Early Years Educator Apprentice
North Lincolnshire Council
Scunthorpe (2 available locations)
Closes in 13 days (Monday 21 July 2025)
Posted on 7 July 2025
Contents
Summary
Early Years Educator Apprentice Are you passionate about making a difference to the lives of young children? If so, North Lincolnshire has an apprentice opportunity for you. Daisy Chains and Poppy Fields Nurseries care for children from birth to four years in Scunthorpe.
- Wage
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£14,526.20 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Early years educator (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday between 8.30am to 5pm.
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
Early Years Educator Apprentice Are you passionate about making a difference to the lives of young children? If so, North Lincolnshire has an apprentice opportunity for you. Daisy Chains and Poppy Fields Nurseries care for children from birth to four years in Scunthorpe.
The nurseries care for children from their local communities and provide excellent opportunities to gain valuable experience of working with children with English as an additional language and special education needs and/or disabilities.
What would I be doing? As an apprentice, you would be supported to build positive relationships with children and their carers, to support them in meeting their early learning and care needs. You will develop skills in observing and assessing children’s learning and development, identify needs and learn strategies to support children.
As well as contributing towards maintaining a safe, secure and clean environment for children. You would also support with preparing meals and snacks for the children, ensuring children sit down for a pleasant, sociable and healthy experience.
The ideal candidate will meet the following criteria:
- You must hold English and Maths GCSE A*-C or 4+ or working towards
- Have good communication skills, both verbal and written
- Good time management
- Basic IT skills
- Willing to take direction
- Organised and able to work to deadlines
- Team working
- Commitment to complete an Apprenticeship
- Ability to attend training. You will gain a Level 3 Early Years Educator Qualification during the apprenticeship
For further information and an informal discussion please contact Val Taylor on 01724 297039 or val.taylor@northlincs.gov.uk.
Please see the attached job description and employee specification which you should refer to when completing your application to demonstrate you meet the essential criteria for the role.
As an employer, we promote and safeguard the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from existing and prospective employees or volunteers. Recruitment to this post will follow our safer recruitment procedure, which includes us requesting references prior to interview and a DBS check.
Where you'll work
This apprenticeship is available in these locations:
- 30-40 High Street, Scunthorpe, DN15 6NL
- Henderson Avenue, Scunthorpe, DN15 7RW
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
DN COLLEGES GROUP
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
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade A to C or 4+)
- Maths (grade A to C or 4+)
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
About this company
North Lincolnshire Council have an aspiration to make North Lincolnshire the best place to live, work, visit and invest. We have built a strong working relationships in the pursuit of the realisation of this ambition and have delivered many successful employment and skills programmes over recent years, working hard to secure positive outcomes for our residents.
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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
You will gain a Level 3 Early Years Educator Qualification during the apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
North Lincolnshire Council
Val Taylor
val.taylor@northlincs.gov.uk
01724 297039
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000330318.
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Closes in 13 days (Monday 21 July 2025)
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