Summary
This apprenticeship is ideal for someone with some prior knowledge and experience within a nursery or school setting and especially someone passionate in childcare and early years, looking to further their career.
What you will do at work
- Providing an excellent range of activities that ensures that the child learns whilst having fun.
- Supporting children’s learning and development, including supporting planning and observations.
- Preparing and maintaining the environment and resources for the children.
- Preparation of food for breakfast, snack and afternoon tea.
- Supporting children’s self-help needs.
- Being creative and enthusiastic.
- Following safeguarding rules.
- Undertaking First Aid training as required.
- Undertaking training as appropriate to meet any changes in standards or appropriate legal requirements as required.
- Ensuring that all Health and Hygiene requirements are always adhered to.
Training
- You will gain a Level 3 Early Years Educator qualification at the end of the course.
- All training is completed remotely via teams, your tutor will be there to support you throughout and visit your setting.
- Online remote training sessions will take place once every week for the first 8 weeks and they’ll be scheduled in as and when.
- You will complete your Level 3 Paediatric First Aid.
Requirements and skills
Skills
- Communication skills
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Qualifications
- GCSE English (4) – essential
- GCSE Maths (4) – essential
About this employer
Littlegates for Littlepeople is a purpose built nursery with a separate kids club, situated between Dry Doddington and Stubton. We offer childcare from 3 months – 14 years, funding is available for 2, 3 and 4 year olds. Our rural location provides a wonderful outdoors space, this enables your children to explore the countryside with that added sense of security. We have a large indoor hall, full sized tennis court and park area with a football pitch to ensure that the children are given all the exercise they need. Each of our nursery rooms provides an easy free-flow access to our secure gardens.
After this apprenticeship
After completion, you will develop into a Level 3 practitioner, with the potential of a permanent position upon successful completion. There is also the potential to go into other childcare orientated roles e.g., social work, teaching, managerial roles etc.