Childcare Apprenticeship – Level 3 Early Years Educator (LE)
Ace Nursery · DERBY, DE23 8AR
Early years educator (level 3)
This apprenticeship is ideal for someone with some prior knowledge and experience within a nursery or school setting and especially someone passionate in childcare and early years, looking to further their career.
The work
- Providing an excellent range of activities that ensures that the child learns whilst having fun.
- Supporting children’s learning and development, including supporting planning and observations.
- Preparing and maintaining the environment and resources for the children.
- Preparation of food for breakfast, snack and afternoon tea.
- Supporting children’s self-help needs.
- Being creative and enthusiastic.
- Following safeguarding rules
- Undertaking first aid training as required.
- Undertaking training as appropriate to meet any changes in standards or appropriate legal requirements as required.
- Ensuring that all health and hygiene requirements are always adhered to.
Training
- You will gain a Level 3 Early Years Educator qualification at the end of the course.
- All training is completed remotely via Teams. Your tutor will be there to support you throughout and visit your setting.
- Online remote training sessions will take place once every week for the first 8 weeks and they’ll be scheduled as and when.
- You will complete your Level 3 Paediatric First Aid.
Training provider: SWIFT ACI
What you come out with
After completion, you will develop into a Level 3 practitioner, with the potential of a permanent position upon successful completion. There is also the potential to go into other childcare-oriented roles e.g., social work, teaching, managerial roles etc.
What they are looking for
- Communication skills
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Qualifications
- Essential · GCSE English 4
- Essential · GCSE Maths 4
The employer
The nursery started life as an After School Club in 1995 and a year later was successful in obtaining funding from the National Lottery to develop its services and keep going. This money enabled the Club to eventually become a full day nursery and we now have places for up to 74 children from birth to 11 years old registered with us.
Workplace
- 8-10 BROWNING CIRCLE, DERBY, DE23 8AR