Apprentice Early Years Educator - Havelock Day Nursery, Grimsby, DN33 2BA
FOR UNDER FIVES LTD
Grimsby (DN33 2BA)
Closes in 30 days (Friday 3 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 2 September 2025
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Summary
Apprentice early years educator is required at Havelock Day Nursery, Grimsby, DN33 2BA. We are looking for someone with a love of working with children, where you will gain the Level 3 qualification. Ideally you will have previous experience of working with children- take a look and apply today!
- Wage
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£11,778 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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Our hours of opening are 07.00am-6.00pm Monday to Friday, you will be expected to work 30-hours per week, covering these times
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 6 October 2025
- Duration
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1 year 3 months
- Positions available
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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
What you’ll do at work:
- To contribute to the room planning
- To understand the requirements of the EYFS, health and safety and Ofsted
- To liaise professionally and courteously with parents, children & colleagues
- To prepare daily activities for all children
- To interact effectively with all children
- To assist in the setting up of the room in the morning & throughout the day
- To encourage and support children to develop their language, motor and social skills
- To supervise indoor and outdoor play activities
- To supervise snack and mealtimes including cleaning
Where you'll work
Diana Princess Of Wales Hospital
Scartho Road
Grimsby
DN33 2BA
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
EDEN TRAINING SOLUTIONS 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
More training information:
Level 3 Early Years Educator Apprenticeship Standard:
- Level 3 Early Years Educator qualification
- Level 1/2 Functional Skills in maths and English (if required)
- End-Point Assessment (EPA)
- Employee Rights and Responsibilities (ERR)
- Personal Learning and Thinking Skills (PLTS)
- Training will include paediatric first aid qualification
Requirements
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
Every successful candidate is required to provide 2 references and pass a DBS check
About this employer
About Our Nursery CONGRATULATIONS – HAVELOCK DAY NURSERY celebrates 35 wonderful years of childcare since October 1990 Hello and welcome to Havelock Day Nursery and Pre School. We are based on site at the Diana Princess of Wales Hospital in Grimsby. Although we work in partnership with the NHS we are open to the general public. Our nursery/ pre school has been open for 33 years and in 2003 we moved into a new purpose built nursery. Our hours of opening are 07.00am-6.00pm Monday to Friday, 51 weeks per year excluding bank holidays. We are closed for the Christmas week. We receive 15 hours nursery education funding for 3 and 4 yr olds, and for some eligible 9 month olds and 2yr olds, for 38 weeks per year. Some 3 and 4 year old children may be eligible for an additional 15 hours nursery education funding, for more information please discuss this with the Nursery Manager. Our nursery is registered with OFSTED and we have recently completed an excellent inspection. The nursery has also achieved the NDNA Quality Counts Award. Ofsted report:Havelock Day Nursery Inspection Report 2018
https://forunderfives.co.uk/staff/havelock-day-nursery-and-pre-school (opens in new tab)
After this apprenticeship
For the successful candidate, there is the opportunity of ongoing employment.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
EDEN TRAINING SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Miss Sally Baldwin
sallybaldwin@eden-ts.com
01709886839
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000339969.
Apply now
Closes in 30 days (Friday 3 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
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