Level 3 - Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship Standard and new for 2025 Gen2 will be offering the Level 3 Early Years Ed ucator Apprenticeship Standard Our Teaching Assistant Apprenticeships that are available throughout Cumbria covers: Teaching Assistant Level 3 Early Years Educator Level 3 You will be able to choose as many or as few of these once you start your application. Duration Typically this apprenticeship will take 18 months Location Students are with their employer from day one and will study their taught components at an agreed Gen2 centre two days per month. This training will take place at a Gen2 centre based in West Cumbria, Carlisle or Furness. The students are visited by a Gen2 assessor in the workplace approximately every six weeks to assess their competence and monitor progress. Programme Components The programme delivered through Gen2 will consist of: • Completion of a Level 3 qualification • Regular performance reviews undertaken by the employer and Gen2 • Development of a portfolio of evidence including reports and evidence of tasks undertaken. • Observations by a Gen2 assessor • Ongoing professional discussions between the apprentice and the assessor relating to workplace competence and knowledge. • Feedback from line manager and peers. • Apprentices will be required to have or achieve Level 2 English and maths prior to completion of their apprenticeship. Delivery Plan and Commitment Off The Job Training The qualification requires 20% of time from the learner’s normal working week to be committed to the apprenticeship for the duration of the programme. This time must be away from the Learner’s normal work duties. Delivery of ‘Off The Job’ training includes: Safeguarding Health and Safety Understanding Learners - Child Development Communication and Collaboration Reflective Practice Personal Development On The Job Training Gen2 delivery of ‘On The Job’ training will be conducted on a six weekly basis and will consist of: Classroom observations of skills and behaviours Professional discussions with topics including keeping children safe, team working, adding value to education and promoting equality, diversity and inclusion Progress reviews Coaching and mentoring All learners will be required to achieve, if not already, Maths and English level 2. Those who have already achieved this qualification will be given opportunities in the bi-weekly sessions to further enhance their skills. Once you have submitted your application, you will receive feedback from Gen2 via email regarding the quality of your application. We may set your application back to ‘pending’ and will email you with some suggestions of how it may be improved, please do not be concerned if this happens, we simply want you to have the best application possible. As your application may be set back to pending you need to ensure you keep an eye on your emails and log back in, make changes and re-submit your application for review. The Gen2 recruitment team (or employers) will contact you directly to arrange interviews. This can happen at any time between now and September 2025. We work with many employers in the local area. To ensure your details are passed to as many employers as possible we strongly advise you complete your application early. Good luck with your application and if you have any questions, we are here to help so please email [email protected] and a member of the Gen2 Recruitment Team will support you. Qualifications Each employer will set their own minimum criteria in line with the requirements for the apprenticeship standard. Generally, most will be looking for candidates to have a minimum of GCSE Grade 4 (Grade C) in Maths and English. F unctional Skills Level 2 will also be considered as equivalent to GCSE Grade 4 (Grade C). Benefits