Do you have a passion to work with children while gaining an early year’s qualification?
Kïdo has a fantastic opportunity for an aspiring apprentice to join our Team. We are looking for enthusiastic individuals who are ambitious and want to gain an early years qualification.
Kïdo are a network of innovative international nurseries with settings across India, USA and the UK. Running 13, soon to be 14, Good and Outstanding nurseries in and around London. We fuse the best practises from the Montessori, Reggio Emilia and Waldorf Steiner approaches and combine them with beautiful modern learning spaces and 21st century technology.
We create magical and engaging learning spaces infused with cutting edge pedagogy which are brought to life by great teachers who nurture and enhance every child’s innate curiosity, creativity and ability to be a lifelong learner. Our vision is to create a truly modern Early Years environment that meets the needs of both children and their parents, offering the most solid foundation in those important first years.
Visit our Website: https://kidoschools.com/uk/uk-careers/
Requirements
The role of an Apprentice
- You'll create meaningful relationships with the children, your team and with parents to provide the best service for our families.
- Ensure that every child's wellbeing is met providing a thriving and safe environment.
- Safeguarding all children in the setting and making sure any child protection concerns are always appropriately acted upon immediately.
- You will observe, monitor and support delivering activities and learning experiences linked to the EYFS.
- Ensure children’s progress and achievements are regularly and effectively assessed and recorded. Including any activities, served meals and medication administered.
- Meet the needs of individual children, having an awareness of any disabilities, family cultures, and medical histories.
- Learn and maintain high standards in the nursery.
- Support and serve food to children, ensuring any special dietary requirements are met at all times.
What you need
- A positive can-do attitude
- A true passion for Early Years and Childcare
- Some experience of working in a nursery or with children
- If you are not EU national you are required to meet the eligibility for the government funding- required to have lived in EU for more than 3 years or if you have obtained your right to work from EU family member.
Benefits
- Starting salary 22,000-23,500.
- Opportunity for excellent long-term career development in a fast-growing international company
- You get 28 days holiday (including bank holidays)
- You get your birthday off if it falls on a working day
- Discounted childcare if your child attends one of our nurseries (Spaces upon availability )
- Annual performance related pay reviews
- Company awards and celebrations twice a year.
- Access to a health care cash plan.
- 500 refer a friend bonus for recommending Kïdo
- Hastee - Through the hastee app you can access pay as you earn as well as support with your financial literacy and savings.
- Perkbox account with access to many discounts and offers, including mindfulness, meditation, and fitness apps for you to access in the comfort of your own home!
- Access to our 24/7 employee assistance programme including free structured confidential counselling sessions.
- Cycle to work scheme - this scheme means that you can buy a bike and accessories through Kido. You can spread the costs, make tax savings, get fit and also save money on your normal commute!
*REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS ACT 1974:
All posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. However, amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 amp; 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are 'protected'. These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Ministry of Justice website or see here.
Shortlisted candidates will be asked to provide details of all unspent convictions and those that would not be filtered, prior to the date of the interview. You may be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process. If your application is successful, this self-disclosure information will be checked against information from the Disclosure amp; Barring Service before your appointment is confirmed.
*If you are unsure whether you need to disclose criminal information, you should seek legal advice or you may wish to contact Nacro or Unl