Apprentice Early Years Practitioner Level 2

Kirkway Nursery

Manchester (M24 1FL)

Closes in 27 days (Monday 15 September 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 16 July 2025

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Summary

We are offering a vacancy for someone to come and work at Boarshaw Private Day Nursery and complete a Level 2 Early Years Practitioner Apprenticeship.

Wage

£11,778 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course
Early years practitioner (level 2)
Hours
Working between the hours of 7.00am and 6.00pm Shifts to be confirmed.

30 hours a week

Start date

Tuesday 16 September 2025

Duration

1 year

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

  • To Undertake the appropriate induction and ongoing training
  • To help ensure that health and safety policies are implemented and reviewed
  • To ensure the nursery complies with the child protection policy
  • Help to report and investigate accidents ,carrying out first aid duties if required
  • Help ensure the rooms are well resourced, clean and free from hazards
  • Help to prepare the food and serve food and refreshments in line with Food Hygiene requirements, ensure that meal times are a pleasant social sharing time

Care, learning and play:

  • To work co-operatively with the members of the team to assist in the planning, preparing and organisation of activities for the children in line with the foundation stage curriculum
  • Help ensure that all resources are used efficiently and effectively
  • Interact with the children in order to develop their creativity, self esteem, knowledge and skill.
  • Help to identify any possible special needs and report your concerns to your Team Leader 
  • Help to maintain children’s development records by supplying examples of work
  • Help to provide warmth and support for any child that is ill
  • Ensure that safety is paramount
  • To develop your role within the nursery. 
  • Begin to have sound knowledge of the Foundation Stage Document and demonstrate this understanding in your practice at all times
  • Learn to be able to work with children across all ages

Partnership with parents and carers:

  • Help to ensure that all personal information regarding the child or parent is kept up to date
  • To help contribute to the production of a half term newsletter
  • To help maintain a professional and helpful relationship with parents

Liaison with external agencies:

  • To assist in the preparation for external inspections
  • To represent the nursery with external events, training courses or networks To help promote the nursery within the local community
  • To complete your qualification within the time scale

Policies and procedures:

  • Carry out all responsibilities within an equal opportunities framework
  • Work alongside staff members to achieve the objectives of the nursery the children
  • To follow the Rochdale’s safe guarding units child protection policy
  • To carry out personal DBS check at the start of your training
  • To follow the Early Years foundation stage document.
  • To attend any relevant training to ensure own personal and professional development
  • Maintain high standards of safety, hygiene and cleanliness at all times
  • Be respectful and maintain confidentiality at all times
  • To be a good role model at all times, especially with students who may be in the nursery

