Nursery Apprentice

Summary

Join us at The Wonder Years, to start your career in Childcare. We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic childcare practitioner. Full training will be given. The role will be 3/4 days per week in the Nursery. We are a small friendly nurturing team.

Wage

£10,600.20 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course

Early years educator (level 3)

Hours

3 days per week - exact days to be confirmed. Weekdays only, with the potential for additional shifts. 8am - 5pm We are offering term time only or full-time basis.

27 hours a week

Start date

Saturday 20 September 2025

Duration

1 year 6 months

Positions available

2

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

Your day will be based around caring, playing and interacting with the children.

The role will include, but not be limited to:

Arranging and executing activities to encourage children's learning and development
Building strong relationships with children, parents and carers
You will be fun, energetic, committed and have a real love for children and the outdoors
You will assist with day-to-day care for the children, ensuring their continued development and safety
You will also be responsible for tasks to enable the smooth running of the setting

Where you'll work

157 Bromley Common
Bromley
BR2 9RJ

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

SIMPLY ONE STOP 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

All work and studying will be done at work, with Study hours included throughout the week to help you work towards your qualification
Functional Skills in maths and English (if required)
Training schedule has yet to be agreed upon, further details will be made available at a later date

More training information

You will work towards an Early Years Educator Level 3 Apprenticeship course. You will have a dedicated industry expert to guide and coach you through components of your programme and you'll experience a range of different learning opportunities.

Training will include paediatric first aid qualification.

Online learning and face to face training with Learn Plus Us' Apprenticeship Trainers
Meetings with your dedicated trainer
E-learning
Interactive Online Workshops
Self-Guided research
On-the-job instructions
Peer-to-peer mentoring
Personal development planning
Manager Progress Reviews

You will be given the opportunity to develop your training on the job, through attending various training on offer, using your time out to keep your training up to date.

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

GCSE / Functional Skills Level 2 (grade 4 / C / Pass)

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
Organisation skills
Problem solving skills
Logical
Team working
Creative
Initiative
Patience
Physical fitness

Other requirements

The position will requires an element of physical fitness, we are a pop up nursery so activities and equipment may need to be arranged. We also spend time outdoors.

About this company

Our vision is to create a social environment where we can offer the best bits from childminding (home-from-home care and nurturing) while combining it with a more structured approach for 2-4 year olds. This gives them a pre-school experience, as well as the care we know is sometimes missing from a pre-school or nursery environment. Children can get lost in the crowd so our approach is to know every child inside out, putting Cultural Capital at the forefront of everything we do and catering for children's individual needs, based on their personality, interests and learning style.

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After this apprenticeship

Become qualified and potential for career progression, Room leader, Deputy, Special educational needs coordinator

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