- GMFJ Reference
257498
- Wages
£8.70 p/h
- Hours
42.05 per week
- Date Posted
07/02/2025
- Start Date
03/03/2025
- Approx. Duration
12 Months plus 3 months to complete end point assessment
- Location
Hove
- Status
Now Taking Applications
- Sector
Education & Training
- Opportunity Type
Intermediate Level 2
- Apprenticeship Standard
Early years practitioner (ST0888)
- Employer
Hopscotch Children's Nurseries Hove Station
Description
We are looking for an Apprentice Nursery Practitioner at our Hove Station nursery.
Looking to start your career in Early Years? We are looking for people who want to work towards a Level 2 or Level 3 in Childcare. This is a fantastic opportunity to start your career with the prospect to gain further responsibility and promotion once qualified.
Why work with us? Because we know our staff are our most valuable asset.
Benefits include
- Highly Competitive Salary - Higher than the apprentice wage
- 20% Childcare Discount
- Generous Sickness Entitlement
- Employee Assistance Programme for Staff Mental Health Wellbeing and Support
- Regular Socials for all Nursery Teams
- Weekly Fitness Classes
- Interest-free Season Ticket Loans
- Free Enhanced DBS Checks
- Well-Established Career Path and Training Opportunities
- Fresh Fruit, Tea & Coffee available for all staff
Requirements:
- Hopscotch staff need to demonstrate above all else a genuine love for children.
- Satisfactory Enhanced DBS check
Main Duties
- To implement and promote all Hopscotch policies and the Staff Rules.
- To have an understanding of children's development, their needs and the provision of positive play.
- To care for and supervise the group of children assigned to them, and to ensure their safety at all times.
- To take an interest in the children and their families, to treat them as individuals and with respect at all times.
- To create an interesting and stimulating environment for the child to develop all their skills.
- To provide at all times a warm and caring environment for babies and to be as consistent as possible regarding that environment.
- To provide support for any children with special needs and to liaise with senior members of staff to promote their welfare and development.
- To ensure positive management of children’s behaviour.
- To carry out housekeeping duties as appropriate.
- To ensure the ethos, implementation and legal requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage.
- To support senior members of staff to ensure put appropriate Child Protection procedures into practice.
- To go about your duties with a positive and enthusiastic attitude - to be organised, efficient, confident, hardworking and conscientious.
- To promote at all times good relations between staff members, parents and children, and at all times promote the good name and ethos of Hopscotch.
- To cover any other staff responsibilities as appropriate at the request of the Manager, particularly taking into account that unforeseen situations can occur when looking after children, and that the child's care and welfare is paramount at all times.
To become an apprentice, you must:
- be 16 or over
- not already be in full-time education
As an apprentice you’ll:
- complete a L2 Early Years Practitioner or L3 Early Years Educator apprenticeship standard
- have regular one to one sessions with a dedicated trainer either remotely or through visits to your workplace
- learn and train for a specific job
- get paid and receive holiday leave
- get hands-on experience in a real job
- study for at least 20% of your working hours
- complete assessments during and at the end of your apprenticeship
- be on a career path with lots of future potential
- be entitled to a TOTUM membership, find out more here About TOTUM | TOTUM UK
For more information about Inspiro Learning’s apprenticeship delivery and what it entails please click here to watch a short video
What is an apprenticeship?
An apprenticeship is a real job where you learn, gain experience and get paid. You’re an employee with a contract of employment and holiday leave. By the end of an apprenticeship, you'll have the right skills and knowledge needed for your chosen career.
Levels of an apprenticeship
Each apprenticeship has a level and an equivalent education level. You can start an apprenticeship at any level.
At the end of your apprenticeship, you’ll achieve the equivalent education level. For example, if you complete a level 3 apprenticeship, you’ll achieve the equivalent of an A level.
For more information about this vacancy please contact Inspiro Learning Limited on 0 (Ref ID: 257498)
You must be able to demonstrate that you can read effectively and are able to communicate clearly and accurately in spoken and written standard English.The ideal candidate will have a basic understanding of children's development, their needs and the provision of positive play, an awareness of health and safety issues relating to the provision of play and the ability to carry out light physical duties to include lifting babies and children, housekeeping tasks and setting up the learning environment.
Childcare qualifications are not essential, above all else you must be able to demonstrate a genuine desire to work with children 0-5 years old and be willing to undertake relevant training towards a Hopscotch and Ofsted approved childcare qualification.
Level 2 - Early Years Practitioner
As an apprentice you’ll:
- complete a L2 Early Years Practitioner or L3 Early Years Educator apprenticeship standard
- have regular one to one sessions with a dedicated trainer either remotely or through visits to your workplace
- learn and train for a specific job
- get paid and receive holiday leave
- get hands-on experience in a real job
- study for at least 20% of your working hours
- complete assessments during and at the end of your apprenticeship
- be on a career path with lots of future potential
- be entitled to a TOTUM membership, find out more here About TOTUM | TOTUM UK
For more information about Inspiro Learning’s apprenticeship delivery and what it entails please click here to watch a short video
What is an apprenticeship?
An apprenticeship is a real job where you learn, gain experience and get paid. You’re an employee with a contract of employment and holiday leave. By the end of an apprenticeship, you'll have the right skills and knowledge needed for your chosen career.
- • An ability to work on own initiative.
- • An ability to communicate effectively with parents and build a relationship of trust with them.
- • A willingness to learn the policies and procedures of Hopscotch and to abide by the staff rules.
- • A willingness to adhere to the Hopscotch dress code.
- • A willingness to work as part of and contribute positively to the staff team.
- • A willingness to attend staff meetings, training courses and nursery parent's evenings as
- • appropriate.
- • To possess a level of fitness to enable the lifting and handling of children and some equipment, the execution of light housekeeping duties and the ability to use a variety of cleaning products and personal protective equipment.
15 month contract with the possibility of a full time permanent post on successful completion of the apprenticeship.