Child & Family Practitioner Apprenticeship

GLL - Vista Field Children's Centre

Middle Park Avenue (SE9 5SD)

Closes in 21 days (Monday 25 August 2025)

Posted on 4 August 2025

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Summary

You will contribute to providing a safe, stimulating, educational and fun environment for children under 5yrs old; promote their physical, social, emotional and intellectual development; work within the EYFS framework; work in a Team.

Wage

£14,404 a year

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Training course
Early years educator (level 3)
Hours
Exact shifts to be confirmed.

20 hours a week

Start date

Monday 1 September 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

Our Child and Family Practitioners have excellent written and verbal communication skills. It goes without saying you'll be a confident team member with a positive attitude and driven approach.

You'll plan and participate in group led activities with individual and groups of children as appropriate to their development, age and interests, meeting their individual needs and supporting their access to a broad, balanced indoor and outdoor curriculum, in accordance with the Early Years Foundation Stage.

Responsibilities:

  • To be a key person for one or more children to develop warm relationships with children and families that support a child's learning and development, so that each child benefits from the shared interest in and knowledge about their progress and support them to play and learn effectively
  • To involve parents/carers in their child's progress through daily informal contact, record keeping, and attending review meetings as appropriate
  • To support and value each child's home culture and language. To contribute to planning for children with English as an additional language to help their language development
  • To contribute towards the provision and sustainability of a stimulating, secure, caring and learning environment that promotes equal opportunities and diversity for the children, and their parents, families and carers
  • To assist in developing and maintaining an environment that promotes physical, emotional and social development for children of all ages and abilities, through a range of arts, crafts, games and activities, both indoors and outdoors
  • To help set out and clear away play materials and equipment to ensure a welcoming, safe environment
  • To take responsibility for children in both indoor and outdoor areas and on trips, providing appropriate levels of supervision and intervention to progress children's learning
  • Be aware of and comply with the Ofsted registration requirements for crèches and childcare
  • To carry out appropriate tasks in order that a high standard of hygiene, safety and cleanliness is always maintained including to help clean the various toys and equipment used
  • To carry out and/or participate in risk assessments as required pertaining to health and safety and centre activities, including outdoor play areas
  • To report any concerns regarding the safeguarding of a child to relevant staff member

At GLL, you will be working towards a Early Years Educator Apprenticeship L3 Apprenticeship Qualification over the course of 15 months.

Where you'll work

Middle Park Avenue
SE9 5SD

Training

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

Training provider

LIFETIME TRAINING GROUP 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

Early Years Educator Apprenticeship Level 3 including Functional Skills in maths and English Paediatric First Aid (this can be provided by GLL)

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

Other in:

None required (grade None required)

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

Skills

  • Team Working
  • Organisation Skills

Other requirements

Your role will be based at Vista Field Nursery but you may be required to support at our Together for Twos setting at Storkway Children's Centre from time to time. Centre Opening Hours (including events): -8am-6pm -Outdoor play is available at all times to the children so you will be outdoors in almost all weather -Good time keeping is essential

About this employer

As a Charitable Social Enterprise and workers cooperative GLL has grown over the last 30+ years to become the UK's largest public leisure and libraries operator, managing over 375 facilities across England, Wales and Northern Island. As a staff owned business, we ensure all our people are paid fairly and in 2023 were awarded with Investors in People Gold status, whilst offering a range of meaningful careers and training for everyone in our local communities.

After this apprenticeship

  • Once you are established as a good Child & Family Pratitioner, next steps are to become a Room Leader as a Senior Child & Family Practitioner. Then you can progress to Deputy Manager and Manager roles
  • There are also opportunities to get more involved with the wider Children's Centre offer, delivering creches for children while their parents/carers are on courses and also Stay & Plays with the whole family

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

LIFETIME TRAINING GROUP LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000335315.

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Closes in 21 days (Monday 25 August 2025)

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