Apprentice Nursery Practitioner

Type: Apprentice
Region: South East

*What will you be doing day to day?

As an Apprentice Nursery practitioner you will have the opportunity to rotate around the nursery rooms and Forest School, gaining hands-on experience in all areas of ournurseries.

This, coupled with your apprentice training in Early Years, will equip you with all the skills, experience and qualification to apply to progress into a qualified educator role with us.

*This Apprenticeship will either be for a level 2 early years practitioner or level 3 early years educator depending on experience.

*From there, you can develop your career at N, opting for a managerial route, or pursuing a specialism in an area that excites you.

This role is for multiple positions due to the growth of the business. The role is a full-time position (40h working week, 20% of which is spent on learning). *Day to day you will learn to:

• 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- Work a flexible shift pattern within the opening hours (7am-7pm)

*What can we offer you?

* £16,750 for Level 2 early years practitioner or £17,750 for Level 3 early years educator

• Funding of your apprenticeship
• You’ll be part of N Academy which could put you on track for an EY degree once your apprenticeship is complete
• 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) to start (rises with length of service)
• Free daily lunch and drinks
• Personal development fund of £100 per year
• Professional development, specialisms, coaching and mentoring through our N Academy
• Annual clothing allowance of £100 (no uniform)
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, Adoption and Shared Parental leave pay for all team members after 2 years continuous service with N
• 5 days full sick pay and, depending on individual circumstances, we may offer up to 5 days discretionary leave
• 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

*There’s more…

• Round the world trip and 2 weeks additional holiday for 5 years service
• Refer a friend bonus of £500 (plus other incentives) for existing and ex employees
• Amazing wellbeing benefits including one wellbeing week per term, Headspace premium membership, free counselling, 10% ClassPass membership discount, hardship fund
• Season pass loan and cycle to work scheme

Job Type:

Apprenticeship

Pay:

£7.93-£8.42 per hour Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Bereavement leave
• Discounted or free food
• Employee discount
• Enhanced maternity leave
• Life insurance
• Referral programme

Schedule:

• No weekends

School type:

• Day nursery

Work Location: In person