Childcare Apprentice
- Employer
- Sussex Skills Solutions
- Location
- Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex
- Salary
- £129.00 per week
- Closing date
- 3 Nov 2021
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- Sector
- Apprenticeship , Care, Childcare
- Function
- Apprenticeship
- Contract Type
- Apprenticeship
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Details
Apprenticeship summary
- Weekly wage: £129.00
- Working week: You will be working 5 days a week Monday – Friday Shifts between 1 day 0830 – 1730 hrs, 2 days 1230 – 1730 hrs, 2 days 1200 – 1730 hrs
- Total hours per week: 30.00
- Expected duration: 18 months
- Possible start date: 15 Nov 2021
- Apprenticeship level: Intermediate Level 2 (GCSE)
- Positions: 1 available
Our children aged 12 months to 5 years are accommodated in spacious rooms, decorated with colourful seasonal displays, where our enthusiastic and experienced staff team support the children in making choices through their play and encourage them to become independent learners.
At the setting we promote a free flow system, allowing the children to move freely through the rooms and out to the garden, choosing activities themselves whilst being fully supported within the Early Years Foundation Stage.
We work closely with parents to ensure the best possible outcomes for all children.
The ideal candidate will enjoy engaging with young children and duties will include:
- Helping to provide safe, creative, appropriate play opportunities in a safe, caring, friendly, relaxed and constructive atmosphere
- Assisting the team with specific tasks and activities relating to the children attending the nursery
- Maintaining a high standard of professional conduct at all times and a child centred approach to the care provided
- Supporting and adhering to the safeguarding policies and procedures
- Assisting in preparing materials and equipment at the start of each session and clearing away at the end. All toys, equipment rooms and play areas must be kept safe and hygienic at all times and as clean and tidy as is practicable. This will involve damp dusting, minor cleaning and mopping up of spillage, etc.
- Assisting staff in ensuring that toys and equipment are properly used, withdrawing immediately or rendering harmless any potentially dangerous items and arranging for repair or proper disposal
- Ensuring staff are kept informed of the physical and emotional security of the children, and that anything about a child that gives cause for concern is reported to the Manager immediately and acted upon accordingly
- Assisting in comforting sick or injured children, when appropriate
- Assisting in supervising the children at meal times, and helping with feeding as necessary
- Assisting other staff in attending to the physical needs of the children and generally fostering their development, independence and self-reliance
- Adopting a flexible and teamworking approach to work at all times, including providing the necessary cover for other staff in emergency situations, etc. as directed by and within the limits of registration requirements. When necessary staying late with children ensuring that emergency arrangements are made for them to be reunited with their parent/guardian(s)
East Sussex College are the Training Provider for this apprenticeship
Full training will be given
Requirements and prospects
Desired skills
You should have:
- The ability to work as part of a team
- Good listening and observational skills
- The ability to work on your own initiative and to communicate well with children and adults
Personal qualities
You should be:
- Motivated
- Friendly
- Enthusiastic
- Reliable
- Punctual
- A good team player
- Patient
- Enjoy working with and able to engage with children
- Willing to participate in training and learn on the job
Desired qualifications
GCSE English & maths grade C/4 or above (or equivalent qualifications) desirable
Future prospects
Potential permanent full-time employment on successful completion of the apprenticeship
About the employer
Amberley Nursery is a nursery offering friendly quality care from experienced staff, to children from 12 months to 5 years. It is 5 mins walk from Bexhill station and Bexhill town centre.
Employer
Amberley Nursery
https://www.amberleynursery.co.uk/
Address
9
Buckhurst Road
Bexhill-On-Sea
TN40 1QF
Training
Training provider
EAST SUSSEX COLLEGE GROUP
Level 2 Early Years Practitioner
East Sussex College will provide the apprenticeship standard which will include Functional Skills
East Sussex College will ensure Health & Safety, and Equality & Diversity.
State any other training you as an employer would be providing.
- Paediatric First Aid
- Food Hygiene
- Safeguarding of Children
Apprenticeship standard
Early years practitioner Level 2 (GCSE)
Company
Bringing an innovative approach to the delivery of apprenticeships and employer-focused skills training in the South East, East Sussex College Group is a joint venture between Sussex Downs College and Sussex Coast College Hastings.
East Sussex College Group is an apprenticeship and skills training specialist serving the whole of Sussex.
East Sussex College Group is a working partnership between Sussex Coast College Hastings and Sussex Downs College, and since launching, has worked with a number of businesses in the South East to help them utilise funding streams and create their own internal training programmes.
Plus, by drawing on decades of experience and expertise from staff at both colleges, East Sussex College Group is able to successfully match the right apprentice in a role that is right for the business and the individual.
If you would like to find out more about how East Sussex College Group can help you, please get in touch on 030 300 39777, info@sussexskillssolutions.co.uk or at: www.sussexskillssolutions.co.uk
- Telephone
- 030 300 39871
- Location
-
ECAT House
Cross Levels Way
Eastbourne
BN21 2UF
GB
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