Apprentice Nursery Assistant @ Nightingale Nursery

Location: 123 Park Lane, Castle Donnington, DE74 2RS

WHO are Nightingale Nursery?

Nightingale Nurseries have spacious, comfortable, and enriching learning environments. They have been designed to facilitate stimulating and safe learning opportunities for children as they progress through the Early Years.

Each home room is warm, light, safe and inviting with interactive displays that celebrate the children’s successes and demonstrate their learning journeys. Over time they have built up a diverse bank of resources which means that they are able to follow the children’s interests and offer an individual learning experience for each child.

WHAT will I get from working with Nightingale Nursery?

• EARN: £7.55 per hour, 35 hours per week
• EXPERIENCE- your hours: Monday to Friday, shifts between 7.30am and 6pm
• QUALIFICATION: Early Years Practitioner Level 2 takes approximately 16 months.

WHAT will my DAY look like?

You will gain hands on experience in caring for children whilst also working towards and industry recognised qualification. This position will kick-start your career in childcare and allow you to watch a child’s first steps and be a trusted role model! Your daily tasks will include:

• Help set up activities for the children.
• Support children to engage in activities and participate with others.
• Support children at mealtimes and assist with eating/drinking.
• Get involved in creative and messy play with the children.
• Help children to sing, read, count, and join in with imaginative play.
• Ensure children are safe and supervised at all times.
• Help to plan activities and games.
• Tidy away after an activity is finished.
• Any other duties requested by the manager.
• Minimum of 6 hours per week spent on apprenticeship work and training.

HOW does the Apprenticeship Work?

Working towards your Early Years Practitioner Level 2 Qualification, you’ll attend monthly 1-2-1 meetings (online via teams every month – NO classroom OR college!) with your tutor and learn about modules including child development from birth to 7 years, safeguarding, promoting wellbeing, supporting activities, purposeful play & educational programmes, and more!  You will be given a minimum of 3 hours per week to complete any apprenticeship work (assignments, research, and projects) and will receive at least another 3 hours of training from your employer. All apprenticeship work and training is completed in the workplace, during working hours.

WHAT skills/qualifications do I NEED?

• Minimum GRADE 4/C in GCSE (or equivalent) Maths & English
• UK Residency – must have lived in the UK for at least 3 years
• Communication & team working.
• Organisation, initiative & problem solving.
• Creativity & numeracy.
• Non-judgemental & patience.

What happens next?

If your application is successful, you will receive a call from our dedicated Recruitment Consultant who will discuss the qualification, location and course length in more detail. Following this call, you will be asked to write a supporting statement and complete an English and Maths assessment.

If you really want to impress us, why not show your enthusiasm and carry out some further research on the employer and the qualification you’ll be working towards! Links are provided below:

Employer Website: https://www.nightingalenurseries.co.uk/

About the Qualification: https://www.ctskills.co.uk/apprenticeship-courses/childcare/