Early Years Apprentice (19516)

What we require the successful candidate to do in their role:

Planning and implementing creative and learning activities in line with EYFS/Ofsted regulations.
Being an inspiring person who is able to plan and implement fun and educational activities that will challenge children’s learning and development.
Working as part of a busy team whilst being able to support colleagues
Being able to multitask and manage difficult challenges
Ensuring safety and well-being of children at all times by supervising play and learning
Having Safeguarding knowledge and following policies and procedures
Following Health and Safety policies and procedures.
Carrying out observations of children and planning next steps
using their initative and having the willingness to learn and develop new skills.
Interacting with parents and updating them on their child’s progress.
What we are offering

Salary: £25,300.60 per annum
The successful candidate Full time-will be working 37 hours a week on a rotating shift pattern,
Barnardo’s believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to discussing flexible working arrangements.
45minutes Lunch break each day
26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing after 3 years of service
Following successful probation, 1 day Recognition after being confirmed in post.
Upskilling our staff and providing access to Early Years Qualifications
Access to ‘tickets for good’ who provide discounted tickets to events, shows, experience days and more.
The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme
A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
Service related sick pay from day 1
Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo’s. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
Cycle2work scheme
Interest free season ticket loans (for Travel to work)
Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
Access to Barnardo’s Corporate University which encourages continual personal development.
The successful applicant will be offered a position at either Bow or Wetherell Nursery.

Please note that any qualifications you hold must be full and relevant as per the Department for Education guidelines.

An enhanced DBS (Child Workforce) will be required for these roles.

You will be required to provide 5 years employment history for references.

Applicants will be required to undertake a ‘Declaration’ that neither they nor anyone who lives in the same household as the applicant or who lives at their address, is a disqualified person under the Childcare (Disqualification) Regulations 2009.

When completing your application please refer to the skills, knowledge and experience you have in relation to the Person Specification, Job Description and Additional Information document (if applicable). This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.

We look forward to receiving your application. Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.
Pay & Reward Framework
We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo’s values.  We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.

For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo’s and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay.

Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours.  More details on Barnardo’s pay framework can be found upon application.
Benefits
Workplace Offer: What it means for you

The world of work has changed. We are understanding of what works best for our colleagues both current and future as we look to embrace this new way of working. Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or any combination of these.

Barnardo’s believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing after 5 years service
The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme
A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
Service related sick pay from day 1
Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo’s. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
Cycle2work scheme
Interest free season ticket loans
Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
20% discount at Barnardo’s stores
Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
Access to Barnardo’s Learning and Development offer
*T&C’s apply based on contract
About Barnardo’s
At Barnardo’s we believe in children – no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about our basis and values following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is reflected in our values and our practice, and we have invested in this area of our work to ensure that we can deliver on our commitments to be an inclusive employer. EDI is a key enabler of our purpose as a charity and we want to ensure that the diversity of our teams is reflective of the communities we serve and that we continue to learn and develop our work with a focus on inclusion. We particularly encourage applications from candidates from Black, Asian and  Minoritised Ethnic Communities, candidates who are LGBT+ and Disabled candidates.

Our basis and values

Documents
Information Sheet for Applicants Applying for Positions Working with Children and Vulnerable Adults (updated July 2021).pdf (107.00 KB)
Recruitment of Ex-Offenders Updated Version July 2021.pdf (101.44 KB)
Barnardo’s Workplace Offer Visual Summary.pdf (27.58 KB)
EARLY_YEARS_PRACTITIONER_Early_Years_Practitioner_L3_Apprenticeship_Standard_Overview_DIGITAL.pdf (490.71 KB)
Early Years Worker – GENERIC JD-PS J06-11 – 2014-062GEN – Aug 2017 (Lond.._.docx.pdf (99.33 KB)
Early Years Worker – AIS WBH Nursery-updated in July 2020.pdf (53.80 KB)