Early Years Educator Apprentice
Early Days Day Nursery
MANCHESTER (M16 7RQ)
Closes on Sunday 20 July 2025
Posted on 12 June 2025
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Summary
As an Apprentice Nursery Nurse, you will play a key role in supporting the development of children within your care. Providing a range of play opportunities in a safe and caring environment you will gain hands on experience within the setting whilst gaining a recognised qualification to support you in your role.
- Wage
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£14,722.50 to £23,809.50, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
- Training course
- Early years educator (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, flexible working between the hours of 7.30am and 6.00pm.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 2025
- Duration
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1 year 4 months
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
- We are looking for someone with excellent knowledge of the EYFS who is able to plan and provide appropriate activities to support the children in their development, based on their individual needs and interests to help them reach their Early Learning Goals.
- You will be required to provide a high standard of quality within the nursery including the environment, resources and experiences offered to the children.
- You will have excellent safeguarding knowledge and be able to follow procedures regarding any concerns about children and staff.
- Undertake a shared responsibility for health and safety throughout the nursery, and also to ensure the cleanliness of the nursery is kept to a high standard.
- Promote diversity and equality and has excellent knowledge of prevent duty and British Values.
Where you'll work
61 UPPER CHORLTON ROAD
MANCHESTER
M16 7RQ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
TOTAL TRAINING PROVISION LIMITED
Your training course
Early years educator (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Recognise when a child or a colleague is in danger or at risk of abuse and act to protect them in line with safeguarding policy and procedure.
- Apply legislation, policy and procedure to protect the health, safety and wellbeing of children in the setting (for example, food safety, diets, starting solid food, allergies, COSHH, and accidents, injuries, and emergencies).
- Apply the principles of risk assessment and risk management within documentation and practice.
- Teach children to develop skills to manage risk and maintain their own and others safety.
- Use a range of communication methods, including technology, with other professionals to meet the individual needs of the child.
- Develop and maintain effective professional, collaborative relationships with others involved in the education and care of the child.
- Undertake the role and responsibilities of key person.
- Recognise and apply theories of attachment to develop effective relationships with children.
- Provide sensitive and respectful personal care for children from birth to 5 years.
- Advocate for all children’s needs, including children which require SEND or EAL support.
- Promote and facilitate children’s interpersonal communication to develop their social interactions and relationships.
- Support children to develop a positive sense of their own identity and culture.
- Support children to understand and respond to their emotions and make considered choices about their behaviours.
- Assess the responsiveness of the environment for effective child-centred experiences in line with curriculum requirements.
- Create inclusive, child-centred, dynamic, innovative, and evolving physical environments both indoors and outdoors.
- Create inclusive and supportive emotional environment that enables the child to feel safe, secure, respected and experience a sense of wellbeing; maintaining and prioritising the individual child’s voice.
- Apply strategies that support children’s ability to manage change, transition, and significant events.
- Analyse observation evidence to assess and plan holistic individual learning based on a comprehensive understanding of the child’s needs and interests.
- Facilitate and support child-centred opportunities and experiences based on the setting's curriculum and pedagogy.
- Provide adult led opportunities and experience based on the setting's curriculum and pedagogy.
- Use reflection to develop themselves both professionally and personally.
- Recognise when a child or a colleague is in danger or at risk of abuse and act to protect them in line with safeguarding policy and procedure.
- Apply legislation, policy and procedure to protect the health, safety and wellbeing of children in the setting (for example, food safety, diets, starting solid food, allergies, COSHH, and accidents, injuries, and emergencies).
- Apply the principles of risk assessment and risk management within documentation and practice.
- Teach children to develop skills to manage risk and maintain their own and others safety.
- Use a range of communication methods, including technology, with other professionals to meet the individual needs of the child.
- Develop and maintain effective professional, collaborative relationships with others involved in the education and care of the child.
- Undertake the role and responsibilities of key person.
- Recognise and apply theories of attachment to develop effective relationships with children.
- Provide sensitive and respectful personal care for children from birth to 5 years.
- Advocate for all children’s needs, including children which require SEND or EAL support.
- Promote and facilitate children’s interpersonal communication to develop their social interactions and relationships.
- Support children to develop a positive sense of their own identity and culture.
- Support children to understand and respond to their emotions and make considered choices about their behaviours.
- Assess the responsiveness of the environment for effective child-centred experiences in line with curriculum requirements.
- Create inclusive, child-centred, dynamic, innovative, and evolving physical environments both indoors and outdoors.
- Create inclusive and supportive emotional environment that enables the child to feel safe, secure, respected and experience a sense of wellbeing; maintaining and prioritising the individual child’s voice.
- Apply strategies that support children’s ability to manage change, transition, and significant events.
- Analyse observation evidence to assess and plan holistic individual learning based on a comprehensive understanding of the child’s needs and interests.
- Facilitate and support child-centred opportunities and experiences based on the setting's curriculum and pedagogy.
- Provide adult led opportunities and experience based on the setting's curriculum and pedagogy.
- Use reflection to develop themselves both professionally and personally.
Your training plan
Training will take place within the workplace with the remote support of a dedicated tutor as well as management within the organisation.
You will be required to complete relevant learning, 1-2-1 sessions and assessments within your working hours, times and dates will be agreed in advance between yourself, your manager and the tutor.
More training information
On enrolment to your employment and apprenticeship, a training plan will be agreed, and learning will be tailored to you and your preferred style of learning.
Requirements
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Patience
About this company
Step into the world of Early Days Day Nursery, a beacon of excellence in childcare and early years education nestled between Whalley Range, Chorlton and Old Trafford, Manchester. Our nursery stands out for its dedication to fostering a supportive, creative, and educational atmosphere, tailor-made to nurture the early developmental stages of children. Specializing in infant care, toddler engagement and preschool learning, we offer a comprehensive suite of services designed to cater to the diverse needs of families and carers in Manchester. From interactive play sessions and developmental activities to structured early learning curriculums, our experienced team is committed to enriching the early years of our future generations. Choose Early Days Day Nursery for unparalleled care, innovative early childhood education and a warm, inclusive community, right in the heart of Manchester's Whalley Range, Chorlton and Old Trafford neighbourhoods.
Company benefits
• Childcare • Company events • Company pension • Discounted or free food • Employee discount • Flexitime • On-site parking • Referral programme • Transport links
After this apprenticeship
Progression onto higher education/training and staff development.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
TOTAL TRAINING PROVISION LIMITED
Lucy Hodgkinson
Lucy.Hodgkinson@total-tp.com
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000319892.
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Closes on Sunday 20 July 2025
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