Nursery Assistant Apprentice

This is an exciting opportunity to care for and build relationships with children between the ages of 3 months to 5 years, all whilst obtaining a qualification. Throughout your time at Toad Hall, you will be learning new skills and gaining knowledge about the Early Years sector and of course, having lots of fun

**About the Role**

Do you have a passion for working with young children and a desire to help them flourish in a caring and nurturing environment?

Would you like the chance to bring stories to life and develop a young child’s imagination?
If you would like a career in childcare then you could work with a friendly, fun, inspirational team who value every child and member of staff.

Key tasks and responsibilities:

- Being aware and demonstrating a clear understanding of own role and areas of responsibility
- To support children’s learning and development with children from all age ranges of the Early Years
- To support children’s development skills, working to plan activities, recording observations and their progress
- To understand and comply with all nursery policies and procedures, and relevant legislative requirements, informing management immediately of any instances of non-compliance or variations in practice
- Once confident in role, to assume the role of a key person to a group of children and work in partnership with parents/carers, catering for all children’s individual needs; observing, planning and evaluating development activities; keeping accurate records and maintaining regular contact and communication with parents
- Attending staff meetings and any training that is in house
- To regularly update the children's daily diaries
- To ensure that the ratios are adhered to at all times
- To assist with the wall displays and decoration
- To assist with the nappy changing routines & personal hygiene

**About the Company**

Toad Hall Nurseries offer award-winning childcare you can trust.

At Toad Hall Nursery, we offer childcare and early education for children from the age of 3 months to school age.
Children have a dedicated team of staff looking after them and making sure that they have the best early life experiences. By combining excellent facilities and the expertise of our qualified staff, we ensure that each of our children enjoy their time at our nursery. Our nurseries are located across the Home Counties, making us the preferred nursery group providing early education for children in South East England.

We offer the following amazing benefits and opportunities within our established nursery group:

- A higher salary package than the apprenticeship wage
- Inspiring training and career development with a growing company
- Opportunity to gain further qualifications
- Company Bonus Scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Increasing annual leave with each complete year of service up to a maximum of 33 days (including Bank/Public Holidays)
- Opportunity to purchase additional Holiday
- Paid time off for dependents
- Your birthday off, or a Christmas shopping day off, after one full year of service
- Discount and savings at over 1000 retailers through Perkpal
- Monthly staff recognition scheme
- Annual Christmas party for all Toad Hall Staff

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status. We take safeguarding seriously and follow safe recruitment procedures. An enhanced DBS check will be required for this role.

**About You**

Do you want to pursue a career in childcare and are wondering which roles will suit you best? At Toad Hall Nursery, we offer apprenticeships which give you the chance to explore different job roles at our nurseries. As valuable members of our team, our apprentices have access to the same early years training and development opportunities as all Toad Hall Nursery staff members.

With a thirst for knowledge and an eagerness to experience life in a childcare setting, you’ll have bags of enthusiasm for early years. You’ll be able to manage a varied workload comprising days spent working at the nursery, combined alongside study with a tutor.

Desired skills include good communication and organisational skills.

You will be friendly, adaptable and possess a desire to learn and build a career within the company and the Early Years sector.

You should have a good level of education, ideally with GCSEs (or equivalent) in English and Maths to grade C/4 or above.

**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 an Early Years apprenticeship programme. This will contain 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, supporti