Level 3 Early Years Educator Apprentice at Little Pips Nursery, Curry Rivel
Somerset County Council
Curry Rivel (TA10 0HD)
Closes in 5 days (Friday 13 June 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 27 May 2025
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Summary
At Little Pips we believe that children learn best through play and exploration. Children in Little Pips are given opportunities to make choices, explore their senses and experiment in an exciting environment. You will support the teamwork in partnership with families, ensuring our children’s needs are met at all times.
- Wage
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£14,526.20 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
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After completing 12 months of an apprenticeship and if aged 19 or over, individuals will be entitled to receive the national minimum wage applicable to their age group.
- Training course
- Early years educator (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday. Working hours between 7:30am - 5:30pm - rotas and days to be confirmed.
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 2025
- Duration
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1 year 6 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 value play as young children's work, and all of our learning is based upon each individual child's needs and interests.
We are looking for someone who can assist but eventually be responsible for:
- Working as part of the team to provide a warm caring environment
- Assist in promoting links between childcare and the early years curriculum
- Support with taking care of children’s personal needs and encouraging self-help and social skills
- Promote participation in a range of quality activities with the children and support in providing feedback to parents and carers
- Working with the team to support planning, room organisation, resources and activities for indoor/outdoor play that meets the needs of the individual children
- Prepare food, set up for meals, supervise mealtime, cleaning and clearing away
- Work with the team to maintain and ensure adequate standards of cleanliness and hygiene for families and children attending the setting
Providing flexibility in covering care at short notice in the event of unforeseen circumstances
Why work for us?
- A warm welcome awaits you. We are proud of our school, both children and staff enjoy sharing ‘our school’ with visitors and friends
- You will get to work in an environment where we value and respect people, children and families of all backgrounds, including their religion, race, culture and language
- Whilst being supported in working towards your level 3 qualification, you will have the exciting opportunity to work on special projects or areas of work as directed by the Foundation
- Stage Co-Ordinator or Childcare Manager
- Our team will help you to be aware of and understand the Health and Safety framework, policies, procedures, guidelines and legislation to include fire drills that are all relevant in your qualification
- You will get to participate in regular supervisions and staff meetings
- You will work in an environment where we encourage and support your development within the early years setting
Where you'll work
Little Pips Nursery
Curry Rivel
TA10 0HD
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
SOMERSET SKILLS & LEARNING CIC
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
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade C / 4 or above)
- Maths (grade C / 4 or above)
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
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
Successful candidates will be subject to a DBS check. Please consider how you will travel to the place of work, particularly if you rely on public transport.
About this company
Little Pips Nursery based at Curry Rivel Primary School provides quality childcare for children aged 3 months to 4 years. We are passionate about child-initiated play and spend lots of our time exploring outdoors whatever the weather and getting really messy.
http://www.curryrivelprimary.co.uk/web/welcome_to_little_pips_nursery_/93057 (opens in new tab)
After this apprenticeship
Successful completion of the apprentieship may lead to permanent employment.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SOMERSET SKILLS & LEARNING CIC
SS&L, the training provider
enquiries@sslcourses.co.uk
03303327997
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000322836.
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Closes in 5 days (Friday 13 June 2025 at 11:59pm)
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