Nursery Practitioner Apprentice

At Capital City College we are dedicated to transforming lives through exceptional education and training. Our focus is providing our learners with the skills to be successful in their futures, whether that is continuing in education through higher education, or an apprenticeship, or supporting them into a higher-level job.

About the role:

The Nursery Practitioner Apprentice role will begin in April 2025. The Apprentice will be based at CLL Nursery and Camden Road Nursery. This is an 18-month contract for 35 hours per week, term time only.

About you:
We are looking for an enthusiastic and caring Apprentice who can support the Nurseries at two of our college sites. As a Nursery Apprentice Practitioner, you will be supporting the emotional and educational development of young children attending the nursery. You will be expected to provide children with a safe environment to learn, helping them to develop basic social and behavioural skills and engaging them in a range of different play activities. You will also be expected to keep a record of children's progress and contribute with the planning for the children's next steps. You will be assigned key person duties and responsibilities.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the CCC team who are passionate and dedicated to providing our students with the best possible teaching and training to fulfil the futures best suited to them. We recognise how hard our people work towards ensuring our students are supported throughout all areas of their college experience, and thus we provide an excellent set of employee benefits.

Our employees benefit from:

• We are part of the defined benefit Local Government Pension Scheme, which means the pension you get is based on how long you have been a member of the scheme and how much you earn
• We offer our employees access to TELLUS, a discount portal providing our people with support and resources for their lives and wellbeing.
• We are part of Cyclescheme, the UK's most popular cycle-to-work benefit,
• We offer interest-free season ticket loans to staff, enabling them to benefit from the savings of holding an annual Travelcard
• All staff members are eligible for a free annual eye health checkup, and a contribution towards spectacles. We also offer staff members an optional annual flu vaccination, and provide access to occupational health.
• We assist with your medical care through Medicash's health plans. They are designed to look after you and your family by boosting your access to treatment and support via their range of wellbeing tools and services. Your health cash plan offers cashback to cover your everyday healthcare costs - the ideal way to budget for your family's healthcare.

At CCC we are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion in all our activities for everyone who learns and works here. We respect and value differences and welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds. We create a safe and trusting professional environment where people are treated well and equally.

We are committed to safeguarding and protection of young people and adults and follow Safer Recruitment processes. All successful candidates will need to complete a DBS check, with some roles requiring an Enhanced check.

Our values Respect, Aspiration, Collaboration and Opportunity are the key ideas and principles that people within our organisation and our partners believe are important. They sum Our Purpose: why we do what we do, and Our Approach: how we go about our work.