Apprentice Early Years Practitioner

Duties to include:

• Ensuring confidentiality is maintained in the nursery
• Adhering to policies and procedures and compliance with the children's act, health and safety legislation and within the guidelines of Ofsted and the national standards
• Working as part of a team
• To implement the daily routine
• The care and supervision of the children with regard to their physical, emotional and intellectual needs
• Working with the nursery nurses on planning and preparation of activities, to meet the children's individual needs, liaising with parents ensuring effective communication within the nursery
• Offering all children equal opportunities with regard to their religious persuasions, racial origins, gender, disabilities, cultural background and challenging situations where racism or discrimination is displayed
• Positive management of children's behaviour
• Preparation, care, cleanliness and maintenance of the playrooms and equipment
• Keeping and monitoring accident, incident and risk assessment records
• Supervision of mealtimes, and where appropriate, preparation of babies’ bottles, meal and snack times
• Laundry duties
• Attendance of staff meetings
• Participating in regular parent’s evenings, publicity, open weekends and children's outings
• Contribute to planning observations and activities
• To use own initiative and work as part of a team
  Any other duties appropriate to the post as directed by the nursery manager, operations manager and area manager 

The successful candidate:

• Computer literate, conversant with MS Office, Word, Excel and Outlook
• Have good organisational skills 
• Ability to facilitate and support the work of team members
• GCSE in Maths and English grades A – C (9 - 4) or equivalent

To apply all you need to do is click     Find out more     and make sure your CV is attached with a brief covering letter that explains why you’re interested in this role and why you’ll make the best person for the job!

Please note that YMCA Training is acting as a recruitment partner in this process and you are not required to contact the business directly. If you have any questions or would like some more information about this opportunity or any other apprenticeship advertised here please get in touch by clicking the apply button below.