Apprentice Early Years Educator
Next Generation Day Nursery
MANSFIELD (NG20 9RN)
Closes in 18 days (Friday 22 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 18 July 2025
Contents
Summary
We are looking for a Level 3 Nursery Practitioner Apprentice to join Next Generation Day Nursery. We are looking for someone who has a passion for providing the best possible learning environment for the children in our care. The desire to be part of a very close, happy, fun and effective team who will support all desires for CPD.
- Wage
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£12,090 a year
- Training course
- Early years educator (level 3)
- Hours
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Working pattern is Monday to Friday, with flexibility required between the hours of 07:45 hrs to 17:45 hrs.
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 2025
- Duration
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1 year 6 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
- Planning and implementing fun and educational activities with the children
- Play alongside and with children to support their play
- Supporting children's creative and imaginative experiences
- Maintaining development records on key children
- Supervising children at rest times and at mealtimes
- Contributing to and promoting health and safety
- Ensuring the play area is always clean and tidy
- Working closely with parents and providing feedback on their child
You should have a love of providing new and innovative activities and experiences indoors and outdoors as we have a huge garden area. Enjoy getting messy every single day and providing exciting opportunities for our little ones to explore and play with. Be able to make story times come alive with voices, props and encouraging group interaction.
A fundamental requirement we ask is that you are able to give the best cuddles and TLC after a tumble or fall. Most importantly we want you to ooze passion and fill the rooms with happiness and wonder.
Where you'll work
115 LANGWITH ROAD
LANGWITH JUNCTION
MANSFIELD
NG20 9RN
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
WEST NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COLLEGE
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
Level 3 Early Years Educator apprenticeship standard.
Training will include paediatric first aid qualification.
This is a work-based programme which means that predominantly, your learning will take place on the site of your employment and within your contracted working hours.
There are 12 sessions of classroom-based attendance. Once per week for 12 weeks in the evening on a Wednesday.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Customer care skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Patience
- Caring
Other requirements
Applicants who are successful at interview will be invited to complete work trials at the nursery to ensure the position and person are a perfect match.
About this employer
The Next Generation Day Nursery is located in Langwith and is a warm, friendly and welcoming nursery for babies and children from six weeks old until they go to school. The location creates the perfect environment for children to learn, explore and play - indoors and out.
After this apprenticeship
The nursery is committed to retaining staff and to ensuring that your knowledge and skill within the sector are always upheld with ongoing training.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
WEST NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COLLEGE
Karen
apprenticeships@wnc.ac.uk
01623 900632
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000332513.
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Closes in 18 days (Friday 22 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
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