Early Years Educator Apprentice - Birmingham

Happy Kids Nursery - Birmingham
Happy Kids Nursery - Birmingham
At a glance
  • £226.50/ Week
  • 18 months
  • Advanced Level Apprenticeship
  • Monday - Friday hours to be determined. 30 hours a week
  • 20 Aug 2025
Closing date
  • 12 Aug 2025
Happy Kids Nursery - Birmingham
A great opportunity to join a friendly welcoming nursery, who are looking for someone who is Level 2 qualified or who has experience of early years. The role involves assisting in the planning and delivering of fun and educational activities for children, whilst taking care of the children’s developmental and personal needs.

A great opportunity to join a friendly welcoming nursery, who are looking for someone who is Level 2 qualified or who has experience of early years. The role involves assisting in the planning and delivering of fun and educational activities for children, whilst taking care of the children’s developmental and personal needs. Term time only.

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

As a level 3 apprentice you will be a key member of the nursery team, your daily activities may include:

Planning and implementing fun and educational activities with the children
Play alongside and with children to support their play
Supporting children’s creative and imaginative experiences
Maintaining development records on key children
Supervising children at rest times and at mealtimes
Contributing to and promoting health and safety
Ensuring the play area is clean and tidy at all times
Working closely with parents and providing feedback on their child
Useful Qualities to have
Friendly and approachable
Patient, and caring
The ability to interact positively with children and adults
Flexible and willing to carry out a number of different activities within the job role
Reliable
Trustworthy
Motivated
The ability to work using your own initiative

This position would suit a candidate with a bubbly, outgoing personality who is able to work on their own initiative and is prepared to commit to the work required for an apprenticeship.

At Happy Kids Day Nursery you will be working towards the Early Years Educator Level 3 apprenticeship, over the duration of 18 months, alongside your daily roles and responsibilities

Desired Skills

• Organisation skills • Team working • Creative

Personal qualities

This position would suit a candidate with a bubbly, outgoing personality who is able to work on their own initiative and is prepared to commit to the work required for an apprenticeship.

Qualifications required

GCSE or equivalent English (Grade 4-9) desirable
GCSE or equivalent Maths (Grade 4-9) desirable

Training to be delivered

Early Years Educator Apprenticeship L3 including Functional Skills in Maths and English

Happy Kids Nursery strives to provide a warm, caring and secure environment where children’s individual needs are supported allowing them to grow into independent, confident characters who are respected and valued. Through enriched practice, they aim to deliver high quality based learning. Happy Kids Nursery takes great care to treat each individual as a person in their own right, with equal rights and responsibilities to any other individual, whether they are an adult or child. The learning journey continues in the preschool room. The nursery further promote independence as well as additional skills such as mathematical and literacy skills to get our children ready for school. We facilitate fun activities around children’s interest as well as their next steps to supporting their learning and development. In our preschool room children join in with Letters and Sounds activities to further develop their awareness of alliteration, rhythm & rhyme and begin to explore with the sounds of their name and the alphabet. They are committed to providing equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice for all children and families according to their individual needs. A child’s journey at the nursery begins in the toddler room. The nursery facilitates activities to promote children’s independence. They have stimulating areas within the room to support a range of skills including Personal, Social and Emotional Development and Communication and Language skills which is very important for toddlers.

Employer

Happy Kids Nursery - Birmingham

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Address

280 - 284 Green Lane, Small Heath

West Midlands

Birmingham

B9 5DN

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