Apprenticeship Nursery Educator

APPRENTICESHIP COURSE:Level 3 Early Years Educator

THE COMPANY:

They take great care to look after children at Our clients Nursery. Working in the early years requires a great deal of hard work and dedication, and this is why they reward and support their team both personally and professionally. In a now extremely competitive labour market, meaningful workplace benefits alongside an attractive salary has become more important than ever. As a values-driven organisation, its important to know that as an employee of our clients nursery, your contributions help to support the growth and breadth of the company.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

• To provide a safe, caring, stimulating educational environment, both indoors and outdoors, at all times.
• Assisting with mealtimes and changing
• To undertake designated officer roles as directed.
• To work with other professionals in the local area for the benefit of children and families.
• To understand and work to preschool nursery 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 attendance register, accident and incident book, risk assessments
• To liaise closely with parents/carers, informing them about the nursery and its curriculum, exchanging information about childrens progress and encouraging parents involvement.
• To work in partnership with senior management to update and review the self-evaluation and improvement plan.
• To undertake any other reasonable duties as directed, in accordance with the preschool aims and objectives

COMPANY BENEFITS:

• Option to increase to 40 hours per week after 1 year
• Extra annual leave day for each year of service
• Extra annual leave for excellent attendance
• Friend and family discount

FUTURE PROSPECTS:

• Potential full time role available after completion of apprenticeship