Apprentice Early Years Practitioner
-
Company: Tracey Pullen
-
Location: 67 Reserviour Road, DE14 2BP
-
Type: Apprenticeship
-
Salary: Apprenticeship Minimum Wage
-
Sector: Health, Public Services and Care
-
Ref: VAC-01229
-
Application Deadline Date: 01/09/2025
-
Start Date: 31/03/2026
-
Positions Available: 1
-
Working Week: Working 5 days per week in total (Mon – Friday) Hours range from 7.30am to 6pm to cover the opening.
Brief Description
A rare opportunity has become available to join a small family run/orientated niche nursery. Working in a small team of 5, we provide care for children from the ages of 12months to age 5 with a small school wrap around provision. We are seeking a person who has a desire to provide the upmost care and professionalism for our children.
Qualifications Required
GCSE Maths and English at Grade 4/C or above (Apprentices lacking these qualifications must gain them before taking the end point assessment.)
Personal Qualities
1) Empathy and understanding of children under five.
2) Excellent verbal and communication skills with children and parents.
3) Ability to write reports and keep clear and accurate records.
4) Excellent organisational skills Administrative and basic IT skills
5) Calm and caring nature
6) Ability to work as part of a team
7) Able to work on own initiative
8) Able to work at pace
9) Reliable, enthusiastic, and flexible
10) A commitment to quality in all areas, with a high level of motivation and enthusiasm
11) Able to perform under stress
12) A creative thinker
13) A good sense of humour
Skills Required
• Excellent communicator
• Non judgemental
• Creative
• Works well as part of a team.
Training to be Provided
Level 2 Early Years Practitioner apprenticeship standard
Level 1 Functional Skills in maths and English (if required)
This apprenticeship is delivered through a combination of Work Based Assessment and day/block release. The programme will culminate in an End Point Assessment, where all the skills and knowledge gained on the apprenticeship will be formally tested.
Future Prospects
Upon completion of an apprenticeship at level 2, there will be the opportunity to progress to Level 3.
On completion of a level 3 apprenticeship (or level 3 standalone studies), there is a further opportunity to progress to Degree Level.
Our establishment has a strong record for the on-going
development of its team members which include:
1) Supporting studies to achieve higher levels of
qualifications.
2) First Aid Training
3) Food Hygiene Training
4) On-going online learning via various sources
5) A strong in-house learning programme/on the job training.
6) Supporting future aspirations such as supporting and
facilitating The Degree in Education.
Vacancy Detail
Our setting is quite unique and is set in the grounds of the owner’s home. The Nursery building is completely self-contained which means that we operate independently but within the grounds of domestic premises.
We pride ourselves on running a family orientated business with strong principles to provide high quality care to our children. We fully embrace and adhere to all EYFS standards and regulations.
We have a proven track record of employing Apprentices and developing their skills and retaining those team members who show a passion and commitment for our setting. The candidate must be able to travel to Shobnall, area of Burton on Trent.
We are an incredibly well utilised nursery setting and we rely on our team members to be committed to their role. We pride ourselves on providing an engaging, happy, healthy and
energic environment both for Team Members and children and we wish for our new Team Member to embrace those principles.
We have built a strong reputation in the childcare sector in Burton on Trent and Shobnall area and we wish to forever improve and build on that.
Duties to include:
1) To provide a safe, caring, stimulating educational environment, both indoors and outdoors, at all times.
2) To deliver an appropriate play based Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum that enables children to make individual progress.
3) To help ensure the setting always meets Ofsted requirements.
4) To undertake additional tasks such as cleaning duties of the rooms within the setting
5) To assist with mealtimes and the principles of helping children to establish a healthy diet.
6) To understand and work to the setting’s policies and procedures, including how to deal with child protection issues appropriately and how to respond to incidents, accidents, complaints and emergencies
7) To plan activities which ensure each child is working towards the early learning outcomes.
8) To be a key person.
9) To ensure records are properly maintained, e.g. daily observations, accident and incident recordings, risk assessments and nappy changing/sleep routine records.
10) To work alongside other team members to learn from and strengthen knowledge to be able to include such learning as part of the apprenticeship programme.
11) To work in partnership with senior team members to update and review the self-evaluation and improvement plan.
12) To assist in any other tasks that are required of the setting to ensure the wellbeing of all is highly maintained.
Other Information
Must be able to travel to Shobnall area of Burton on Trent (applicants need to consider possible bus routes and the possible times of start and finish of shifts 7.30am – 6pm and how this would practically work in relation to your home).