Early Years Apprentice

PLAYDAYS WOLVERHAMPTON LTD

WOLVERHAMPTON (WV2 4NY)

Closes in 13 days (Wednesday 25 June 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 2 May 2025

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Summary

Playdays (Wolverhampton) Ltd have a new and exciting opportunity for an apprentice to join their team. This role would be a great chance to kick-start your career in Early Years, having the motivation and the desire to help children develop. You will be providing an engaging and caring environment for children to reach their full potential.

Wage

£10,600.20 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course
Early years educator (level 3)
Hours
Tuesday - Thursday usually, some additional days may be required depending on ratios in the nursery. Working hours TBC

27 hours a week

Start date

Friday 27 June 2025

Duration

1 year 2 months

Positions available

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

  • Learning and developing the skills to successfully observe, monitor and record children's learning and development
  • Plan and carry out activities to encourage children's progress
  • Communicate and engage with children to support their learning journey
  • Provide a safe and nurturing environment
  • Follow policies and procedures within the setting
  • Support the preparation of meals and snacks
  • Liaise with colleagues, parents/carers and other professionals.
  • Be able to use own initiative
  • Any other day-to-day tasks as requested

Where you'll work

9 ARGYLE ROAD
WOLVERHAMPTON
WV2 4NY

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

STAFF SELECT LTD

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

  • Early Years Educator Level 3
  • Functional Skills maths (if required)
  • Functional Skills English (if required)
  • Training carried out within the working environment, online portfolio, coach visits once a month
  • Training will include paediatric first aid qualification

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

Maths & English (grade 4/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
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience

About this company

Playdays Day Nursery has been registered since 1994, which opens their doors and their arms to parents/ carers and their children, providing an engaging and caring environment where children can feel safe whilst reaching their full potential. Playdays has a home from home feel, a place where you can feel as comfortable as you do in your own home. If you can offer compassion, empathy, a sense of humour and are willing to follow their values, apply below.

After this apprenticeship

  • Potential for full-time employment on successful completion of the apprenticeship
  • Opportunities to go on to complete a Level 3 Early Years qualification

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

STAFF SELECT LTD

Ryan Whitehouse

ryan.whitehouse@novatraining.co.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000318613.

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Closes in 13 days (Wednesday 25 June 2025 at 11:59pm)

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