Apprentice Nursery Practitioner

About this apprenticeship

What will you be doing day to day?
As an Apprentice Nursery Practitioner, you will have the opportunity to rotate around the nursery rooms and Forest School, gaining hands-on experience in all areas of our nurseries.
This, coupled with your apprentice training in Early Years, will equip you with all the skills, experience and qualifications to apply to progress into a qualified educator role with us. This apprenticeship will be for a level 2 early years practitioner or a level 3 early years educator, depending on experience. From there, you can develop your career at N, opting for a managerial route or pursuing a specialism in an area that excites you. This role is for multiple positions due to the growth of the business.  
The role is a full-time position (40h working week, 20% of which is spent on learning).
Day-to-day, you will learn to:

Support your team in the delivery of basic childcare routines
Be responsible for the delivery of our 'learning through play’ educational ethos
Innovate with activities and constantly challenge your children’s learning and development
Build and maintain excellent relationships with parents
Promote child welfare and ensure safeguarding procedures are followed- Work a flexible shift pattern within the opening hours (7am-7pm)

What can we offer you?

£17,784 for Level 2 early years practitioner or £18,845 for Level 3 early years educator 
Funding of your apprenticeship
You’ll be part of N Academy, which could put you on track for an EY degree once your apprenticeship is complete
Performance-related bonus of up to £750 per year (once working within the ratio)
Up to 32 days holiday a year (including bank holidays, 1 day off for your birthday and 3 days during Christmas and New Year) to start (rises with length of service)
Free daily lunch and drinks
Personal development fund of £100 per year
Professional development, specialisms, coaching and mentoring through our N Academy
Annual clothing allowance of £100 (no uniform)
Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, Adoption and Shared Parental leave pay for all team members after 2 years of continuous service with N
5 days full sick pay and, depending on individual circumstances, we may offer up to 5 days discretionary leave
Paid training, including 2 inset days per year
Childcare discount of 10%, rising to 25% when you become a Nursery Manager
Emergency childcare: 6 back-up childcare days in any of our nurseries

Training

Apprenticeship standards are aimed at developing skills within the apprentice’s chosen career route. Each standard has set knowledge, skills and behaviours required to be successful within the job role. This will include the completion of Functional Skills in maths and English.
Once the apprentice has completed a minimum of 12 months of training and the employer and Inspiro's Regional Trainer confirm they have met all the requirements of the Level 2 Early Years Practitioner standard, they will be put through to the end-point assessment. The end-point assessment is independent from the training and includes a variety of assessment methods which test the skills and knowledge of the apprentice to ensure they are fully competent in their role. Each apprentice will be supported throughout the apprenticeship by a structured programme of teaching, e-learning, face-to-face training and workplace mentoring; this will encourage and help them to meet the requirements of the new standards and will prepare them for the end-of-point assessment.

What you could go on to do

This vacancy is intended to lead to a permanent position within N Family Nursery upon the successful completion of the apprenticeship programme.