Early Years Apprentice
Greenhall Nursery & Little Learners · Stafford, ST16 1PS
Early years practitioner (level 2)
To work under the direction of senior staff to help to create and maintain a safe, hygienic and stimulating environment in which a child can grow and develop. Addressing the children’s care needs and supporting their learning and development.
The work
- Promote and safeguard the welfare of children at all times
- Support children in their self-care needs (feeding, changing nappies)
- Communicate with parents and carers
- Help to prepare basic snacks / feeds
- Prepare the learning environment for the children and ensuring it is safe at all times. Clearing away at the end of the day
- Keep records on children’s progress and development
- Follow setting policies and procedures
Training
- One day study per week at Stafford College (ST16 2QR)
Training provider: NEWCASTLE AND STAFFORD COLLEGES GROUP
What you come out with
- Could lead to a permanent position for the right person.
What they are looking for
- Communication skills
- Organisation skills
- Team working
- Initiative
Qualifications
- Desired · GCSE English 4/C
- Desired · GCSE Maths 4/C
Things to consider
We want someone who:
- Is willing to go the extra mile for our children and families
- Will crawl around the floor, being a tiger or run around outside being a crocodile
- Cares about details – you know whose coat is whose and are willing to spend time looking for a missing welly boot!
- Is loving and gives the best hugs!
- Can remain calm, patient and playful when a child is struggling with big feelings – you will sit on the floor with them, roar like a lion or coach them through
- Loves stories and is happy to read the same book many times a day without loosing the magic and voices that it was first read with!
- Sings with gusto and reads a story or joins in play like they are a Bafta winner
- Loves coming to nursery each day to spend time with our precious little ones
- Has a warm, infectious smile that lights up their face – this smile is there to greet our children, families and fellow staff to show them how loved, special and valued they are!
- Dresses appropriately for the weather so that the great outdoors is never out of bounds!
- Makes the best cakes in the mud kitchen and fantastic potions in the creation station (with the children, of course!)
- Invests time in getting to know who loves to dress up as a princess, who is the next Picasso or King of the Jungle
The employer
Greenhall is a Special Nursery school for children aged 2-5 years old with additional needs in Communication and Language, Physical and Personal, Social and Emotional Development. Little Learners is our governor-run nursery provision, open all year to the wider community for children aged 3 months – school age.
Little Learners is open over the hours of 7.30-6, Mon-Fri, for 51 weeks a year.
Workplace
- Greenhall Nursery Little Learners, Second Avenue, Stafford, ST16 1PS