Early Years Apprentice

1 week ago

Andover, United Kingdom Bright Horizons Family Solutions Full time

**Bright Horizons Dandelions Day Nursery and Preschool**

**Hours: Full Time/ Monday to Friday**

**Salary: £10.42 per hour (£21,794)**

**Location: Andover, Hampshire**

If you are enthusiastic, have a passion for supporting and developing little minds, and are driven to complete a full and relevant, formal qualification in childcare - our Early Years Apprentice opportunity could be perfect for you

**Why Bright Horizons?**

We care for over 10,000 children across the UK, across our portfolio of over 300 nurseries, 98% of which are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. We’re on a mission to change the future for children, families, and the people we work with, and are committed to progressive working values like flexibility, work-life balance, and wellbeing.

**What you’ll be doing**
- Working as part of a nursey team looking after babies and children up to the age of 5.
- Having daily adventures with our children through interactive play, activities, reading and helping them with their curious minds through the learning curriculum
- Communicating with parents daily on their child’s activities
- Provide a caring and supporting environment where the children feel safe and looked after
- Creating play and learning opportunities that support the children’s learning
- Promote and ensure child welfare, protection, health and safety and safeguarding procedures and policies are followed at all times
- Working alongside your Assessor, including attending all training required for completion of your formal qualification
- Having the ability to manage own time to complete required coursework in the given timeframe
- Driving own development through the active participation in appraisals, one-to-ones, and requesting supervisions where required
- Reflecting and proactively utilising new ideas and initiatives, including feedback, to enhance development and learning

**What we can offer you**

Our benefits include, but are not limited to;
- £10.42 per hour (£21,794)
- Career development opportunities across our network of nurseries
- Amazing discounts, ranging from childcare to high-street, to utility and days out
- Quarterly Employee Appreciation Weeks - with treats for all the team
- External helpline with professional counsellors - supporting your wellbeing 24 hours a day.
- Access to our extensive library of training and qualifications, to support your continuous development

**What we’re looking for**
- Commitment to completing your Apprenticeship
- Maths and English qualification GCSE Grade C / Level 4 or above, or Functional Skills Level 2. If not already held, a willingness to complete Functional Skills alongside apprenticeship.
- Previous experience working with children beneficial, but not essential - Nursery Bank Staff, Nursery Assistant, Teaching Assistant, Nursery Practitioner, Early Years Educator, Nanny, Childminder or similar.
- Passion for making learning fun and engaging for each child
- Ability to build trust and strong working relationships with both colleagues and parents
- Ability to use a variety of techniques to clearly and successfully communicate with both children and adults

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