Apprentice Early Years Practitioner

Scallywags Day Nursery in Oakham currently have a vacancy for an Apprentice Early Years Practitioner.

At Scallywags we are committed to maintaining the highest standards of day care and nursery education from 6 weeks to 5 years. We recognise what an important role we play in each child’s development. Most of all, we want our children to be happy, confident and secure.

As an Apprentice Early Years Practitioner will gain experience and be required to:

• Provide Children with a safe, secure and stimulating environment
• Plan, organise and implement a programme of activities in line with the EYFS framework to meet the needs of the children within their age group
• Ensure observations/ evaluations are regularly completed and records are kept up to date
• Operate a keyworker system and liaise with parents/carers about their child’s development and encourage them to participate in their child’s learning and development
• Work as part of a highly motivated and professional team

You will need:

• Ability to work well within a team as well as using own initiative
• Have good communication skills

In addition you will need to be enthusiastic, reliable, flexible and creative, with the commitment to provide the highest standards of childcare.
The working hours are up to 40 hours per week, shift patterns from 7:30am to 6:00pm, Monday to Friday.

To apply for this position please send us your CV through to Indeed website or by email to the nursery address found on our website. We advise that CV’s are sent as soon as possible.

Job Type: Apprenticeship

Benefits:

• Childcare
• Company pension
• Employee discount

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• No weekends

School type:

• Day nursery
• Private nursery school

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Oakham: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Education:

• GCSE or equivalent (required)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 03/05/2024
Expected start date: 01/06/2024