Early Years Practitioner Unqualified
2 weeks ago
Early Years Practitioner Unqualified
Location: Braintree and Witham, Essex
Salary: £12.21 per hour
Benefits: Paid annual leave, pension scheme, career progression, fantastic training opportunities, employee wellbeing support, employee discount portal with all your favourite brands
Contract Type: Casual - pick and choose when you work, around your study, family, retirement or home life
"I love working as a casual member of staff – I get to build my knowledge, my experience and work with a friendly and funny bunch of people staff and young people alike It works around my family life, and I choose when I work – what's not to like?" - Casual Worker
Why Spring Nurseries
Imagine a place where laughter echoes, imaginations run wild, and every day is a new adventure. That's Spring Nursery We're not just a nursery; we are a family dedicated to creating a joyful and nurturing environment where children thrive. As part of Action for Children, we're on a mission to provide outstanding early education that's accessible to all.
At Spring, we are committed to supporting your career growth Check out our Spring Career Progression Map attached to this advert, which highlights the options for progression into a specialist role.
A day in the life of an Early Years Superhero:
Step right up to Spring Carousel Nursery, with fun and learning go hand in hand Our team is dedicated to creating a warm, nurturing environment filled with laughter, curiosity, and wonderful experiences for our children.
As an Early Years Practitioner (unqualified), You'll be right at the heart of the action helping to plan exciting activities, supporting children's play and learning, and making every day an adventure. You'll build strong caring relationships with the children, assist with routines, and work closely with our experienced practitioners to create a safe, inspiring space for our little minds to grow.
Our nursery features a state-of-the-art sensory room for immersive learning and a spacious outdoor area where imaginations can flourish. Excitingly, we're also launching our forest school soon bringing even more opportunities for outdoor learning and play.
As part of our flexible team, there may be an expectation to work casually across up to three nurseries in the local area giving you the chance to experience different settings and make even greater impact across the spring community.
Your mission (should you choose to accept it)
- Working as part of a team to create a safe and stimulating environment for our children
- Support and participate in planning exciting preschool activities that spark creativity and curiosity
- Prepare children for the next big adventure: School
- Build strong relationships with parents/carers and families
- Meet each child's unique needs with love and attention
- Bring a positive attitude and make every day magical
What we need from you
In the role of Early Years Practitioner (Unqualified), we're ideally looking for someone who has:
- A passion to learn and develop whether you are new to the sector or an experienced practitioner
- Experience working with children in an Early Years or childcare environment
- An understanding of children's development needs (0 to 5 years)
- A positive attitude and a commitment to excellence
Ready to make a difference in the lives of children? Whether you're looking for a career change or the next step in your journey, we'd love to hear from you
Apply now and help us give children a healthy start in life
Contact: If you need support with your application, please contact our Recruitment Team at quoting reference
We'll be happy to give you any support you require.
Diversity, Equality and Inclusion
At Spring we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within the organisation. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups.
Male staff are often under-represented within this sector, and we would like to encourage more male applicants for our roles.
We are committed to safer recruitment practices to protect our service users; therefore, all applicants are expected to have an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding best-practice.
Application Process
Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.
There are 5 sections for you to complete - Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration – please refer to the Job Description when applying.
We also want to know what unique qualities you can bring to help us reach our vision for children and families.
Talent Pool: We're sure you've got what it takes to join our ambitious team. If you're unsuccessful this time around, we'd like to hold your details in case similar jobs come up that you might be better suited for. But feel free to let us know if you'd rather we didn't do that.
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See below for further information about working with us:
Employee Reward Booklet
Spring Early Years Career Pathway
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