Early Years Apprentice
Bee Curious Childcare
CONGLETON (CW12 4FY)
Closes in 28 days (Tuesday 3 June 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 27 November 2024
Contents
Summary
Do you want to be part of an outstanding Nursery provision? At Bee Curious Childcare we are keen to employ the ‘right person’. Personality, enthusiasm and ambition are the most important qualities within our practitioners. You will receive a Level 3 Early Years Educator Apprenticeship Qualification.
- 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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Monday to Friday - Shifts to be confirmed during interview.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 9 June 2025
- 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
Duties include:
- Working with children in the setting and on outings
- Ensuring the safety and security of children in the setting
- Promoting the children's learning and enjoyment through provocations and invitations to play
- Supporting children's care routines
- Supporting meal and sleep times
- Helping to prepare, carry out and clear away a wide range of childcare activities from outdoor play to creative activities and reading stories
- To supervise and support children's play extending their interests ensuring they feel safe and secure at all times
Where you'll work
47 OBELISK WAY
CONGLETON
CW12 4FY
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
MACCLESFIELD COLLEGE
Your 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.
Your training plan
- Level 3 Early Years Educator Apprenticeship Qualification
- Paediatric First Aid
- Functional Skills in English and maths if required
- Delivery method and location of training to be confirmed
Requirements
Essential qualifications
NVQ or SVQ Level 2 or equivalent in:
Childcare (grade Pass)Desirable qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
Maths and English (grade 5/C)Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Enthusiastic
- Ambitious
- Passionate
About this company
Bee Curious Childcare continues to provide the same high-quality childcare in a Curiosity Approach accredited setting, therefore we are looking for qualified, reliable and motivated individuals to join our team. You will support the nursery manager and deputy, providing high quality activities for the children in their care. Working in partnership with the children's parents, your role will entail caring for the children's individual needs and making sure that they are safe at all times. You will learn all about the EYFS and how children learn. Bee Curious are an accredited 'Curiosity Approach’ setting and will be working towards attaining the same Ofsted rating as was recently awarded to Bee Curious Childminding (Outstanding in all areas).
After this apprenticeship
After completion of your apprenticeship you will potentially have the opportunity to progress onto full time positions within the business.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
MACCLESFIELD COLLEGE
Maxim Business Training
apprenticeship.recruitment@macclesfield.ac.uk
01625410022
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000289383.
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Closes in 28 days (Tuesday 3 June 2025 at 11:59pm)
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