We are looking for a Childcare Apprentice to join our team. We are looking for someone with a passion to work with children and someone who wants a lengthy career in childcare.
Your role is to implement the daily routine in the nursery and ensure the children have access to exciting and challenging activities to support and encourage their learning and development in line with the Early Years Foundation Stage and the children’s individual interests.
To contribute a high standard of physical, emotional, social and intellectual care for children in the nursery. Putting the children’s welfare, care and development first and ensuring the children are safeguarded.
Duties and responsibilities will include:
To provide high quality care for all children and families
To support qualified staff with daily routines in the nursery
To learn the skills of a nursery nurse, (on the job), working practically as part of the team
To understand the values and principles of the sector and implement in your daily routine with the children
To learn and follow the EYFS when caring for our children
To support and promote diversity and equality
To learn how to provide high quality childcare to our children
To show commitment to achieving the apprenticeship in the agreed timeframe
To work in partnership with your assessor
Understand the importance of keeping everyone safe and the part you play
To ensure you attend all the training courses and staff meetings as required
To complete and submit work to agreed timelines
Demonstrate a proactive approach using your initiative and showing resilience to take responsibility for getting things done
To contribute to the children’s developmental records, doing incidental observations on the children, with the possibility of taking on your own key children when you are fully trained
Maintaining a professional relationship with parents and keeping them informed about their child’s day
To promote social mealtimes and encourage sharing
Changing children as required and promoting good hygiene
Work as a supportive member of the staff team, where the nursery is viewed as a "whole". Utilise your time to help in other areas being constantly aware of the children’s needs
To attend all out of working hours activities, e.g. training, monthly staff meetings, parents evenings, open days etc.
To be flexible within working practices of nursery. Be prepared to help where needed, including to undertake certain domestic jobs within the nursery, e.g. preparation of snack meals, cleansing of equipment, cleaning etc.
To respect and maintain the confidentiality of information received
Complete the nursery’s in house training schedule
To be aware of the high profile of the nursery and to uphold its standards at all times.
To comply with the nurseries policies and procedures at all times
To report any injury or accident ensuring that health and safety of the individual is maintained. Inform seniors of all accidents
To report any suspicious or suspected non-accidental injury
To undertake any other duties commensurate to the post as required by the nursery
