Job description:

The Aspire Training Team are looking for an enthusiastic, reliable and hardworking individual to complete their Level 3 Childcare Apprenticeship at Brambles Outdoor Nursery Group at their Cholderton setting. 

Brambles Cholderton is set in the Wiltshire countryside and their unique setting is situated right next the popular Cholderton Rare Breeds Farm.

At Cholderton Brambles we take inspiration from Forest School ethos where we passionately believe children learn and thrive from being surrounded by nature’s abundance.

At Brambles the practitioners and children work side by side; Practitioners value the child’s thinking and include their interests, improvisations and invitations to play. Practitioners engage and extend children’s learning by modelling, encouraging and exploring children’s interests.

Your duties and responsibilities will include;

• To help plan the curriculum
• Help to set up the daily programme 
• Tidy away at the end of sessions
• Be a Key Person to a small group of children
• Build professional relationship with carers
• Safeguarding of children is to be paramount 
• Support with nappy changing and toileting
• Preparing food
• Ability to get wet and muddy
• To be an outdoors person at all weather

Hours; 

• Brambles Outdoor Nursery Group is open from 8.00am – 16:00pm Monday to Friday
• The successful candidate will be required to work 40 hours per week with shift patterns to be discussed

Requirements;

• Level 2 Childcare Qualification is essential for this role
• You must be able to gain a clear DBS
• Have GCSE grades A*-C or 4-9 in Maths and English Language, or equivalent

Benefits; 

Once you have passed probation;

• Free private health care
• 50% childcare discount
• Mental health support package
• Enhanced holiday package
• Wellness day holiday
• Continued employment days added on
• Free farm park tickets (Local attraction)
• Annual Christmas and summer party all paid for