Early Years Practitioner Apprentice

Are you looking for your start into a rewarding career in childcare? Englefield Green Montessori School have a fantastic opportunity for a Level 2 Early Years Practitioner Apprentice. You will be required to supervise and support childrens play and extend their interests, whilst ensuring their safety at all times. Term time only.
Englefield Green Montessori School provides high quality education and care for children aged between 2 - 5 years.
The Montessori school looks beyond the retention of knowledge. It works with each child to develop confidence, independence, and a desire to learn thereby preparing them for their future education.
As an apprentice you will be expected to work with both individuals and groups of children aged 2 – 5 years and ensure a high standard of physical, emotional, social and intellectual care for the children within the setting.
Main Duties:

• Support all staff and engage with a positive attitude.
• To assist with planning, preparing and delivering quality play opportunities with a safe and caring environment. Consulting with children and involving them where possible.
• Under the supervision-provide refreshments and ensuring good standards of safety, hygiene and cleanliness are always maintained.
• Unde r supervision – Develop and maintain strong partnerships and communication with parents/carers to facilitate day to day caring and early learning needs.
• Under supervision – ensure the provision of a high-quality environment to meet the needs of individual children having an awareness of any disabilities, family cultures and medical history.
• To advise management, e.g. over children, parents, the safety of the environment, preserving confidentiality as necessary.
• To be involved in and out of working hour activities, e.g training, monthly staff meetings, parent’s evenings, fayres. Etc.
• To be flexible within working practices of the setting, undertaking other responsible duties where needed, such as, administration, domestic tasks, preparation of snack meals, cleansing of equipment. Etc.
• To work alongside the manager and staff team to ensure that the setting’s philosophy is fulfilled.
• To read, understand and adhere to all policies and procedures relevant to your role and the safe running of the setting. Including confidentiality, emergency and fire evacuation procedures.
• To keep completely confidential any information regarding the children, their families or other staff that is acquired as part of the role.
• To be aware of the high profile of the setting and to uphold it’s standards at all times, both in work hours and outside.
• To be aware of and know who is responsible to lead on additional responsibilities such as SENCO, training co-ordinator, safeguarding officer etc.
• Administering first aid when necessary and completing relevant paperwork.

School holidays as annual leave!
Training Provided
Your full role and responsibilities will be set out by your employer. Englefield Green will provide you with all of the on-the-job training you need to up-skill in your role, and your 20% off-the-job learning will be incorporated as part of your working day.
You will be working towards the Level 2 Early Years Practitioner apprenticeship standard, which includes:
Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours
Level 2 Early Years Practitioner Qualification
Functional skills in Maths and English if required
This will be delivered through Englefield green’s dedicated training provider, Realise.
Realise is an established training provider that’s enjoying an exciting period of growth following a management buyout and rebrand in late 2020.
Personal Qualities

• Good communication skills.
• Friendly, approachable, kind and caring.
• A good sense of humour.
• A willingness to muck in.
• An ability to work as part of a team and to use your own initiative.
• Honest, trustworthy, imaginative.
• A passion for play-based approach to children’s learning and development.
• A commitment to complete a task even a story which has been interrupted multiple times.
• A team player who can be flexible with both children and staff.

Entry Requirements and Qualifications
GCSE English and Maths grade 4 or Functional Skills Level 1
Other Information
We have an onsite car park. We are about a mile away from the village up a lane, close to Savill Gardens in Windsor Great Park. There are buses that visit Englefield Green which would then require a walk if you don’t have your own transport.
DBS required
Reference
244874
Wages
5.28 per hour
Hours
40.00 p/w
Location
Surrey
Posted
1/9/2024 11:36:00 AM
Status
New Vacancy
Sector
Childcare
Employer
Realise