Nursery Practitioner - Level 3 Apprenticeship in Early Years
BLOOMING IMAGINATIONS LTD
Droitwich (WR9 0AH)
Closes on Monday 29 September 2025
Posted on 20 August 2025
Contents
Summary
Are you looking to work somewhere that takes pride in providing the best early years care. If so, this is an exciting opportunity for you to come and be a part of our Ofsted rated ‘outstanding’ team and work from our wonderful country setting.
- Wage
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£7,852 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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On a rota between Monday - Friday 7.30am - 6.00pm
20 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 30 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
Due to an exciting new expansion, Mini Moos are looking for a fun, nurturing and kind person to join their team.
They are committed to providing inclusive environments where everyone has a sense of belonging and has an opportunity to contribute and thrive in meaningful and impactful ways. Their new setting has both indoor and outdoor learning spaces to support our children’s development.
They are looking for a level 3 apprentice within Early Years and Child Care. You will work closely with the Nursery Manager and staff to create a safe learning environment for children to develop and grow holistically through their play.
The successful Nursery Practitioner will:
- Deliver a high standard of learning, development and care for children aged 0-5 years
- Knowledge of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum
- Plan, create, implement and reflect on engaging activities to encourage development towards key milestones aligned to EYFS Framework
- Promote and ensure child welfare, protection, health and safety and safeguarding
- Be caring, hardworking, dedicated and work well within a team
- Build positive relationships with children and their families
Benefits of working for Mini Moos:
- Discounted childcare rate for your own children
- Nest pension scheme
- Staff meetings are paid for at your hourly rate
- Monthly rewards that recognise individual performance
- Regular staff celebration events and activities
- We champion and support Neurodiversity and adapt the work place environment for staff wellbeing
- We are a family run business where everyone is respected and heard as an individual and no one is just a number
Where you'll work
The Old Dairy, Middleton Farm, Ladywood Road
Droitwich
WR9 0AH
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
SKERN LODGE 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
- Early Years Educator Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard
- You will be supported by an assessor throughout your apprenticeship
- As you progress through your apprenticeship your duties and responsibilities will alter as you develop the skills for a successful career in childcare
- Functional Skills in English and maths is required
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Creative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
This is a physical and active role and you will need to be alert and have the ability to get involved. Do you have the relevant prior Early Years qualification, knowledge or working experience in childcare?
About this employer
Blooming Imaginations is operating a fantastic nursery called Mini Moos at Churchfields Farm, Worcester. This 30 place Day Nursery for children age 2-5 years offers fantastic outdoor learning opportunities provided by qualified, dedicated and experienced staff, following the government Early Years Statutory Framework (EYFS), within our own self contained indoor and outdoor environment. Blooming Imaginations was created by two sisters who have grown up together creating their own fun and adventures, using solely their imaginations. Now, with 5 children between them and two successful careers in education, they are delighted to be able to provide this opportunity for the next generation of children, to explore their creativity and immerse themselves in their own world of role play fun, using our detailed sets and extensive props to inspire their own narrative of play. Bianca and Dominique also run their own successful childcare provision, where they spend every day facilitating learning through play. So they know how children love to make-believe and how beneficial it can be to their developmental progression. Children can learn from ANY activity and the team are skilled in providing endless opportunities, based on their interests and the life experiences that influence their play. As parents and also having lived in Worcester all our lives, we are very aware of the lack of variety - but particularly of indoor play facilities - locally. This has inspired us to provide a service that is not only fun, but also a rich and meaningful play experience, that can be enjoyed by the local community. We have created a flexible, ‘pop-up’ setup that can be operated both indoors and outdoors, at various locations, publicly during a session or can be privately hired
After this apprenticeship
- Upon successful completion of your level 3 apprenticeship there will be the opportunity for permanent employment and further training
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SKERN LODGE LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000338060.
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Closes on Monday 29 September 2025
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