Current Apprenticeship Vacancies

We run an award winning term-time only childminding business from our home in Crystal Palace from 8am-6pm Monday-Friday as well as services that encourage children and families to bond through educational life-skill workshops such as: Learn-Create-Bond, Basic Hair Braiding Courses, Kitchen Garden Project and more.

We go on educational trips every Wednesday linked to our monthly themes and do fun indoor learning during the week accompanied with garden/sensory shed play.

We also provide a healthy balanced range of breakfast, lunch and dinner ranging from a variety of cuisines around the world and we were awarded a 5 Star in our recent food hygiene rating.

Duties will include:

• Caring for children from 9 months onwards
• Greeting and liaising with parents/carers 
• Observations
• Completing tracking
• Filling in children's daily diaries
• Assisting with educational sessions
• Assisting with lesson plans
• Assisting children during meal times
• Nappy changing
• Washing up
• General cleaning

• To work alongside the IT Support Technicians, learning from and assisting them in their objective to support staff, students and other users of the school IT systems
• To ensure that support requests are logged and dealt with in a timely manner
• To work with direction from the IT Support and Systems managers to maintain, repair, install and update school devices and systems

Joining a team of talented and enthusiastic people, you will be part of a company that works on some of the most exciting and popular Sony PlayStation gaming projects.

The Desktop Support Engineer (apprentice) will play a key role in the following:

• Desktop support (i.e. installation, configuration, customisation, peripherals - graphics cards, printers, cabling, etc.)
• Supporting Windows and Mac OSX
• Building and maintaining desktop build images
• Keeping abreast of the latest technologies (i.e. future releases of desktops and the hardware market)
• Maintaining the stock cupboard (i.e. ensure sufficient stocks levels and that the room is tidy)
• Ensuring all physical hardware is asset tagged and that all software is registered within the asset system
• Supporting Microsoft Office applications
• Basic hardware and software troubleshooting and maintenance
• Recommending improvements to studio support

• Passion for childcare
• Ability to work as a team
• Confidence when speaking to children, parents and colleagues
• Desire to develop a career in Early Years
• Desire to learn whilst you earn by completing the Level 3 Apprenticeship
• Supporting children in play and learning activities
• Everyday care routines such as meal and sleep times
• Enhancing the environment with creative and exciting ideas
• Observing and record keeping of children’s development and planning to meet their individual needs
• Establishing positive relationships with parents and carers

The duties and responsibilities in this job description are not restrictive and the post holder may be required to undertake any other duties that may be required from time to time. Any such duties should not however substantially change the general character of the post.

General Purpose of Job:

• Under the direction of the Nursery Teacher, to deliver a high standard of learning, development and care for children aged 0-5 years.
• To ensure that the Early Years provision is a safe environment for children, staff and visitors.
• To develop partnerships with parents/carers to increase involvement in their child’s development.
• To be responsible for any tasks delegated by the Nursery Teacher and to complete all academic aspects of the apprenticeship.
• To provide a safe, caring, stimulating educational environment both indoors and outdoors at all times.
• To deliver appropriate play based Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum that enables children to make individual progress.
• Adhering to the school’s policies and procedures, including how to deal with child protection issues appropriately and how to respond to incidents, accidents, complaints and emergencies.
• Following the school’s Behaviour Policy, remaining vigilant so that both positive praise and sanctions are given appropriately.
• To work in partnership with other colleagues, parents/carers and other professionals.
• Working in close co-operation with other school staff, being part of the school team.
• To ensure records are properly maintained, e.g. daily attendance register, accident and incident book, risk assessments.
• To liaise with mentor and assessor and prepare yourself for your assessment visits.
• Support children to develop numeracy and language skills through play and games.
• Contributing to the happy atmosphere of the school.
• Having a willingness to undergo relevant training, as available.

• Proactively follow up on any incidents in the building, from reporting, investigation and learning from the event.
• Work with the office First Aiders to ensure we have sufficiently trained individuals in the building, organising new training and being a point of contact for first aiders.
• Ensure fire arrangements are robust and that regular fire drills are taking place. Support in training of fire marshals and following up on learnings from drills etc.
• Support the HR team and our team of Mental health first aiders in building a feeling of a safe space in the office to talk about mental health issues.
• Lead the reporting of environmental data to Corporate for annual sustainability reporting. This includes working with the cleaning company to ensure correct waste data and understanding our buildings energy usage.
• Being a member of the 40 Brighton Road coordination group, specifically focussed on Community or Social activities and donations.
• Linking in with our in-house fitness team from Nuffield to ensure they are providing maximum support to the physical wellbeing of our teams.
• Ensuring all first aid kits in the building are stocked and AED’s are tested / replacement parts ordered.
• Management of the PPE store. This will involve stock taking, ordering when stocks are low and managing the distribution to people heading to worksites.
• Regularly reviewing and responding to any safety observation cards that are submitted in the building. Also, keeping a record and reporting numbers into our internal Safety Management tool – Synergi.

• We are looking for four friendly and caring individuals to join our family of nurseries as Early Years Educators 
• This is a fantastic opportunity to start your career in a supportive, fun environment
• Providing a high standard of learning, development and care for children aged 0-5 years
• You will need to support the managers and team in the day to day running of the room including keeping children safe and following the early years foundation stage statutory framework.
• Supporting children in play and learning activities, everyday care routines such as meal and sleep times
• Enhancing the environment with creative and exciting ideas
• Observing and record keeping of children’s development and planning to meet their individual needs
• Establishing positive relationships with parents and carers

• Day release at college is required, where you will be supported by assessors to complete your coursework and work towards your level 3 qualification.