Level 3 Early Years Apprenticeship
BRIDGES CHILDCARE LTD
HEREFORD (HR2 9DH)
Closes in 12 days (Saturday 20 June 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 8 June 2026
Contents
Summary
Are you passionate about working with children and eager to start a rewarding career in childcare?
Swift Childcare is offering an exciting opportunity to earn while you learn and gain a Level 3 Early Years Educator Apprentice qualification!
- Wage
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£16,640 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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Monday to Friday - Shift Patterns vary.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Friday 26 June 2026
- Duration
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1 year 2 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
What You’ll Be Doing:
✔ Supporting children's learning and development in a nursery or childcare setting.
✔ Engaging children in fun and educational activities.
✔ Ensuring a safe and stimulating environment.
✔ Assisting with daily routines such as meals, nap times, and outdoor play.
✔ Observing and recording children's progress.
✔ Working closely with a team of experienced childcare professionals.
Benefits:
✔ Earn from £8.00 per hour while gaining a full and relevant childcare qualification.
✔ Earn paid time off / holiday allowance while you learn.
✔ Career progression.
Where you'll work
THE OLD SCHOOL HOUSE
WORMBRIDGE
HEREFORD
HR2 9DH
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
SWIFT ACI 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
What We Offer:
✔ Remote Learning – Complete your qualification with online support from experienced tutors.
✔ Hands-on Experience – Gain valuable skills in a real work environment.
✔ Career Progression – Opportunities to move into full-time employment upon completion.
✔ Dedicated Mentor – One-to-one guidance throughout your apprenticeship.
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4/C)
- Maths (grade 4/C)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
Other requirements
Passing a Disclosure and Barring (DBS) check.
About this employer
We are set within the heart of one of the most idyllic and tranquil parts of Herefordshire, in the beautiful Golden Valley and close to the Welsh border. Our rural roots enable us to offer ample opportunities for igniting children’s imaginations in an educational and inspirational way, encouraging creativity, awe and wonder for the natural world.
After this apprenticeship
- Room Leader
- Deputy Manager
- Nursery Manager
- Preschool Leader
- Childminder
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SWIFT ACI LIMITED
Lucie
lucieh@swiftcc.co.uk
07561290423
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000035775.
Apply now
Closes in 12 days (Saturday 20 June 2026 at 11:59pm)