Early Years Practitioner Apprentice/ls22 5hg

**Job Overview**:
To work as a responsible, motivated team member, provide quality care and education to children, and work in positive partnership with parents and carers.

**Key Duties and Responsibilities**
- To support and advocate the mission and objectives of Cub, The Modern Nursery.
- To contribute to the curriculum delivery within an allocated room, ensuring that practice and provision meets the statutory requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage.
- To work as a Key Person to a small group of children; this role includes: building warm, supportive relationships with children based on trust and respect
- Working in positive partnerships with parents and carers, and sharing information promptly and professionally.
- The completion of ongoing observations, and accurate assessments of children
- Using these assessments, alongside your knowledge of the child’s interests, to plan stimulating and engaging activities.
- Maintaining accurate and informative records relating to the children’s development, and supporting the children to make excellent progress.
- To assist the Room Leader in maintaining a safe, organised, accessible, and enabling environment.
- To maintain the health, safety, and security of all children, through a vigilant approach to risk assessment, hygiene, and welfare.
- To follow all nursery policies and procedures.
- To develop a confident knowledge of safeguarding, with a full understanding of policies and procedures, and to act and respond when necessary.
- To take an inclusive approach with regards to special educational needs and disabilities.
- To engage positively with visitors and external agencies.
- To contribute and engage in the wider development of the nursery, including the Cub Curriculum.
- To provide cover in other rooms as required.
- To be an effective and supportive team member who communicates professionally with others.

The duties and responsibilities in this job description are not exhaustive or restrictive; changes and other duties relevant to this post may be added. This job description may be reviewed in the future.

**What training will the apprentice take and what qualification will the apprentice get at the end?**

The Level 2 Apprenticeship is delivered in partnership with the workplace you will be expected to attend college 1 day a month, where you will gain knowledge and understanding of the working within the early years sector.

You will develop skills on the job where you will be supported by a workplace mentor.

An Assessor from Leeds City College will visit you on a regular basis to support your learning journey

The Apprenticeship framework comprises of:

- Level 2 Early Years Practitioner

Functional Skills qualifications:

- Level 1 Functional Skill in English
- Level 1 Functional Skill in maths

End point assessment:

- Multiple choice exam
- Professional discussion

**What is the expected career progression after this apprenticeship?**
- Internal progression is encouraged.

**Things to consider**:

- On top of your annual holiday allowance, we will give you the days between Christmas and New Year as holiday. And of course, who wants to work on their birthday? Not us - so we give you that off too,
- You will take your breaks in our staff well-being room where you will be welcome to take us up on our offer of a free lunch and café coffee
- We believe the same is true for our team. We don’t ask you to wear a uniform, but we do give you £90 a year towards your work clothes.

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

**Salary**: £10,296.00 per year

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Wetherby: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Education**:

- GCSE or equivalent (preferred)

**Experience**:

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

Work Location: In person