Nursery Apprentice

• You will be working with children from 9 months old to raising 5 year olds
• You will support a teacher, nursery manager and a team of nursery officers and support assistants and be part of the bigger team
• To incorporate children’s programmes devised by other professionals (for example, Speech and Language Therapist) into a play-based approach within the Early Years stage
• To develop and implement a rich and stimulating learning environment and curriculum with support, both indoors and outdoors, which meets each child’s individual needs and enables them to reach their full potential
• With the support of senior members of staff, to monitor, assess and evaluate children’s developmental progress regularly, maintaining accurate and appropriate case records and reporting matters of concern (such as injuries and other significant incidents) to the Teacher
• To support senior staff who undertake home visits through attendance
• Assist senior staff with the development and implementation of care plans and individual education plans (IEPs as required by the Special Educational Needs and Disability Code of Practice: 0-25) for children in partnership with parents/carers and other professionals
• To assist senior staff to prepare reports and jointly participate in discussions, network meetings and reviews on children’s development
• To manage the meal and snack times for a group of children including the provision of light snacks, drinks, baby food, etc where appropriate, ensuring that the dietary needs of the children are met including those on special feeding programmes
• To comply with policies and procedures on issues such as confidentiality, equality and diversity, health and safety procedures (for example, manual lifting and handling), record keeping and data protection
• To maintain and improve knowledge, skills and competence by participating in staff meetings, training, learning and development sessions and sharing knowledge and best practice with colleagues
• To assist senior staff in ensuring that all prescribed medications, medical care and dietary needs are administered and recorded as directed and in accordance with procedures and medical advice.
• To follow the Safeguarding policy
• To ensure the Council’s policies on Equality and Diversity are reflected in day to day practice and behaviour with colleagues, members of the public and external agencies, etc.
• To apply best practice in Health and Safety in the workplace in collaboration with other members of the team

• Early Years Educator Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard
• Functional Skills in maths and English (if required)
• Apprentices must successfully complete a paediatric first aid training
• Your training will be 1 day a week at Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College

On successful completion of the apprenticeship, there might be an opportunity to be offered a full-time position. This will be reviewed by you and your employer at the end of your apprenticeship.

• Passing a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check

At Maples Nursery School and Children's Centre, we value the diverse community that we serve.  We believe that every child, family and member of staff maters and we work hard to create a place where we can all learn and grow together.

We promote empathy and a sense of community within a caring and inclusive environment, inclusion and fairness, mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths or beliefs, individual liberty, the universal values of democracy.

The Governors and staff are passionate in ensuring that children are provided with unlimited opportunities to be successful and responsible members of the community.  We want to create a safe, happy place where children become curious, confident and creative learners.  We provide a child-centred learning environment which promotes independence and resilience, building upon children's interests, curiosity and their disposition to learn.