Where you'll work

Care of Kirkway, Sure Start Centre
Middleton
Manchester
M24 1FL

Training

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

Training provider

ROCHDALE TRAINING ASSOCIATION LIMITED

Training course

Early years practitioner (level 2)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Support babies and young children through a range of transitions and significant events. e.g moving onto school, moving house or the birth of a sibling.
  • Recognise when a child is in danger, at risk of serious harm or abuse and explain the procedures to be followed to protect them. Types of abuse including: domestic, neglect , physical, emotional, and sexual abuse.
  • Identify risks and hazards in the provision and during off site visits relating to both children and staff and visitors and follow reporting procedures.
  • Use prevention and control of infection techniques for hand washing and food preparation and hygiene, deal with spillages safely, safe disposal of waste, using correct personal protective equipment.
  • Use equipment, furniture and materials safely and securely, following the manufacturers’ instructions and provision’s requirements.
  • Encourage children to be aware of personal safety and the safety of others and develop personal hygiene practices (including oral hygiene).
  • Promote health and wellbeing in the provision by encouraging babies and young children to consume healthy, balanced and nutritious meals, snacks and drinks appropriate for their age and be physically active through planned and spontaneous activity throughout the day, both indoors and outdoors.
  • Carry out respectful care routines appropriate to the development, stage, dignity and needs of the child, including eating (feeding and weaning or complementary feeding), nappy changing procedures, potty or toilet training, care of skin, teeth and hair and rest and sleep provision.
  • Communicate with all children, including those for whom English is an additional language and those with additional needs, in ways that will be understood. This includes verbal and non-verbal communication.
  • Extend children’s development and learning through verbal and non-verbal communication.
  • Encourage babies and young children to use a range of communication methods.
  • Use a range of appropriate communication methods to share information with children, parents or carers and other professionals.
  • Work with colleagues to identify and plan educational programmes to support children’s holistic development through a range of play, creativity, social development and learning.
  • Implement and review activities to support children’s play, creativity, social development and learning and clear up after activities.
  • Observe children, assess, plan and record the outcomes, share results accurately and confidentially in line with expected statutory and the provision’s requirements.
  • Use learning activities to support early language development.
  • Support children’s early interest and development in mark making, writing, reading and being read to.
  • Support children’s interest and development in mathematical learning including numbers, number patterns, counting, sorting and matching.
  • Support the graduated approach for the assessment, planning, implementation and reviewing of each baby’s and young child's individual plan for their care and participation.
  • Work in ways that value and respect the developmental needs and stages of babies and children.
  • Use feedback and mentoring or supervision to identify and support areas for development, goals and career opportunities.
  • Work co-operatively with colleagues, other professionals and agencies to meet the needs of babies and young children and enable them to progress.
  • Work alongside parents or carers and recognise their role in the baby or child’s health, well-being, learning and development.
  • Encourage parents or carers to take an active role in the baby's or child’s care, play, learning and development.
  • Demonstrate how to share information with parents or carers about the importance of healthy, balanced and nutritious diets for their child, looking after teeth and being physically active.
  • Support babies and young children through a range of transitions and significant events. e.g moving onto school, moving house or the birth of a sibling.
  • Recognise when a child is in danger, at risk of serious harm or abuse and explain the procedures to be followed to protect them. Types of abuse including: domestic, neglect , physical, emotional, and sexual abuse.
  • Identify risks and hazards in the provision and during off site visits relating to both children and staff and visitors and follow reporting procedures.
  • Use prevention and control of infection techniques for hand washing and food preparation and hygiene, deal with spillages safely, safe disposal of waste, using correct personal protective equipment.
  • Use equipment, furniture and materials safely and securely, following the manufacturers’ instructions and provision’s requirements.
  • Encourage children to be aware of personal safety and the safety of others and develop personal hygiene practices (including oral hygiene).
  • Promote health and wellbeing in the provision by encouraging babies and young children to consume healthy, balanced and nutritious meals, snacks and drinks appropriate for their age and be physically active through planned and spontaneous activity throughout the day, both indoors and outdoors.
  • Carry out respectful care routines appropriate to the development, stage, dignity and needs of the child, including eating (feeding and weaning or complementary feeding), nappy changing procedures, potty or toilet training, care of skin, teeth and hair and rest and sleep provision.
  • Communicate with all children, including those for whom English is an additional language and those with additional needs, in ways that will be understood. This includes verbal and non-verbal communication.
  • Extend children’s development and learning through verbal and non-verbal communication.
  • Encourage babies and young children to use a range of communication methods.
  • Use a range of appropriate communication methods to share information with children, parents or carers and other professionals.
  • Work with colleagues to identify and plan educational programmes to support children’s holistic development through a range of play, creativity, social development and learning.
  • Implement and review activities to support children’s play, creativity, social development and learning and clear up after activities.
  • Observe children, assess, plan and record the outcomes, share results accurately and confidentially in line with expected statutory and the provision’s requirements.
  • Use learning activities to support early language development.
  • Support children’s early interest and development in mark making, writing, reading and being read to.
  • Support children’s interest and development in mathematical learning including numbers, number patterns, counting, sorting and matching.
  • Support the graduated approach for the assessment, planning, implementation and reviewing of each baby’s and young child's individual plan for their care and participation.
  • Work in ways that value and respect the developmental needs and stages of babies and children.
  • Use feedback and mentoring or supervision to identify and support areas for development, goals and career opportunities.
  • Work co-operatively with colleagues, other professionals and agencies to meet the needs of babies and young children and enable them to progress.
  • Work alongside parents or carers and recognise their role in the baby or child’s health, well-being, learning and development.
  • Encourage parents or carers to take an active role in the baby's or child’s care, play, learning and development.
  • Demonstrate how to share information with parents or carers about the importance of healthy, balanced and nutritious diets for their child, looking after teeth and being physically active.

Training schedule

  • You will work towards the level 2 Early Years Practitioner Standard
  • Attending college at least once per month or being taught in your work place

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

Maths & English (grade 4 or above)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Patience
  • A good sense of humour.
  • Punctuality
  • Enjoy being with children
  • Honest
  • Maintain confidentiality
  • Calm and Caring nature

About this employer

Cosy Toes has been established for over 20 years and is managed by qualified teachers with many years experience. All the staff are inducted and trained to follow our high standards and expectations. All staff hold an enhanced CRB clearance check. Certificates held are all based on childcare, First Aid and Food Hygiene. Our staff have the vital quality of being able to love, nourish and bond with children. Cosy Toes Group has 4 centres in the Middleton Area.

After this apprenticeship

  • Upon completion of this Apprenticeship, you have the opportunity to move into a Full Time Role with the possibility of completing a Level 3 apprenticeship

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

ROCHDALE TRAINING ASSOCIATION LIMITED

Jason Wales

jwales@rochdaletraining.co.uk

07860919380

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000331915.

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Closes in 27 days (Monday 15 September 2025 at 11:59pm)

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