Level 3 Early Years Educator apprenticeship
WORKING MUMS LTD
Deptford (SE8 3PH)
Closes on Thursday 22 January 2026
Posted on 11 December 2025
Contents
Summary
You'll provide high-quality care and education to young children within the setting. You'll help to create a safe, stimulating, and nurturing environment that promotes children's physical, social, emotional, and cognitive development. You'll work closely with other employees and parents/carers to ensure each child's individual needs are met.
- Wage
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£20,007 a year
- Training course
- Early years educator (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday 7.00am till 7.00pm.
26 hours a week
- Start date
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Friday 23 January 2026
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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4
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
Childcare and Development:
- Support a fun, engaging, and safe environment aligned with the Early Years Foundation Stage
- Provide direct care for children, including feeding, changing, comforting and outdoor play
- Implement age-appropriate activities and educational programs.
- Celebrate each child's progress and identify any developmental concerns
- Ensure the safety and well-being of all children at all times
- Collaborate with team members and attend planning, curriculum, and training meetings
Environment and Safety:
- Maintain a clean, organised, and safe nursery environment
- Adhere to all health and safety regulations and policies
- Conduct regular risk assessments of the nursery space and equipment
- Report any accidents or incidents promptly and accurately
Communication and Collaboration:
- Communicate effectively with parents (as required) regarding their child's daily activities, progress, and any concerns
- Collaborate with colleagues to plan and deliver cohesive care and educational programs
Administrative Tasks:
Complete daily records, including attendance, incident reports, and developmental observations
Where you'll work
60 66 Crossfield Street,
Deptford
SE8 3PH
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
HAWK MANAGEMENT (UK) 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
You will have one-to-one sessions with your Development Coach every four weeks. You will receive a combination of both online and face-to-face learning.
- TQUK Level 3 Early Years Educator (RQF) apprenticeship
- Level 2 Functional Skills in English and maths if not exempt
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
- Organisation skills
- Creative
- Patience
About this employer
We are The Working Mums Club, a flexible childcare and coworking space for parents helping them to return to work after having children.
We have a nursery with 18 spaces and are looking for four apprentices to train to be level 3 childcare providers. We want to help young people develop their careers and provide employment opportunities as well as providing valuable staffing for our business.
We are passionate about training the next generation of childcare providers.
After this apprenticeship
With a Level 3 Early Years Educator apprenticeship, you can work as a Room Leader, Deputy Manager.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
HAWK MANAGEMENT (UK) LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000004883.
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Closes on Thursday 22 January 2026
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