Early Years Practitioner Apprentice

BarBar Nursery Ltd have three busy nurseries located in Stroud and Quedgeley, offering professional childcare for children aged between 3 month and 11 years.

We are looking to recruit an additional nursery apprentice to join our Early Years Teachers in our friendly team at our setting Quedgeley.

Qualification: Your qualification will take between 12-24 months and at the end of successful completion of your training you will achieve a L2 or L3 award in Early Years.

References and an enhanced DBS will be required

We are looking for someone with the following skills and abilities:

• You should have a sense of fun and enjoy making a fool of yourself- dancing, singing and play acting will be required every day
• You should have a warm smiling face that makes every child feel special
• You should be able to give warm hugs as required
• You should possess the skills to quickly & frequently count the heads of numerous moving small people
• You should have the ability to sing; being in tune is not necessary! The ability to sing in front of a crowd is important though!
• You should be comfortable talking about bodily functions; you will need to have a strong sense of smell to enable you to respond to said bodily functions
• You should be able to pretend to eat playdoh creations believably and to pretend to drink numerous cups of imaginary tea
• You should have the ability to read a ten page story book, upside down, with abundant interruptions per page
• You should expect to learn new things regularly from the children and other team members
• You should be comfortable entering public places on the way home from work, with unidentifiable elements on your clothing
• You should be prepared to have lots of fun in the workplace; laughter is something you can expect to engage in for the most part of your working day
• Finally, you should be prepared to feel loved, special and important to many young children and their families. There is simply no job quite like it!!

If you feel that you have these skills, we would love to hear from you!

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Apprenticeship

Benefits:

• Childcare
• Company events
• Company pension
• Employee discount

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: Qued Sept 25