Childcare Apprentice

LITTLE EINSTEIN DAY NURSERY LTD

Doncaster (DN12 4HZ)

Closes in 14 days (Tuesday 7 October 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 22 September 2025

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Summary

To help us with the growth of the children in the nursery, we are looking for an enthusiastic Level 3 Childcare Apprentice to join our busy team at the Denaby site. The applicant must be passionate about working in childcare and expanding their expertise in this area while earning a recognised qualification.

Wage

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

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Training course
Early years educator (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Friday; shifts to be confirmed.

30 hours a week

Start date

Tuesday 21 October 2025

Duration

1 year 6 months

Positions available

2

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

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

  • You must be able to work as part of a team and be able to care for and supervise the children with regard to their physical, emotional and intellectual needs
  • You will work with your Room leader and colleagues to plan and prepare activities, meet children’s individual needs, liaise with parents and negotiate working targets ensuring effective communication within the nursery
  • Offering all children equal opportunities with regard to their religious persuasion, racial origins, gender, disabilities, and cultural or linguistic background, in particular, challenges situations where racism or discrimination is displayed
  • You will be required to keep development records and observations of the children and offer positive management of children's behaviour
  • Keeping accident, incident and risk assessment records is essential
  • Preparation, care, cleanliness and maintenance of the nursery and equipment is a vital part of the role as is providing a good role model for Students and helping new staff to fit into the nursery
  • You will be required to undertake supervision of meals and mealtimes and where appropriate preparation of babies’ bottles, laundry duties, participating in regular parents' evenings, publicity, open weekends and children's outings
  • Attendance of staff meetings as arranged by the Nursery Manager
  • Any other duties appropriate to the post as directed by the Nursery Manager and Director

Where you'll work

School Walk
Denaby Main
Doncaster
DN12 4HZ

Training

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

Training provider

DN COLLEGES GROUP

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

  • Training will be at Doncaster College where you will access a wide range of facilities on offer
  • Day release Training model
  • You will undertake the Level 3 Early Years Practitioner Apprenticeship Standard
  • You will undertake both on and off-the-job training by a team of industry-qualified professionals to give you the best skills, knowledge, and experience

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
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Patience
  • Caring
  • Flexible

Other requirements

You must be able to travel to and from work and college. Apprentices are paid for their normal working hours and training that's part of their apprenticeship (usually one day per week). The Apprenticeship National Minimum Wage guide is updated every April (ANMW): https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates We need to ask all applicants whether they have any relevant criminal convictions and or pending investigation as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Relevant meaning offences against a person, whether violent or sexual, offences involving drugs or controlled substances, or theft. A declaration of a relevant Criminal Conviction will result in a Risk Assessment being carried out to determine whether the applicant poses a risk to the welfare or safety of others. This does not include warnings, cautions, reprimands and (for example) speeding fines/points. You will be asked about this when we contact you to arrange a pre-screening interview. A YES ANSWER DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY EXCLUDE YOUR APPLICATION.

About this employer

Our aim is to provide high-quality care and education for all children, in an environment that offers an exceptional balance between LEARNING and PLAYTIME! We work hard to ensure that our provision recognises and meets the diverse needs of each individual child and their family.

After this apprenticeship

  • On successful completion of the apprenticeship there may be an opportunity to progress to a higher apprenticeship

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

DN COLLEGES GROUP

Tracey Butterfield

tracey.butterfield@don.ac.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000343179.

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Closes in 14 days (Tuesday 7 October 2025 at 11:59pm)

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