Childcare/Early Years Educator Apprentice Level 3
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Company: Twinkle Toes Day Nursery
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Location: DY8 1PA
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Type: Apprenticeship
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Salary: Apprenticeship Minimum Wage
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Sector: Education and early years
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Ref: NAS-2000022717
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Application Deadline Date: 12/04/2026
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Start Date: 20/04/2026
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Positions Available: 1
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Working Week: Shift pattern to be confirmed between Monday and Friday, 7:30am to 6:30pm.
Brief Description
To supervise care and education for children aged 0-5 years. Support children to develop numeracy and language skills through games and play, and ensure each child feels safe and secure.
Training to be Provided
Early Years Educator Level 3 Standard Apprenticeship qualification.
Training will be provided on an ongoing daily basis and when required. You will not be required to attend Dudley College premises as the course is delivered in the workplace only. An assessor will be allocated to you to progress and help you through your course. Continual assessments, coupled with assignments or exams depending on course of study. Time spent training will be part of the agreed contracted hours of the working week.
At the end of your training, you will sit an exam and submit course work as part of your assessment, and you will receive a Level 3 qualification.
English and maths qualifications form a mandatory part of all apprenticeships, provided that equivalent qualifications aren't already held, and must be completed before an apprentice can pass through gateway. The requirements are detailed in the current version of the apprenticeship funding rules.
You will join a well-established team of practitioners, who will help to provide quality coaching and mentoring to achieve all the requirements needed to achieve your qualification.
You will receive training for: Safeguarding, Special Educational Needs, Paediatric First Aid, Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum, plus much more.
Apprentices must successfully complete a first aid qualification.
Future Prospects
Strong possibility of a full-time position following successful completion of the apprenticeship. Support to qualify to higher level.
Vacancy Detail
- Educating and caring for the children attending the setting
- Planning and supervising activities whilst scaffolding learning and development opportunities during experiences such as; arts and crafts, music and mealtimes
- Helping children develop communication and language skills
- Feeding babies and ensuring their personal needs are met
- Supporting purposeful observations and maintaining their learning journeys
- Focus on outside learning and exploration
- Ensuring the safeguarding and welfare of the children
Other Information
Shifts are variable between 7:30am and 6:30pm Monday to Friday 51 weeks of the year. Overtime is expected. Care and education, working with children is not easy, but it is rewarding.