Early Years Practitioner Apprenticeship

Level 3 Early Years Apprentice @ Dots & Tots Nursery

Location: 5 Petworth Drive, Leicester, LE3 9RF

PLEASE NOTE: This position is for immediate start.

WHO are Dots & Tots Nursery?

The effort that has gone into creating beautiful spaces for the children reflects the belief that children deserve the very best, and that their aesthetic senses need to be nurtured in the early years. Children are active learners, which means that all three rooms are stimulating and offer children many opportunities. The environment invites children to become involved and encourages them to explore a wide variety of materials and develop their creativity.

More people are developing a desire to do something more meaningful in life – working for a family run nursery and training in Early Years can be exactly what you are looking for right now!

WHAT will I get from working with Dots & Tots Nursery?

• EARN: £8 per hour, 40 hours per week.
• EXPERIENCE- your hours: Monday to Friday shifts between 8am and 5.30pm.
• QUALIFICATION: Early Years Educator Level 3 takes approximately 18 months.

WHAT will my DAY look like?

Working with children is highly rewarding. There is nothing more exciting than providing a Loving, Educational and Fun environment to children on a daily basis. This is not just “a job”, it’s a rewarding, meaningful, fulfilling career. You get to play an important role in shaping these little’s people foundation of life. Your daily tasks will include:

• Providing a safe, caring, stimulating educational environment.
• Delivering an appropriate play based Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum that enables children to make individual progress.
• Helping to ensure the nursery meets Ofsted requirements at all times.
• Understanding and working to nursery policies and procedures, including how to deal with child protection issues appropriately and how to respond to incidents, accidents, complaints, and emergencies.
• Planning activities which ensure each child is working towards the early learning outcomes.
• Ensuring records are properly maintained, e.g., daily attendance register, accident and incident book, risk assessments.
• Liaising closely with parents/carers, informing them about the nursery and its curriculum, exchanging information about children’s progress and encouraging parents’ involvement.
• Undertaking any other reasonable duties as directed.
• Minimum of 6 hours per week spent on apprenticeship work and training.

HOW does the Apprenticeship work?

Working towards your Early Years Educator Level 3 Qualification, you’ll attend monthly 1-2-1 meetings (online via teams every month – NO classroom OR college!) with your tutor and learn about modules including risk management, key person & attachment, learning & development, and more!  You will be given a minimum of 3 hours per week to complete any apprenticeship work (assignments, research, and projects) and will receive at least another 3 hours of training from your employer. All apprenticeship work and training is completed in the workplace, during working hours.

WHAT skills/qualifications do I NEED?

• Minimum GRADE 4/C in GCSE (or equivalent) Maths & English.
• UK Residency – must have lived in the UK for at least 3 years.
• Early Years Practitioner Level 2 qualification (or equivalent).
• Caring, compassionate, non-judgemental & patient.
• Initiative, problem solving & communication skills.
• Passionate about Early Years.

What happens next?

If your application is successful, you will receive a call from our dedicated Recruitment Consultant who will discuss the qualification, location and course length in more detail. Following this call, you will be asked to write a supporting statement and complete an English and Maths assessment.

If you really want to impress us, why not show your enthusiasm and carry out some further research on the employer and the qualification you’ll be working towards! Links are provided below:

Employer Website: https://dotsandtots-nursery.co.uk/

About the Qualification: https://www.ctskills.co.uk/apprenticeships/childcare