Early Years Educator Apprenticeship
JUNIPER TRAINING LIMITED · Location to be confirmed
Early years educator (level 3)
- Working with children from birth to 5 years, supporting their learning, development and wellbeing in early years settings.
- You’ll achieve a Level 3 Early Years Educator qualification, which is widely respected across the childcare sector.
The work
- Support the planning and delivery of activities linked to the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS).
- Assist with observing children and recording their progress.
- Help create a safe, stimulating, and welcoming learning environment.
- Provide high‑quality care, including feeding, toileting, and personal care.
- Build positive relationships with children, parents, and colleagues.
- Follow safeguarding procedures and report concerns to the
- Designated Safeguarding Lead.
- Maintain hygiene and safety standards, including cleaning and risk checking areas.
- Support children’s independence, communication, and social development.
- Help set up and tidy away resources, equipment, and learning areas.
- Contribute to daily routines such as mealtimes, sleep times, and transitions.
- Use positive behaviour strategies to support children’s emotional wellbeing.
- Attend training, staff meetings, and complete apprenticeship tasks and portfolio work.
Training
- Training will take place on the job at the nursery setting and masterclasses through the training provider virtually online.
- The Training through Juniper Training will be on a mandatory virtual masterclass on a monthly basis that can be done on a device from the nursery setting.
Training provider: JUNIPER TRAINING LIMITED
What you come out with
- Room Leader.
- Team Leader.
- Qualified Early years educator can be counted in ratio.
What they are looking for
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Qualifications
- Essential · GCSE English 4+
- Essential · GCSE Maths 4
The employer
Helping children to be more mindful is a powerful gift. By being mindful they will learn to recognise and manage their emotions, be more able to calm down when they are upset, become better at focusing on important tasks and more able to interact with others with empathy and generosity. Mindfulness sessions and activities are incorporated into our curriculum and include children’s yoga, meditation, singing and discussing our worries using our ‘worry monster’. In addition we have a range of personal, social and emotional literature which can help support some challenging experiences and understand some complex situations children may face.