Nursery Apprentice

We are looking to recruit an Apprentice Nursery Assistant to support RF Nursery. You will complete either a Level 2 Early Years Practitioner or Level 3 Early Years Educator apprenticeship while gaining hands-on experience of working with children in a nursery setting.

**Overall duties**
- To deliver and ensure a high standard of learning, development and care for children aged 0-5 years
- To ensure that the setting is a safe environment for children, staff and others
- To develop partnerships with parents/carers to increase involvement in their child’s development
- To ensure responsibility for the effective daily management of the nursery
- To have a sound knowledge of company policies, procedures, and expectations

**Daily responsibilities**
- To support the nursery staff to observe, plan and maintain accurate children’s records.
- To develop a sound understanding of Safeguarding Policies.
- To undertake a shared responsibility for the care of children, health, safety and cleanliness throughout the nursery
- To undertake a developmental programme leading to an Early Years Qualification as part of an apprenticeship which is achieved within the given timescale.
- To actively participate in your own development plan working through the qualification with the qualification provider and with the nursery setting too.

**About the training**:
Over the course of 15 - 18 months (dependent upon the level of course an apprentice is being enrolled onto), you will study units such as health & safety in a childcare setting, holistic child development, safeguarding in a childcare setting, child development, communication with children, purposeful play and educational programmes, supporting children with special educational needs, collaborative working in early years childcare, wellbeing principles for children and at higher levels, child protection, data, supporting key life transitions and behaviour management (these modules may differ).

Upon successful completion of the apprenticeship programme, you will achieve a Level 2 or 3 qualification in Early Years.

**Qualifications**
- Good standard of English and Maths at GCSE A-C or equivalent

**Job Types**: Full-time, Apprenticeship

**Salary**: From £5.28 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Flexitime

Schedule:

- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends

School type:

- Crèche
- Day nursery
- Maintained nursery school
- Preschool
- Private nursery school

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Barking: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)

**Education**:

- GCSE or equivalent (preferred)

**Experience**:

- Nursery: 1 year (preferred)
- Nursery experience: 1 year (preferred)
- Childcare: 1 year (preferred)
- Management: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Expected start date: 13/06/2023