Apprentice Nursery Practitioner

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

Implementing Room curriculum in line with the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework Setting up and organising stimulating activities that promote learning and development Engaging and effectively communicating with the children to support their individual needs Collaborating with team members to ensure a cohesive and supportive environment for the children's growth To provide a safe, caring, stimulating educational environment, both indoors and outdoors, at all times To deliver an appropriate play based Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum that enables children to make individual progress To help ensure the setting always meets Ofsted requirements To undertake additional tasks such as cleaning duties of the rooms within the setting To assist with mealtimes and the principles of helping children to establish a healthy diet To understand and work to the setting’s policies and procedures, including how to deal with child protection issues appropriately and how to respond to incidents, accidents, complaints and emergencies To plan activities which ensure each child is working towards the early learning outcomes To be a key person To ensure records are properly maintained, e.g. daily observations, accident and incident recordings, risk assessments and nappy changing/sleep routine records To work alongside other team members to learn from and strengthen knowledge to be able to include such learning as part of the apprenticeship programme To work in partnership with senior team members to update and review the self-evaluation and improvement plan To assist in any other tasks that are required of the setting to ensure the wellbeing of all is highly maintained

Training:
Level 2 Early Years Practitioner apprenticeship standard Level 1 Functional Skills in maths and English (if required)

This apprenticeship is delivered through a combination of Work Based Assessment and day/block release. The programme will culminate in an End Point Assessment, where all the skills and knowledge gained on the apprenticeship will be formally tested.

Training Outcome:

Any career progression routes will be discussed upon successful completion of the apprenticeship.

Employer Description:
Join a passionate, dynamic team. We really care about making Burton and South Derbyshire College a vibrant, outstanding college. There couldn’t be a more exciting time to help us reshape BSDC for the challenges and opportunities ahead. Over 400 people work hard to make our College the success it is, from invigilators joining us for a few hours a year, through flexible part time work to many full time academic and support roles. If you share our passion for challenging, improving and making our college the best it can be, we’d love to hear from you.

Working Hours :
Monday & Tuesday 08:30am - 3:45pm, Wednesday 1pm - 4:45pm, Thursday 8:30am - 5:15pm & Friday 8am - 5pm

Skills:
Administrative skills,Attention to detail,Communication skills,Creative,IT skills,Organisation skills,Presentation skills,Team working,Time-Management