Apprentice Nursery Assistant with Castle Lane Nursery

What do you need to know about Castle Lane Nursery?

Castle Lane Nursery are committed to ensuring children develop in a safe and stimulating environment. They also support staff in progressing their career and gaining further qualifications. The 4 rooms include the Baby Room, Toddler Room, Tweenies Room and Pre-School Room along with a number of clubs and a Forest School!

You will be joining an enthusiastic and dedicated team, who will support both child and parent to reach their full potential.

Why work with Castle Lane Nursery?

• Salary: £7.55 per hour, 37.5 hours per week
• Hours: 4 days per week, shifts between 7.30am and 6pm.
• Location: 9 Great Bowden Road, Market Harborough, LE16 7DE
• Qualification: Early Years Practitioner Level 2 takes approximately 16 months.

So, what will your day to day look like?

You will have the opportunity to work across all the rooms with different age groups and provide a high standard of care to all children. You will be working towards your Early Years Practitioner Level 2 Qualification and attend 1-2-1 meetings via teams every month to discuss your progress 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 have a minimum of 6 hours per week to complete apprenticeship work which includes assignments, research, and training within your role. All apprenticeship work is completed in the workplace during your working hours.

Daily tasks include:

• Assisting with planning and implementing a wide range of activities that will encourage the child’s all-round development, in a group and individual basis.
• Following planned activities and routines.
• Maintaining high standards of hygiene and encouraging children to do the same.
• Ensuring children are always given the highest level of care.
• Ensuring that the unit is always in line with the company’s Health & Safety Policy.
• Pro-actively involving children in group sessions.
• Maintaining good two-way relationships with parents; giving verbal feedback, encouraging parental involvement, maintain a positive attitude.

What skills/qualifications or personalities would be suited to this role?

• You must have a minimum of English/Maths GCSE 4/C to apply for this role and you must have lived in the UK for a minimum of 3 years
• Communication, team working & presentation.
• Attention to detail, organisation, initiative & problem solving.
• Creativity, non-judgemental, patience & numeracy.

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://castlelanedaynursery.co.uk/

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