Level 3 Early Years Apprentice - Monton

KIDZRUS NURSERY LIMITED

MANCHESTER (M30 9LE)

Closes in 19 days (Friday 27 June 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 3 June 2025

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Summary

Fantastic new vacancy available for a Childcare Apprentice based in KidzRUs Nursery Limited Monton. Earn while you learn with this brilliant opportunity to start a career within the childcare sector. Could this be the role you have been looking for? Apply today!

Wage

£13,741 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course
Early years educator (level 3)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 7.45am - 6.00pm (35 hours per week).

35 hours a week

Start date

Monday 7 July 2025

Duration

1 year 6 months

Positions available

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

To work as a member of the nursery team to ensure that all children attending the setting receive high quality care, are kept safe and receive rich and stimulating play experiences which meet their individual needs.

  • Provide high standards of quality within the nursery including the environment, resources and experiences offered to children
  • Observe, support and extend children’s learning
    Plan appropriately for children using the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum for guidance
  • Maintain accurate and effective children’s records
  • Work in partnership with parents/carers and other family members
  • Demonstrate good practice with regard to special needs and inclusion
  • Ensure that children are kept safe and understand, and when necessary follow, Child Protection Procedures
  • Comply with the statutory framework for the EYFS and relevant legislation including the Children Act 1989 and 2004
  • Develop and maintain highly professional working relationships with advisory teachers, schools, area SENCOs and other agencies that may visit the setting
  • Learn about current developments in childcare and education policy and practice
  • Undertake a shared responsibility for health, safety and cleanliness throughout the nursery
  • Ensure the general cleanliness of the children at all times
    Adhere to Health and Safety policies, to manage risk and ensure that any remedial action is taken immediately
  • Be fully aware of all emergency and security procedures e.g. fire precautions, security, dropping off and collection of children
    Operate the highest standard of hygiene and cleanliness in the bedding and nappy changing area and food surface areas
  • Promote the nursery to current parents and potential customers
  • Support the manager and staff during inspections by regulatory bodies and to assist in the implementation of any recommendations
  • Work as a team with other staff members
  • Support and mentor students
  • Be responsible for participating in all self-development activities including appraisals, supervision etc.
  • Develop and promote parental partnership and involvement
  • Undertake any other duties as reasonably requested by line manager
  • Adhere to all nursery policies and procedures

Where you'll work

MONTON HOUSE 19-21
MONTON GREEN
ECCLES
MANCHESTER
M30 9LE

Training

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

College or training organisation

SALFORD CITY COLLEGE

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

6 hours per week in work allocated by Nursery manager

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

Maths & English (grade A* - E / 9 - 2)

BTEC in:

Childcare/H&SC or releated subject (grade 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
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience

Other requirements

*Please note we are ideally looking for applicants who live in the Monton/Eccles area.

About this company

Kidzrus Private Day Nursery offers a warm, caring, homely environment, providing stimulating choices to encourage your child’s development in all areas. We aim to offer your child a wide range of quality play experiences, along with quality interactions, where the safeguarding of your child is of paramount importance. Kidzrus provides a totally inclusive environment for your child where we recognise the importance of working in partnership with parents/carers, thereby ensuring individual child’s needs are met. All Children are encouraged to make their own choices and decisions. We provide continuous provision both indoor and outdoors to enable your child to explore actively and freely, enabling development in all of the four key themes of the Early Years Foundation Stage.

https://www.kidzrusnursery.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

Permanent full time role available upon completion of apprenticeship for the right candidate.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

SALFORD CITY COLLEGE

Apprenticeships at Salford City College

apprenticeships@salfordcc.ac.uk

0161 631 5555

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000323944.

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Closes in 19 days (Friday 27 June 2025 at 11:59pm)

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