Childcare Apprenticeship - Rumer Hill

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for an Early Years Educator Apprenticeship to join our team at our warm and welcoming nursery and before and after school club based at St. Mary's RC Primary School in Cannock. We will support you in gaining your Level 2 or 3 qualification, whilst working as part of a supportive and enthusiastic team where you will gain excellent experience and further training. As part of your position, you will be planning stimulating activities for the children in your care in line with the EYFS.

Your role will inclide; 

• Develop high quality interactions, which extend children’s learning and thinking.
• To plan, prepare and participate in a range of activities that promotes each child’s physical, intellectual and emotional needs to enable each child to reach their full potential.
• To ensure that the planned activities come from the children’s next steps, observations and interests, as the EYFS framework requires.
• Ensure that the environment is well set out and that resources are excitingly presented and accessible.
• Supervise snack and mealtimes ensuring they are a time of pleasant social sharing; to ensure you sit and interact with the children where possible and to make this a sociable time.
• To encourage where appropriate, all children to use cutlery, serve themselves, and sit at the tables during meal and snack times as an important element of planning to support learning and development.
• To help children acquire self-help skills, including dressing, feeding, toilet training and an awareness of personal hygiene as an important element of planning to support learning, development and independence.
• To act as key person for a group of children, by observing, monitoring and accurately recording each child’s individual development, where appropriate.
• Ensure that all your key children have an accurate, up to date record of their learning and achievements.
• Implement positive management of children’s behaviour.
• Be proactive in the use of reflective practice to help develop and improve own practice and working environment.
• Supervise, effectively mentor and provide a good role model for all students and volunteers and help new staff fit in with the team.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of effective relationships with parents and other agencies.
• To support the transition throughout the setting and to mainstream school.

Benefits Inclide;

• Onsite parking available
• Good transport links, 5 minute walk from Cannock bus station.
• Term time only
• Employee of the Term