Level 3 Early Years Educator Apprentice
SUSANA'S HOME FROM HOME LTD
LIVERPOOL (L36 5SY)
Closes in 16 days (Tuesday 30 December 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 10 December 2025
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Summary
We’re looking for someone who is interested in working with young children and supporting their early development. This role involves helping with day-to-day activities, creating a positive environment, and assisting with general care routines.
- Wage
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£14,918.80 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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9.00am - 5.00pm, Monday to Friday.
38 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 12 January 2026
- 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
- Deliver high-quality care, safety, and stimulating play experiences for children aged 0–5.
- Follow all relevant legislation, EYFS guidance, safeguarding, SEND, health & safety, and regulatory requirements.
- Maintain a safe, clean, well-resourced environment with consistently high standards.
- Observe, assess and extend children’s learning; keep accurate records and learning journeys.
- Build strong partnerships with parents/carers, families, advisors, schools and external agencies.
- Meet children’s nutritional needs, following food safety rules and any dietary requirements.
- Keep up to date with childcare developments, British Values, Prevent Duty and best practice.
- Promote the nursery to parents and support inspections, recommendations and operational tasks.
- Attend training, meetings and occasional out-of-hours events (e.g., fairs/parties).
- Maintain up-to-date documentation including planning, accidents/incidents, and welfare records.
- Work collaboratively with the staff team; support, mentor and supervise students.
- Ensure children have access to daily outdoor play, setting up and tidying equipment.
- Maintain confidentiality at all times.
- Carry out any additional duties as required by management.
Where you'll work
60 ST. JOHNS ROAD
HUYTON
LIVERPOOL
L36 5SY
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
TOTAL TRAINING PROVISION 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
Your Level 3 Early Years Educator training will be delivered remotely by Total Training Provision.
Training sessions will take place at least once a month, with additional support available where needed. All learning will fit around your working hours at the setting.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE 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
- Customer care skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
Passing a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
About this employer
Susan’s Home From Home is a welcoming nursery based in Liverpool, providing a warm, supportive setting for children to learn, play and grow. The team is committed to creating a caring, home-from-home environment where children feel safe, happy and encouraged every day.
Company benefits
- Company events
- Free parking
- On-site parking
After this apprenticeship
Progression opportunities will be discussed once the apprenticeship has been successfully completed.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
TOTAL TRAINING PROVISION LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000004660.
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Closes in 16 days (Tuesday 30 December 2025 at 11:59pm)
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