Apprentice

Early Years Practitioner (Apprentice)

Salary:16685.76 per annum
Location:Exeter
Contract/Hours:Fixed Term/Full Time 40 hours per week(18 months)

Benefits:

• 25 days annual leaveplusbank holidays
• Professional qualifications and excellent training
• Flexible maternity adoption and paternity packages
• Up to5% employer contributionandlife assurance cover
• Blue Light Card eligibility withdiscounts at15000 national retailers

A bit abouttherole:

As an Early Years Apprentice youll play an important role in supporting our passionate nursery team at Spring Cedars working alongside experienced practitioners and room leaders. Youll gain hands on experience while studying towards your early years qualification learning how to create inspiring play opportunities support childrens development and build positive relationships with families.

Every day brings a new opportunity to learn grow and make a real difference in the lives of our youngest learners all within a supportive and nurturing environment where your development truly matters.

In this role you will:

• Work alongside nursery practitioners in supporting childrens development.
• Participate plan and setting up activities for a range of children.
• Develop successful relationships with children and their families.
• Observe and track childrens development and share this with parent/carers and other professionals.

Letstalk about you:

• A genuine interest in childcare and a true passion for children
• Patience a friendly manner and the ability to communicate with children young people colleagues and other adults such as parents and carers.
• A commitment to study time to help you achieve your qualification.
• A desire to complete your apprenticeship and become a valued member of our team.

Training

You will be completing an Early Years Educator Level 3 Apprenticeship. The expected duration of this course is 18 months. On successful completion of your apprenticeship you will be awarded:

• Level 3 Early Years Educator apprenticeship
• Level 3 Award in Paediatric First Aid OR Level 3 Award Emergency Paediatric First Aid
• Apprentices will achieve an EYE qualification which has been approved to count towards the EYFS level 3 child: staff ratios

Whether this is a career change for you or the next step in your journey wed love to hear from you.

We work together to reach our mission to give children a healthy start in life.

Why Spring Nurseries

Imagine a place where laughter echoes imaginations run wild and every day is a new adventure. Thats Spring Nursery! Were not just a nursery; we are a family dedicated to creating a joyful and nurturing environment where children part of Action for Children were on a mission to provide outstanding early education thats accessible to all.

At Spring we are committed to supporting your career growth! Check out our Spring Career Progression Map attached to this advert which highlights the options for progression into a specialist role.

How to apply

If you require any support to applyplease contact:Recruitment Team at quoting reference 13725.

Our Commitment to Equity Inclusion and Anti-Racism

At Action for Children we are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels respected valued and able to thrive. We know that racism and discrimination create barriers and we are taking active steps to challenge these inequalities in our organisation and in the communities we serve.

We strongly welcome applications from people who are Black Asian or from other racialised and ethnically marginalised communities as well as disabled people who are currently under-represented in our workforce. We are committed to removing barriers in our recruitment processes and ensuring fair access to opportunities.

We also encourage applications from men who are under-represented in our Childrens Services roles. We recognise that people hold multiple identities and we value the richness this brings to our team.

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Job Description

See below for further information about working with us:

Employee Reward Booklet

Spring Early Years Career Pathway