Early Years Apprentice

Victoria Place After School Club

Twickenham (TW1 3NJ)

Closes in 13 days (Wednesday 27 August 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 13 August 2025


Summary

Our After School Club is based in an enviable location in central Twickenham. We are looking for staff to join a team that is committed to providing excellent care and education in a friendly and supportive environment.

Training course
Early years educator (level 3)
Hours
Weekly shift rota scheduled for either: Early shift: 7:30am - 4.00pm Late shift: 10.00am - 6.00pm

35 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

  • Assist in providing a safe, stimulating, and nurturing environment for children
  • Support the planning and delivery of age-appropriate activities that promote learning and development
  • Work with children individually and in small groups to encourage social, emotional, and cognitive development
  • Help maintain cleanliness and hygiene standards, ensuring children’s safety at all times
  • Observe and record children’s progress, contributing to their individual learning journals
  • Support children’s personal care routines, including feeding, dressing, and toileting
  • Build positive relationships with children, parents, and staff members
  • Assist in setting up and tidying up learning spaces and outdoor play areas
  • Follow all safeguarding, health, and safety guidelines in line with nursery policies
  • Attend training sessions and complete coursework to achieve your Early Years qualification

Where you'll work

Church Street
Twickenham
TW1 3NJ

Training

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

Training provider

ACHIEVING FOR CHILDREN COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

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 Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard:

  • Training will take place at home, the workplace or at Twickenham Training Centre
  • This will be one day per week

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

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

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

Skills

Communication skills

About this employer

Our After School Club is based in an enviable location in central Twickenham. We are looking for staff to join a team that is committed to providing excellent care and education in a friendly and supportive environment.

After this apprenticeship

  • Early Years Educator, learning support assistant or nursery nurse

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

ACHIEVING FOR CHILDREN COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

way2work@achievingforchildren.org.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000337079.

Apply now

Closes in 13 days (Wednesday 27 August 2025 at 11:59pm)

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