Childcare practitioner Review

In my job role I engage with a variety of children on a daily basis, I discuss with parents; I learn new skills and gain knowledge through every single interaction. I am responsible for ensuring the safety of the children in the setting, I am responsible for making the children feel respected and cared for and I am responsible for providing opportunities for children to learn. Along with this I clean, I attend work meetings and I create paperwork that documents how the children learn.

I am now first aid qualified, I am trained in time to talk which has really helped me learn about communication and its development process, I have completed a safeguarding course which has taught me about why we safeguard and how we safeguard, which is essential to my role! I have also to be learnt to be more confident and how to show initiative in a job role.

I love the job that I do, I wake up every morning and want to come to work and I want to help others learn. I feel respected and cared for by the management team and I fit in well with all my co workers. I also enjoy talking to my tutor as she helps me learn and instructs me very well on what I need to do.

As soon as I started I had a meeting about what the apprenticeship consists of this was so helpful as I knew from the get go what would be happening throughout the course of my apprenticeship, as well I was made aware of every webinar that I would be attending, this made it really easy for my employer and I as we were able to discuss plans regarding cover for while I am in office.

All of the staff at my setting are willing to answer my questions when I have them, as well as support me in finding the right revenues to access training that I feel like I need to receive to further my knowledge in areas I don't feel strong in. They also allow me to push myself out of comfort zone at times while also allowing me to take things at my own pace and will never push me to do something I don't feel comfortable with doing.

I receive a lot of support from my training provider, she offers me guidance on different things that I can document towards my 20% off the job hours, and what I can use in my portfolio of evidence. If I have any questions about any of the tasks she's set me or even about any of the things I have learnt, she helps me to the best of her ability.

My qualification helps me preform better in my job role as it holds me responsible for doing specific tasks that are asked of me. Even down to the knowledge that I gain from webinars, these effect the way in which I work every day specifically in the areas of development and safeguarding, as this knowledge in integral to the work that I do everyday.

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Realise training is great because they have worked hard to make it as easy as possible for you to learn in current times, the webinars are so enjoyable as they cover a range of topics that are both important to learn but also interesting and they care about the way in which the people who are attending the webinar are feeling and will offer additional help if possible.

Do research into the specific job role that you are applying for in the context of the setting prior to going for an interview. Be confident, you know more than you think you know and if you are working hard and trying your best than that is all that matters. Enjoy it!