Early years apprentice

BS3 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

BRISTOL (BS3 1QG)

Closes in 25 days (Tuesday 15 July 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 19 June 2025

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Summary

Will you be our next  Early Years Apprentice? BS3 Community Development is committed to upskilling and supporting apprentices into the Early Years sector. We are looking for a caring and motivated Early Years Apprentice to join our nursery team.

Wage

Competitive

Competitive wage offered

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Training course
Early years educator (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Friday, 40 hrs week including 6 hours study. Shifts to be confirmed.

40 hours a week

Start date

Monday 1 September 2025

Duration

1 year 11 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

  • We have an apprentice position available working with our children aged 9 months to school age.
  • All our apprentices study and are employed on 23-month contracts. You will have the opportunity to work in two different age groups during your studies.
  • If you are passionate about providing our nursery and preschool children with an exciting, safe, secure and fun environment that offers adventure and friendship to help them begin a life-long love of learning – we want to hear from you!
  • We promise our parents/carers that their child will be a valued member of our community, that their voice will be heard, and that we will always strive to do our best for them, and you will be essential in creating these professional bonds.
  • You will see the potential in all the children in our care and will work closely with our team to create interesting opportunities for each child to develop, shine and grow.  

Whilst some experience in a childcare setting would be preferable, we are interested to hear from you if you are looking to begin your career in early years. The post is listed as full time, but we are committed to supporting your studies and would support up to 6 hours a week as dedicated study.

Where you'll work

THE SOUTHVILLE CENTRE
BEAULEY ROAD
SOUTHVILLE
BRISTOL
BS3 1QG

Training

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

College or training organisation

CITY OF BRISTOL 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

About us:

  • We are committed to supporting our team members’ continued professional development, and also providing you with opportunities to further your interests through statutory and non-statutory training.
  • We aim to innovate and are excited to include you in our work on exciting projects such as the Ambitious Two-Year-Old Project, the Bristol Standard and furthering our aims to promote intergenerational work with our nursery children and our older friends.
  • We can offer the right candidate a fantastic opportunity in a unique childcare setting.
  • We are a charity and run as a community business and we are proud to say that we reinvest our profits back into developing the community of the children we look after.  

About you and the role:

  • Your role involves supporting the smooth running of the nursery during lunch time and assisting with activities and experiences for children.
  • Some previous related experience is desirable including first aid and food hygiene training; however, we would be willing to offer training and support to the right candidate. 

HOURS:

  • 40 hour per week contract with 34 hours working and 6 hours study time. 
  • After completing the training, you will have qualification of Early Years Educator Level 3.
  • Paediatric First Aid qualification.

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

Maths and English (grade 5,6,7,8,9)

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
  • IT skills
  • Organisation skills
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience
  • Passion to work with children

Other requirements

This role will involved lots of happy, exploratory play indoor and outdoor, and if you don't know how to make playdough or mud pie - we will help you.

About this company

We are a charity and run as a community business and we are proud to say that we reinvest our profits back into developing the community of the children we look after.

http://www.bs3community.org.uk (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

  • The aprentice will be able to apply for Early Years Pratitioner role (if available) and stay at BS3 Community.
  • With completed level 3 Early Years Eucator, the aprentice can be an Early Years Practitioner and with more knowledge and experience can go for Senior Early Years Practitioner.
  • The apprentice can finish and start their journey somewhere else.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

BS3 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Joanna Smith

joanna.smith@bs3community.org.uk

01179231039

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000327104.

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Closes in 25 days (Tuesday 15 July 2025 at 11:59pm)

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