Apprentice Nursery Educator- Level 3

Birmingham, B62 9RL

Ref: VAC-01324

Type: Apprenticeship

Salary: Apprenticeship Minimum Wage

Sector: Early Years

Deadline: 29/08/2025

Start Date: 01/09/2025

Working Week: Monday - Friday 30.00 Hours per week

Company: Merryvale Day Nursery

Positions Available: 2

Vacancy Detail

Apprentices play a crucial part in supporting delivery of welfare and care in Merryvale Nursery. Supported by a suitably qualified early years educator, you will interact and work with the children on a day to day basis, supporting the planning and delivery of play activities.

You will;
• Provide play activities which encourage and promote children’s numeracy, literacy and language development
• Undertake the role of the key person to help children feel safe, secure and valued
• Carries out observations and use these effectively to understand the changing needs of their individual key children and plan for the interests in line with the early years foundation stage
• Carry out care routines such as nappy changing, toileting, hand washing and feeding routines with care, respect and compassion
• Work in partnership with other professionals, parents, colleagues and children to meet the individual needs of children
• Ensure the welfare, well-being and safety of children is promoted and report safeguarding issues and concerns to the person in charge
• Take an active role in seeking out continuous professional development opportunities during the apprentices programme and beyond
• Support children who are experiencing transitions such as moving to school or birth of a sibling, using your knowledge of the children to support them
• Take an active part in the completion of their apprenticeship, meeting deadlines set by their trainer assessor and working with the dedicated mentor to develop their knowledge, skills and behaviours
• Work in a non-discriminatory way to ensure all children have equal access to opportunities

Your trainer assessor will meet with you regularly to provide teaching, learning and feedback from assessments completed. To support your progress you will be required to complete a reflective journal of the learning you have undertaken and discuss this with your trainer assessor.

On additional specialisms such as special educational needs co-ordinator or the designated safeguarding lead.

Qualifications required

Must have a level 2 childcare qualification or 12 months experience of working in an early years setting with children, or...
Option of a Skills Bootcamp for the right candidate
Maths and English at level 1 (grade 3) - preferred

Personal qualities

Passionate
Empathetic
Kind
Caring
Dedicated

Skills required

Self-motivation
Good communication skills
Ability to meet strict deadlines
Time management

Future Prospects

At the end of the apprenticeship you will be a highly trained early years educator. Depending on the setting in which you work you could progress onto becoming a room leader or taking on additional specialisms such as special educational needs co-ordinator or the designated safeguarding lead.

Other Information

You will be required to undertake an enhanced dbs check as part of the employers safer recruitment process.

Training to be Provided

Your full role and responsibilities will be set out by your employer. They will provide you with all of the on-the-job training you need to up-skill in your role, and your 20% off-the-job learning will be incorporated as part of your working day.
You will be working towards the Level 3 Early Years Educator apprenticeship standard, which includes:
• Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours
• Level 3 Diploma for the Early Years Educator
• Level 3 Award in Paediatric First Aid or Level 3 Award in Emergency Paediatric First Aid
• Level 2 Functional Skills in maths and English (if required)

This will be delivered by your dedicated training provider, Realise.

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Apprentice Nursery Educator- Level 3