Apprentice Nursery Practitioner

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Frimley Camberley (GU16 7UJ)

Closes in 11 days (Thursday 19 June 2025)

Posted on 5 June 2025

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Summary

An opportunity has arisen for an Apprentice Early Years Nursery Assistant to join a friendly and dedicated team, working towards the Early Years Educator Level 3 qualification. Woodlands Day Nursery, located on-site at Frimley Park Hospital for staff use, provides high-quality care and education for children aged 3 months to 5 years.

Wage

£24,465 a year

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Band 2 (NHS) whilst working towards the apprenticeship. Upon competition of the apprenticeship salary will increase to Band 3 (NHS)

Training course
Early years educator (level 3)
Hours
Monday - Friday, shift pattern between 06.45 - 18.30. 8-hour daily shift, with varied start times.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Friday 15 August 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

  • Assist in delivering age-appropriate learning and development activities based on each child’s individual needs and early years best practice
  • Support the creation of a safe, caring, and stimulating environment where children can thrive
  • Help with feeding, changing, and personal care to support children’s social and emotional development
  • Maintain cleanliness and hygiene in the nursery, including preparing snacks and assisting with mealtimes
  • Observe, monitor, and record children’s development in line with the EYFS and report findings to senior staff
  • Ensure effective communication with children, parents/carers, colleagues, and external professionals
  • Promote equality, diversity, and inclusion, ensuring every child has the opportunity to contribute and succeed
  • Support safeguarding, health and safety procedures and respond to emergency situations as required

Where you'll work

Woodlands Day Nursery
Frimley Park Hospital Portsmouth Rd
Frimley Camberley
GU16 7UJ

Training

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

College or training organisation

HIT TRAINING LTD

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

  • You will work towards and complete the Early Years Educator Level 3 Apprenticeship
  • You will be provided a mentor who will support you, including setting tasks to complete, visits and assessments
  • Training is likely to be one day per week

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

  • English (grade 4)
  • Maths (grade 4)

Desirable qualifications

NVQ or SVQ Level 1 or equivalent in:

Caring for Children (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
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience
  • Physical fitness

About this company

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire. We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough. We run outpatient clinics and diagnostic services from Aldershot, Farnham, Fleet, Windsor, Maidenhead, Bracknell and Chalfont St Peter. We hold 3 core values, Committed to Excellence, Working Together, and Facing the Future

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Disability Confident

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

The role is a great opportunity to launch your career within Woodlands Day Nursery and the NHS. There are numerous opportunities to explore once you have completed the apprenticeship programme, including early years practitioner, and roles within the paediatric department.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Mandy Prentice (Nursery Manager)

m.prentice@nhs.net

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000324291.

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Closes in 11 days (Thursday 19 June 2025)

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