Childcare Apprenticeship - Oldham
SHINE CHILDCARE LIMITED
Oldham (OL2 6NE)
Closes on Thursday 6 November 2025
Posted on 26 September 2025
Contents
Summary
Shine Childcare are looking for a new Nursery Apprentice at their Newbank House Day Nursery in Oldham, you will be studying toward your Early Years Educator Level 3.
- Wage
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£15,704 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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(Shifts Between 07:30-18:00) x5 days p/week.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Thursday 13 November 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
As a Level 3 Early Years Apprentice, you will work towards achieving the Level 3 Early Years Educator qualification while gaining practical experience in a nursery or early years setting. You will support the team in providing high-quality care, learning, and development opportunities for children from birth to 5 years, in line with the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS).
Key Responsibilities
- Support the delivery of a safe, nurturing, and stimulating environment for all children.
- Assist in planning, preparing, and delivering engaging activities that support children’s learning and development in line with the EYFS.
- Build positive relationships with children, parents, and colleagues to promote children’s well-being and progress.
- Support with the observation and assessment of children’s development, contributing to learning journals and records.
- Promote inclusive practice, ensuring the needs of all children are met.
- Uphold safeguarding and child protection procedures, reporting concerns to the Designated Safeguarding Lead.
- Maintain a clean, safe, and organised learning environment, adhering to health and safety policies.
- Work as part of a team, contributing ideas and supporting colleagues as required.
- Demonstrate a commitment to professional development by actively engaging with training and apprenticeship requirements.
- Reflect the values and ethos of the setting at all times.
Requirements
- A genuine passion for working with young children and supporting their development.
- Willingness to work towards a Level 3 Early Years Educator qualification.
- Good communication skills, with the ability to work effectively as part of a team.
- Reliable, enthusiastic, and committed to learning.
- Awareness of safeguarding and child protection responsibilities (training will be provided).
Where you'll work
Newbank House, Oldham Road, Heyside
Oldham
OL2 6NE
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
PARAGON EDUCATION & SKILLS 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
Paragon Skills is a leading national Apprenticeship training provider, supporting over 4,000 learners and 1,500 organisations. Paragon Skills has some of the highest success and achievement rates in the industry.
It has an Ofsted Grade 2 Good rating and an overall achievement rate of 71.4%, exceeding the national average of 65.6%. Using a blended approach, learners are always at the forefront of our priorities. All learners are assigned a Personal Tutor who will be their main point of contact.
This involves regular catch-ups, check-in emails and calls. Your employer will agree to give you 20% of your working hours solely towards your studies.
This will give you every chance to achieve the highest grade possible! On completion of this 18-month apprenticeship, you will have gained an Early Years Educator Level 3.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
Other in:
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
Other requirements
The closing date guidance, if a successful candidate is found before the advertised dates, the advert will close early.
About this employer
Shine Childcare is a family-run private nursery chain created, owned and managed by Graham and Amika Abbott. Shine has four nursery sites based in Halifax, Huddersfield, Leeds and Oldham. We believe in helping children learn through play and we love what we do. Shine Childcare was set up to bring families from all walks of life together to provide the richest environment for growth and development.
After this apprenticeship
Possibility of a full-time role after the completion of the apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
PARAGON EDUCATION & SKILLS LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000343973.
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Closes on Thursday 6 November 2025
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