Early Years Apprentice, Rainbow Day Care, Hoyland, Barnsley, S74 9QS

The Rainbow; Barnsley; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 20,000; Full time

Job summary

A local childcare nursery in Barnsley is seeking a dedicated Early Years Apprentice to join their friendly team. The role involves supervising children's play, preparing snacks, and carrying out activities that support their learning. The ideal candidate should have excellent communication skills, be enthusiastic about childcare, and pursue a long-term career in this field. A Level 2 Apprenticeship in Early Years is required to apply.

Qualifications

• Must have good time keeping and be reliable.
• Enthusiastic and willing to learn new skills.
• Ability to understand parents' needs and wants.

Responsibilities

• Supervise children's play indoors and outdoors.
• Prepare snacks and supervise meal times.
• Carry out child-led and adult-led activities.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Reliable

Team player

Flexible

Caring nature

Education

Early Years Practitioner Level 2 Apprenticeship

Job description

Are you passionate about working with children and eager to start a rewarding career in childcare? We are looking for a dedicated Early Years Apprentice to join our friendly nursery team.

Duties

• Supervision of children's play both indoors and outdoors
• Supervising meal times and preparing snacks
• Carrying out child led and adult led activities
• Lots of storytelling and playing!
• Preparing activities and resources
• Liaising with parents/carers
• Working as part of a team to develop areas in the playrooms
• Helping staff in care routines
• Supervising children on outings in the local community
• Taking part in physical play within our extra activities at Take2
• Carrying out observations on children and help them achieve their next steps in learning
• Log information on our online system for parents/carers
• Support staff caring for children with SEND and EAL (where appropriate)
• Helping staff to maintain a clean and safe environment

Qualities

• Fantastic time keeping
• Reliable
• Flexible
• Team player
• Pushing to develop further skills
• Pursue childcare as a long-term career
• Excellent communication skills
• Understanding parents / carers needs and wants
• Be able to take responsibility
• Presentable
• Hard working and reliable
• Enthusiastic and willing to learn
• Confident
• Caring nature

Qualification

Early Years Practitioner Level 2 Apprenticeship.

About the employer

Rainbow Day Care is ideally located in the heart of Hoyland Town Centre. Owned and managed by local sisters, Alison Oldfield and Sue Herbert who have over 35 years' experience in Early Years Childcare and Business Management.