Level 2
Apprentice Level 2 Early Years Practitioner in a Nursery - RL
DIMPLES DAY NURSERY LTD · LANE END
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- Pay
- £16,640 a year
- Hours
- 40 a week
- Length
- 12 months
- Starts
- 1 Nov 2026
- Advertised closing date
- 30 Oct 2026
- Openings
- 2 positions
- Last checked
- an hour ago
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What you would do
An exciting opportunity to start or continue your childcare career with Parenta Training, working within a welcoming early years setting. Gain hands-on experience supporting children aged 0-5 whilst working towards a Level 2 Early Years Practitioner qualification and developing valuable skills for a rewarding career.
Day to day
- Support children's learning and development through play and structured activities.
- Assist in creating a safe, welcoming and stimulating environment.
- Support children's care routines, wellbeing and independence.
- Build positive relationships with children, parents and colleagues.
- Observe children's progress and contribute to development records.
- Promote equality, inclusion and positive behaviour.
- Follow safeguarding, child protection, health and safety and confidentiality procedures at all times.
- Report any concerns regarding a child's welfare in line with safeguarding procedures.
- Work as part of a team to provide high-quality care and education.
What you would study
Early years practitioner (level 2)
Training will be delivered through a combination of workplace learning, regular progress reviews and ongoing support from a dedicated tutor at Parenta. Off-the-job training will follow the time allocations outlined in the Occupational Standard and will support apprentices in developing the knowledge, skills and behaviours required to achieve their apprenticeship.
Training provider: PARENTA TRAINING LIMITED
Working week
Monday to Friday, varied shifts from 7.30am - 6.00pm, with a one hour unpaid break.
What you need
Skills they are looking for
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
After the apprenticeship
Successful apprentices may be offered a permanent position and have the opportunity to progress onto the Level 3 Early Years Educator Apprenticeship.
Where
LANE END, London (DA2).
About DIMPLES DAY NURSERY LTD
Dimples is a family owned day nursery and preschool near Dartford, providing a home from home environment where your children can flourish and learn. We have achieved consecutive Outstanding Ofsted inspections and are proud to show you our wonderful nursery. Our purpose built nursery has first rate facilities, top class equipment and highly professional full and part time staff. When designing the building great attention has been placed on safety, security, accessibility, suitability and play space.
Things to consider
- Before applying, please ensure you can reliably travel to and from the employer's location each day by checking public transport routes and travel arrangements before submitting your application.
- Applicants must have a genuine passion for working with children and be committed to completing their apprenticeship qualification.
- This role involves regular contact with children and may include regulated activity. The successful candidate will be expected to fulfil safeguarding and child protection responsibilities and maintain professional conduct at all times.
- As part of our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, successful applicants will be subject to safer recruitment checks, including two satisfactory professional references, an Enhanced DBS check, right to work checks, identity verification and qualification checks where applicable.
- For any queries regarding this vacancy, please contact Parenta on 0800 002 9242. Please do not contact the employer directly regarding this vacancy.
Reference 2000050622.
Report a problem with this listing- Pay
- £16,640 a year
- Hours
- 40 a week
- Length
- 12 months
- Starts
- 1 Nov 2026
- Advertised closing date
- 30 Oct 2026
- Openings
- 2 positions
- Last checked
- an hour ago
Applications are handled by the Find an Apprenticeship service.
Know someone this would suit?