Early Years Apprenticeship Level 3

Nottingham, NG4 3AR

Ref: VAC-02035

Type: Apprenticeship

Salary: Apprenticeship Minimum Wage

Sector: Early Years

Deadline: 30/04/2026

Start Date: 04/05/2026

Working Week: Monday-Friday 40 hours per week

Company: Good Foundations Day Nursery

Positions Available: 1

Vacancy Detail

Good Foundations Day Nursery believe that children learn best when they feel happy, secure, and valued. Through play-based learning and positive relationships, each child is nurtured, encouraged, and celebrated as they learn, grow, and flourish in their early years.
Purpose of post
• Ensure all children are safeguarded and their welfare and safety is promoted
• Provide a high standard of physical, emotional, social and intellectual care for all children in the nursery
• Give support to other team members throughout the nursery
• Work as part of a team in order to provide an enabling environment in which all individual children can play, learn and develop.

Key areas
• Work with and support children
• Work as part of a team
• Build and maintain strong partnerships with parents.

Responsible to: Nursery Manager/Room Leader

Duties and responsibilities
• Follow the nursery safeguarding procedure to ensure all children are kept safe, well and secure
• Operate a programme of activities that meet the individual needs and interests of children in your area in conjunction with other team members
• Keep track of your key children’s development and learning journeys and share these with parents, carers and other key adults in the child’s life
• Support all staff and engage in maintaining a good staff team
• Liaise with and support parents and other family members
• Be involved in out of working hours activities, e.g. training, monthly staff meetings, parents evening etc.
• Be flexible within working practices of the nursery. Be prepared to help where needed, including to undertake certain domestic jobs within the nursery, e.g. preparation of snacks, meals, cleaning equipment etc.
• Work alongside the Manager and staff team to ensure that the nursery’s vision is fulfilled
• Read, understand and adhere to all policies and procedures relevant to your role as deemed appropriate by the Manager
• Record accidents on the accident sheets and ensure that each form is signed by the parent/ carer
• Look upon the nursery, as a “whole” to consider where your skills can be best utilised. Be constantly aware of the individual needs of all children
• Ensure someone known and agreed by the nursery and parent collects the child
• Respect the confidentiality of all information received.
Specific childcare tasks
• Prepare and complete activities to suit each individual child's stage of development and interests
• Develop your role within the team especially with regard as a key person/worker
• Ensure that meal times are a time of pleasant social sharing
• Wash and change children as required
• Ensure good standards of safety, hygiene and cleanliness are maintained at all times
• Ensure a poorly child is treated appropriately and management is notified immediately
• Develop and maintain strong partnerships and communications with parents/carers to facilitate day-to-day caring and early learning needs
• Provide a high-quality environment to meet the needs of individual children regardless of any disabilities, family backgrounds or medical history
• Be aware of the community profile of the nursery and uphold its standards at all times, both within work hours and outside.

Qualifications required

Good standard English and having some experience with younger children would be an advantage.

Personal qualities

Kindness, patience, caring, a willingness to learn, passion of working with children.
You should have a strong interest in working with children to help them develop and grow.
You should demonstrate a good work ethic and be able to communicate effectively with the people around you, making sure that you treat both other staff and children with respect and care at all times.

Skills required

Working as part of a team
Listening to instructions
Showing reliability, punctuality, and professionalism
Confident in building relationships at all levels
Understanding of confidentiality
Awareness of Safeguarding
Uses initiative
Excellent communication skills
Reliable

Future Prospects

Progression onto upskilling qualification, we will work with you to create a continuous development plan and learning pathway to reach your future career goals within the Early Years sector

Other Information

Full Enhanced DBS required

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 2 Early Years Practitioner apprenticeship standard, which includes:
• Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours
• Functional skills in Maths and English if required
This will be delivered by your dedicated training provider, Realise.

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