Apprentice Nursery Practitioner

As an Apprentice Nursery Practitioner, you will rotate around nursery rooms and the Forest School, gaining hands-on experience in all areas. This, coupled with your apprentice training in Early Years, will equip you with the skills, experience, and qualification to progress into a qualified educator role.

This Apprenticeship will be for a Level 3 Early Years Educator. From there, you can develop your career at N, opting for a managerial route or pursuing a specialism.

What you will learn to do:

• 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 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 (7:00 am - 7:00 pm).

What N Family Club offers:

• Salary: £17,784 for Level 2 or £18,845 for Level 3.
• Funding of your apprenticeship.
• Part of N Academy, potentially leading to an EY degree after your apprenticeship.
• Performance-related bonus of up to £750 per year (once working within 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), rising with service.
• Free daily lunch and drinks.
• Personal development fund of £100 per year.
• Professional development, specialisms, coaching, and mentoring through N Academy.
• Annual clothing allowance of £100.
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, Adoption and Shared Parental leave pay after 2 years' service.
• 5 days full sick pay, with potential for up to 5 discretionary leave days.
• 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.
• Long-term benefits (after 5 years' service): Round the world trip and 2 weeks additional holiday.
• Refer a friend bonus of £500.
• Wellbeing benefits: wellbeing week per term, Headspace premium membership, free counselling, 10% ClassPass discount, hardship fund.
• Season pass loan and cycle to work scheme.

To become an apprentice, you must:

• Be 16 or over.
• Not already be in full-time education.

Training and Development:

• Complete an Early Years Educator Level 3 Standard.
• Develop skills within your chosen career route, including functional skills in maths and English.
• Gain a paediatric first aid qualification.
• Undergo end-point assessment after a minimum of 12 months of training.
• Receive support through a structured programme of teaching, e-learning, face-to-face training, and workplace mentoring.

What happens at the end:

• This vacancy is for a permanent position within N Family Nursery upon successful completion of the apprenticeship programme.

Skills:

• Communication
• IT skills
• Attention to detail
• Organisation
• Customer care
• Problem solving
• Analytical skills
• Logical thinking
• Team working
• Creativity
• Initiative
• Non-judgemental attitude
• Patience