Early Years Apprentice - Headstart Upton

Looking to grow your career in early years education? Join Headstart Upton as an Early Years Educator Apprentice! Train towards your Level 3 qualification while supporting children’s learning, play, and development in an award-winning nursery that values your passion and potential.

Headstart Upton is looking for a Nursery Apprentice who has a passion to work with children and would like to undertake a level 3 qualification. To be considered for the Early Years Apprentice role, you must have a love of children and a genuine warmth towards them!

Our Nursery Apprentices are part of our team who are capable individuals with a responsibility for caring for children and maintaining a high-quality, stimulating learning environment. They are warm and responsive, working flexibly and effectively as part of a team to ensure the smooth running of the nursery.

• Promote positive relationships in the setting.
• Promote the health, safety and well-being of the children.
• Support the children’s development, learning and play.
• Support key persons carrying out all related responsibilities in building relationships with a group of children and their families; once confident, be responsible for a small cohort of children within the room with the support of the staff and management.
• Contribute to the effectiveness of teamwork.
• To be a role model and be able to showcase high-quality practice with regard to individual and group work with children.
• To take responsibility alongside the Nursery Management Team for the safety, security and well-being of all children, staff and visitors at all times.
• To ensure that safeguarding procedures are followed in line with Local Authority and Company procedures.
• To support the Nursery Management Team in supporting the nursery to reach an ‘outstanding’ grade with Ofsted.
• To embrace, understand and promote The Cheshire Day Nursery Group and to understand the role you play as part of the team to provide high levels of care and education.

Your full role and responsibilities will be set out by your employer. They will provide you with all of the on-the-job training you need to up-skill in your role, and your 20% off-the-job learning will be incorporated as part of your working day.
You will be working towards the Level 3 Early Years Educator apprenticeship standard, which includes:
• Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours
• Level 3 Diploma for the Early Years Educator
• Level 3 Award in Paediatric First Aid or Level 3 Award in Emergency Paediatric First Aid
• Level 2 Functional Skills in maths and English (if required)

This will be delivered by your dedicated training provider, Realise.