Nursery Assistant Apprentice
ENTERPRISE FOR ENRICHING LIVES CIC
CRAWLEY (RH11 7PF)
Closes in 16 days (Monday 13 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 26 September 2025
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Summary
Support daily childcare, following safety and safeguarding rules. Assist in planning EYFS activities, observe development, and help with routines like feeding and hygiene. Create a warm, inclusive environment, maintain cleanliness, attend training, and act professionally and confidentially.
- Wage
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£11,778 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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Monday – Friday flexible hours, 30 hours per week.
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 27 October 2025
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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4
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
- Assist in the day-to-day care of children in the nursery, following safeguarding and health and safety procedures.
- Support the planning and delivery of activities that promote learning and development in line with the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS).
- Help to create a warm, welcoming, and inclusive environment for all children and their families.
- Observe children’s development and contribute to their learning journeys under guidance.
- Assist with feeding, nappy changing, toileting, and hygiene routines.
- Keep the nursery clean, tidy, and organised, ensuring toys and equipment are safe and well-maintained.
- Participate in team meetings and training sessions to support your learning and development.
- Maintain confidentiality and act professionally
Where you'll work
LANGLEY GREEN CENTRE
STAGELANDS
CRAWLEY
RH11 7PF
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
CROYDON 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
Training will be with Croydon College and will be a Hybrid Model.
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
- Attention to detail
- Customer care skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
Will be require a clear DBS check.
About this employer
At EFEL, our mission is to provide high-quality, affordable childcare services to the vibrant and diverse community of Langley Green in Crawley, West Sussex. We aim to support families by offering flexible childcare solutions that align with parents' working patterns, helping more parents return to work with peace of mind. Our services cater to children from birth to eleven years, nurturing their growth through social interaction and skill development in a safe, inclusive environment. We believe that by bringing together children from various ethnic backgrounds, we can help them integrate into the community and build meaningful connections from an early age. In addition to our childcare services, we also support young people aged 16 and above who are passionate about pursuing a career in childcare, offering valuable work opportunities and training in this rewarding field. At EFEL, we are committed to fostering a sense of community, inclusion, and development for all the families we serve.
After this apprenticeship
There is potential for a full-time job with us.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
CROYDON COLLEGE
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000343991.
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Closes in 16 days (Monday 13 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
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