Apprentice Level 3 Early Years
MILLERS DENE DAY CARE CIC
Newcastle Upon Tyne (NE6 4XW)
Closes in 14 days (Wednesday 10 June 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 27 May 2026
Contents
Summary
Millers Dene Day Care CIC is located within Walkergate Early Years Centre which also incorporates Walkergate Community School Early Years. Millers Dene Day Care CIC is a not-for-profit organisation and has been operating in the community for over 20 years.
- Wage
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£22,000 a year
Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)
£12.88 per hour (level 2 qualified)
£13.48 per hour (level 3 qualified) - Training course
- Early years educator (level 3)
- Hours
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3 week rolling shift pattern:
5 days working, 40 hours per week:
7.45am - 4.15pm.
8.00am - 4.30pm.
9.00am - 5.30pm.
4 days working 36 hours per week:
7.45am - 5.15pm.
8.00am - 5.30pm.
3 days working 30 hours per week:
7.45am - 5.15pm.
8.00am - 5.30pm.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 22 June 2026
- Duration
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1 year 3 months
- Positions available
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3
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
- Activity planning following EYFS guidelines
- Carrying out observations
- Meal Preparation
- Nappy changes
- Interaction with parents
- Working to routines
Where you'll work
Millers Dene Day Care Millers Dene
Shields Road
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE6 4XW
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
SKILLS NORTH EAST LIMITED
Training course
Early years educator (level 3)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
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
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
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Punctual
- Enthusiasm
- Motivated
- Flexible
- DBS check required
Other requirements
- Passing a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check or
- Having an enhanced DBS and on the update service already
- EYFS knowledge
- Experience working in a Nursery
About this employer
Millers Dene Day Care CIC is located within Walkergate Early Years Centre which also incorporates Walkergate Community School Early Years.
Millers Dene Day Care CIC is a not-for-profit organisation and has been operating in the community for over 20 Years growing from a small playgroup to a 83 place full day care nursery. We offer places for babies and children aged 3 months to 5 Years Old. We are open 8am-5.30pm, 51 weeks of the year excluding bank holidays.
Company benefits
Extra days holiday for birthday off work.
After this apprenticeship
After completion of apprenticeship, there is growth within the nursery.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SKILLS NORTH EAST LIMITED
Cathryn
cathryn@sne.org.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000033596.
Apply now
Closes in 14 days (Wednesday 10 June 2026 at 11:59pm)