Vacancy Details
Vacancy Summary
Apprentice Early Years Practitioner (General Classroom Assistant)
32.5 hours per week including 1 day per week offsite training at Shipley College
Term Time Only for up to 18 months
£4.30 per hour
The Governors seek to appoint an enthusiastic and caring Apprentice Early Years Practitioner (General Classroom Assistant) to undertake an Apprenticeship Scheme for up to 18 months to start in September 2021. We are looking for an individual who is committed to undertaking a Level 2 Apprenticeship Early Years Practitioner qualification through Shipley College.
Vacancy Information
The successful candidate will join the strong staff team working in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) in this high performing, popular and friendly school. This will be to support children in provision both indoors and outdoors as well as delivering 1:1 and small group interventions and catch up programmes. This apprenticeship will prepare the successful candidate to work in any primary school, nursery or preschool Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) provision, supporting children with a broad range of starting points including those with cognition and learning needs and speech, language and communication needs. You will need to be committed to developing inclusion, demonstrate your aspiration for a career working with children and have a calm, positive and confident manner. This apprenticeship post will lead to a Level 2 Early Years Practitioner qualification.
The successful candidate will need to:
- be enthusiastic, well-motivated and committed to raising standards
- be committed to providing the best Early Years education for children
- be a well organised, friendly, and flexible team player, with good interpersonal skills
- be able to communicate effectively with colleagues, parents and other professionals
- demonstrate an interest in and aptitude for working with ICT/new technologies
- demonstrate an aspiration for a career working with children or recent experience of working with children in either a paid or voluntary role
For the right candidate, we can offer:
- a warm, supportive and nurturing environment where children and adults learn together and build strong relationships
- high quality in-house training in bespoke catch up programmes which will build upon and enhance the apprenticeship training programme
- to work in partnership with your training provider (Shipley College) to ensure facilitation of study periods/day release
Due to school being closed for the summer we are unable to offer candidate visits to the school at this time; however, as an alternative, we recommend candidates take a tour of our website at https://menstonprimary.co.uk/
If you have the skills and ambition to join our team, we would love to hear from you. In your personal statement we are interested in how you would be looking to make a positive contribution to our school, so please read the attached guidance ‘Tips on applying for Teaching Assistant roles’.
An application pack is available at https://menstonprimary.co.uk/about-us/vacancies/
Please contact the Apprenticeship Team at Shipley College on 01274 327211 if you have any questions or click here to be directed to the Institute of Apprenticeships & Technical Education for more information on the L2 Early Years Practitioner Apprenticeship Standards.
Closing Date for the post: Midnight on Wednesday 1 September 2021
We will contact shortlisted candidates with the next stage of the recruitment process taking into account Government advice at the time. However, interviews will take place the week commencing 13 September 2021. The successful candidate must be available to start in September 2021.
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. You will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS disclosure.