties of the nursery, including ensuring the nursery is kept safe, secure and clean at all times
- Ensure the health and safety requirements are maintained
- Ensure the high standards of the nursery are met at all time
- Communicate regularly with the people that you are responsible to
Training
- Early Years Educator Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard
- End Point Assessment
- Work based learning
- Functional skills support in English and maths
- Training will include paediatric first aid qualification
Requirements and skills
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Number skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Qualifications
- GCSE English and Maths (4-C or above or Level 2 FS) – essential
About this employer
Village Bears Nursery provide high quality childcare for children aged from 12 weeks to 8 years within a friendly and fun atmosphere across our 2 settings. Choosing the right childcare setting is one of the most important decisions for every parent to make for their child’s well being and education. We are committed to working with you as partners to ensure your child’s time with us is happy, enjoyable and productive, and that they will remember it fondly.
After this apprenticeship
Full-time position available upon completion of the apprenticeship.
Things to consider
You must already have a Level 2 Early Years Practitioner qualification to be able to apply for this role.