Apprentice Nursery Practitioner
N IS FOR NURSERY LTD · London · N6 5HX
About the role
🌟 Apprentice Nursery Practitioner 🌟
Ready to kickstart your career in Early Years and make a real impact? 🌱 We're looking for passionate and enthusiastic individuals to join our growing team as Apprentice Nursery Practitioners! This is your chance to gain hands-on experience, learn from the best, and earn your qualification while you're at it.
What you'll do:
- Rotate through our vibrant nursery rooms and exciting Forest School. 🌳
- Support the delivery of everyday childcare routines.
- Champion our "learning through play" educational philosophy. 🧸
- Get creative with activities that challenge and inspire our children's development.
- Build awesome relationships with parents. 👨👩👧👦
- Prioritize child welfare and follow safeguarding procedures. 👍
Your Apprenticeship Journey:
Depending on your experience, you'll either be working towards a Level 2 Early Years Practitioner or a Level 3 Early Years Educator qualification. We invest in your future, providing the training and support you need to become a qualified educator with us. From there, your career path can lead to management opportunities or exciting specialisms that spark your interest! 🚀
The Perks:
- Earn as you learn: £19,656 (Level 2) or £20,717 (Level 3) annual salary. 💰
- Fully funded apprenticeship training. 📚
- N Academy: Access to our development program, potentially leading to an EY degree. 🎓
- Performance Bonus: Up to £750 per year. ✨
- Generous Holiday: Up to 32 days a year (including bank holidays, your birthday off, and Christmas/New Year breaks!). 🏖️
- Freebies: Daily lunch and drinks. 🍎☕
- Personal Development: £100 per year fund for your growth.
- Career Growth: Specialisms, coaching, and mentoring.
- Clothing Allowance: £100 annual allowance (no uniform!). 👕
- Family Support: Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, Adoption, and Shared Parental leave pay.
- Sick Pay: 5 days full sick pay.
- Paid Training: Including 2 inset days per year.
- Childcare Discount: 10% off, rising to 25% when you become a Nursery Manager.
- Emergency Childcare: 6 back-up days across our nurseries.
- Long Service Rewards: Extra holiday and a round-the-world trip for 5 years' service! 🌍
- Refer a Friend Bonus: £500 plus other incentives. 🤝
- Wellbeing: One wellbeing week per term, Headspace premium, free counselling, ClassPass discount, and a hardship fund. ❤️
- Work Perks: Season pass loan and cycle to work scheme. 🚲
Who we're looking for:
- Individuals aged 16 or over.
- Those not currently in full-time education.
This is a full-time, 40-hour week position with 20% dedicated to your learning. You'll work a flexible shift pattern between 7 am and 7 pm. We have multiple positions available due to our continued growth! 🎉
Key responsibilities
- 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 challenging your children’s learning and development
- Build and maintain excellent relationships with parents
- Promote child welfare and ensure safeguarding procedures are followed