Early Years Educator Apprentice

Vacancy Detail

Do you have the enthusiasm and passion for working in childcare, whilst gaining a DfE recognised Early Years qualification?

Are you looking for a role whereby you will be mentored and supported along the way?

Would you like to be part of our team creating a safe and stimulating environment for our children, in line with the EYFS and Happy Days ethos?

If you answered yes to the above 3 questions then you are one step closer to joining the Happy Days family..

Our teams, whether in our nurseries or our support centre SHINE, they ensure we are delivering outstanding childcare to every child in our settings everyday, this helps to make Happy Days a great place to work. By ensuring we are always recruiting, retaining and promoting a diverse mix of colleagues, who are representative of the communities within which our nurseries sits gives us the best opportunity to continue to deliver outstanding childcare.

Please find below the duties and expectations of an early years educator apprentice:

Ensure the welfare and safety of children is promoted and report safeguarding issues and concerns to the person in charge
Support the planning and delivery of purposeful play activities in line with the early years foundation stage
Work with parents, colleagues and other agencies to ensure children’s individual needs are met
Support the children to understand healthy life choices through engaging play activities
Undertake the role of the key person to help children feel safe, secure and valued
Carry 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
Take an active role in seeking out continuous professional development opportunities during the apprentices programme and beyond
Communication and knowledge of child development to engage with children and support those requiring additional support
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
Carry out respectful care routines such as feeding, nappy changing and dental care
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
Support children’s numeracy, literacy and language through a range of play activities and opportunities
We can offer you

Additional leave - paid Christmas closedown

20 days annual leave

Childcare Employee discount - 50% off

Flexible working - full time and part-time available

Free on-site Parking

Health & wellbeing programme

Are you:

Committed to entering a career in childcare and completing the qualifications needed to achieve this?
Able to interact with young children and have an understanding of child development?
Confident to ask for help and guidance, listen to instruction and carry out requests with regards to all aspects of the nursery?
Able to communicate with a wide range of people, including colleagues and parents?
If you are hardworking, self-disciplined in appearance and manner, have a friendly nature with a positive outlook we would like to hear from you

Qualifications required

• Good comprehension of written and verbal English.

Personal qualities

• Confidence, hard-working, caring, compassionate, wishing to develop a career in early years.

Skills required

• GCSE's in Maths and English at grade 3/D and above or alternative Level 1 in Functional Skills.
• Option for skills Bootcamp course to start accelerated apprenticeship at level 3 for the right candidate.