Level 3 Early Years Educator Apprentice

THE WILLOWS DAYCARE LTD

UNITED KINGDOM (IP2 9UX)

Closes on Sunday 31 August 2025

Posted on 23 July 2025

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Summary

An opportunity has arisen for an Apprentice to join our friendly team at The Willows Daycare. We are a non-profit charity nursery rated Outstanding by Ofsted & opened in 2007. We provide a safe, secure and exciting environment in which children aged birth to 11 years have the opportunity to begin their journey of learning, exploration and play.

Wage

£14,918.80 to £24,126.96, depending on your age

National Minimum Wage

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£7.55 per hour, rising to £12.21 if over 19 years of age and completed first year of apprenticeship

Training course
Early years educator (level 3)
Hours
Monday - Friday. Working shifts between the hours of 8.00am - 6.00pm

38 hours a week

Start date

Monday 1 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

  • To safeguard and promote the wellbeing of children.
  • Interact and play with children
  • To gain close relationships with key children and their family.
  • Contribute to the key person system, ensuring observations and records kept on the children are up to date
  • To be flexible, responsible and caring at all times
  • Hands-on approach to working with children and their families

Where you'll work

THE WILLOWS CHILDRENS CENTRE
MAGDALENE CLOSE
IPSWICH
UNITED KINGDOM
IP2 9UX

Training

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

Training provider

EDUCATION AND SKILLS TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT LIMITED

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.

Training schedule

Level 3 Early Years Educator Apprenticeship Standard:

  • At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying
  • Training schedule has yet to be agreed - details will be made available at a later date

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade C)
  • Maths (grade C)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience
  • Physical fitness
  • Enthusiastic

Other requirements

We are located in Ipswich, a 10 minute drive from the town centre and a 5 minute drive from A12/A14.

About this employer

The Willows Daycare is an OFSTED registered nursery offering full daycare or sessional care and an Out of School club and holiday club facilities. Open from 8.00am to 6.00pm. The daycare facility is a purpose built, bright and spacious provision with a large, exciting outside play area for children to learn, explore and have fun.

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After this apprenticeship

  • If successful in the apprenticeship, there may be the possibility of a permanent position offered to work within the setting

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

EDUCATION AND SKILLS TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000333399.

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Closes on Sunday 31 August 2025

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