Level 3 Early Years Educator Apprenticeship - Single Steps Nursery
SINGLE STEPS NURSERIES LISS LTD
LISS (GU33 7AD)
Closes in 7 days (Thursday 30 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 17 October 2025
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Summary
As an Early Years Apprentice at Single Steps Nursery Liss, you’ll be supported to gain hands-on experience working with young children (typically from 3 months to around 5 years old). You’ll learn through practice, under the guidance of experienced practitioners, while also working towards a recognised childcare qualification.
- Wage
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£14,918.80 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
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£7.55 per hour. This will increase to the NMW for your age after the first 12 month.
- Training course
- Early years educator (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, 38 hours per week, hours to be discussed at interview (38-hour role which could be spread across 4 or 5 days depending on what the apprentice would like)
38 hours a week
- Start date
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Wednesday 31 October 2925
- 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
- Assist in creating a warm, nurturing, safe, and stimulating learning environment for children
- Support day-to-day care: feeding, changing nappies, toileting, personal hygiene, helping at mealtimes and rest times
- Work alongside a “key person” to help a small group of children, observing and recording their development and progress
- Help plan, prepare, and deliver activities that promote learning through play, both indoors and outdoors, according to the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)
- Maintain health, safety, hygiene and safeguarding standards in the nursery
- Interact with children to support their emotional, social, physical and educational development - encouraging language, creativity, independence
- Liaise with parents/carers to give feedback and share observations about children’s progress and well-being
- Work as part of a team, supporting other staff and participating in meetings or training
Where you'll work
71 STATION ROAD
LISS
GU33 7AD
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
LET ME PLAY 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
- You will work towards your Level 3 Early Years Educator qualification across a total duration of 18 months!
- Training will include paediatric first aid qualification
Training provider:
- LMP Group
- All online/remote learning, no classroom or college day release
- An allocated tutor will support you throughout the apprenticeship!
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE 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
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
About this employer
Single Steps Nursery Liss is an established early years setting based in the GU33 postcode area, dedicated to providing high-quality childcare and education for children from 3 months up to 5 years old. Our aim is to create a warm, safe, caring, and stimulating environment where every child is supported to learn, grow and reach their full potential.
After this apprenticeship
Possible full-time employment upon completion of the apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LET ME PLAY LIMITED
Horiya
horiya.haji@lmpeducation.org
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000345688.
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Closes in 7 days (Thursday 30 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
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