Early Years Apprentice

at  Action for Children

HOW YOU’LL HELP TO CREATE BRIGHTER FUTURES

• Providing a high-quality service to children, and their families by understanding their needs and delivering appropriate interventions/sessions
• Delivering to groups as well as working with families
• Achieving the highest standards of safeguarding, whether through supporting the children and their families who come into contact with our service, or by appropriately reporting concerns about any child
• Working in partnership with other agencies to keep children at the centre of our work.
• Working collaboratively with colleagues and families to achieve positive outcomes
• Listening to children, and families
  Let’s talk about you

Are you resilient and have a positive approach to change and challenge? We are looking for someone with a ‘can do’ attitude to join our team. Ideally you will have:

• Experience of disabilities (through family, school, work experience or any other opportunities)
• Confident using digital systems to record and plan and communicate with others (for example online Teams, Word, Outlook, Excel etc)
• An effective communicator and listener across multiple age groups and abilities
• Efficient, expressive and creative
• Empathy and understanding of children and young people
• Ability to write reports and keep clear and accurate records
• Calm and caring nature
• Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative
• Awareness and understanding of child protection and safeguarding issues for children and young people
• Health and Safety expectations and basic food hygiene regulations

WE ENCOURAGE ALL CANDIDATES TO CAREFULLY REVIEW THE JOB DESCRIPTION TO ENSURE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THE ROLE AND TO CONFIRM THAT THEY MEET THE SPECIFIED CRITERIA BEFORE APPLYING.

Application Process

DIVERSITY, EQUALITY AND INCLUSION

At Action for Children, we’re dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace.
We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children.
Male staff are under-represented within our Children Service roles. We would like to encourage more male applicants for our Children Service roles.
Don’t meet every single requirement?
If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with the job description, we’d love you to apply anyway. You might just be the perfect person for this role, or another role within the Action for Children family.

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Job Description
Action for Children’s story I Driven by love, we take action for children
Action for Children Employee Benefits
AfC Commitment Statement

ROLE: EARLY YEARS APPRENTICE - LEVEL 2

Salary: £12,852 per annum
Location: Plymouth
Contract/Hours: Full Time (37 hours), Fixed Term (12-18-month contract)
Interviews: To be held week commencing the 10th of February 2025

Benefits:

• 29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays, with up to 5 additional days for continuous service and option to buy or sell leave
• Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities
• Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages
• Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover
• Staff discount portal and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailers discounts.

Vulnerable children in the UK need your help
Wherever you work in the Action for Children family, you’ll be helping to change the lives of the most vulnerable children in the UK.
Last year, we helped more than 687,000 children and families across the UK. From direct work in communities to national campaigning, we are focused on making sure every child has a safe and happy childhood, and the foundations they need to thrive.
Why Action for Children?
Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. It’s the sense of purpose that drives us every single day. Because we know that, when we work together, we can make a huge difference to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable children’s lives.
A bit about the role
As an Early Years Apprentice amongst other duties, you’ll be responsible for the planning of stimulating, age appropriate group sessions, facilitation of groups and creche work. Communicating with parents/carers, resulting in the appropriate sharing of information and consultation with regards to individual outcomes. Working as part of the team to ensure the provision of a high-quality environment to meet the needs of individual children
About the service
You will work across Green Ark Family Hub & Manor Street Family Hub, two services that are open to the community on a regular basis. We work in partnership with other agencies such as health visitors, midwives, nurseries, and local schools.
Family Hubs will bring more services together and expand this offer to support families from pregnancy up to 19, or up to 25 years old for young people with special educational needs or disabilities.
Family Hubs aim to offer early support to families to help them overcome difficulties and build strong relationships. Services include help with infant feeding and perinatal mental health support as well as make it easier to access wider support such as smoking cessation.

PLEASE NOTE WE ARE UNABLE TO OFFER VISA SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE.

There are five sections to complete: Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration.
Talent Pool
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Contact: Shannon Neander on 01923 361518 or email us at quoting reference 10635