Early Years Practitioner

Role: Ref 11119 Early Years Practitioner

Location: Gateshead Tyne and Wear

Salary:Up to 26499 per annum

Contract/Hours:Fixed Term Full Time 40 hours per week(September 2026

Closing date: Midnight on 24th April 2025

Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays
• 60 discount on childcare within our nurseries and clubs
• Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities
• Flexible maternity adoption and paternity packages
• Pension with up to 7 employer contribution with included life assurance cover
• Staff discount portal and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15000 national retailers discounts
  

Were thrilled that youre considering a career with Spring. Spare us five minutes and well tell you what you need to know

About Spring

Spring offers awardwinning childcare services as part of the national charity Action for Children. Its our mission to be the best provider of outstanding quality early education to children throughout the UK that is accessible to all. We are focused on enabling young people to learn have fun and make friends in our bright engaging settings. That starts with creating a happy environment for our team. Join us and you can look forward to:

• A kind caring culture with an emphasis on wellbeing both physical and mental.
• Flexible working wherever possible we offer flexibility on hours and/or hybrid working.
• Lots of opportunities for training learning development including gaining qualifications.
• Excellent benefits that compare favourably to other employers in our sector.

About the nursery

Spring Blaydon is a 54place stimulating caring and nurturing nursery which provides highquality care and education for children from 0 months to 5 years situated in Park Head school with outstanding views over the surrounding rural area of Winlaton. We are a dedicated and highly qualified team who are passionate about childrens wellbeing. We are looking for a confident candidate to join our nursery it goes without saying that you need to love being around children and will have the ambition to make a direct and positive impact on their young lives.

In the role of Early Years Practitioner youll be allowing the children to explore and discover their own creativity individuality and imagination within our bright engaging and safe environments.

What youll be doing

In the role of Early Years Practitioner youll be:

• Supervising children and keeping our active flexible nursery environment safe and suited to their needs.
• Giving children a wide range of stimulating safe and wellplanned activities.
• Creating engaging fun and informative learning opportunities to help children make excellent progress in the Early Years Foundation Stage.
• Building solid relationships with parents / carers families and professionals involved with the children.
• Meeting each of the childrens individual needs keeping accurate records and regularly communicating with parents / carers.
• Having a positive attitude making every single day count for the children in our care.

What we need from you

In the role of Early Years Practitioner were ideally looking for someone who has:

• A Level 3Early Years and Childcare qualification e.g. NNEB CACHE NVQ Level 3 in Childcare and Education or equivalentwhich is essential for the role.
• A passion to learn and develop whether you are newly qualified or an experienced practitioner.
• Full understanding of childrens emotional physical psychological and educational developmental needs from 0 to 5 years.
• A positive attitude with an unwavering commitment to service excellence to allow us to maintain our high standards.

Whether this is a career change for you or the next step in your journey wed love to hear from you.

We work together to reach our mission to give children a healthy start in life.

Good luck! We cant wait to hear from you.

Contact: If you need support with your application please contact our Recruitment Team at quoting the above Reference.

Well be happy to give you any support you require.

Diversity Equality and Inclusion

At Spring Oscars were dedicated to building a diverse inclusive and authentic workplace. We actively encourage applications from Black Asian & Minority Ethnic and disabled candidates as they are underrepresented within the organisation. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups.

Male staff are often underrepresented within this sector and we would like to encourage more male applicants for our roles.

We arecommittedto safer recruitment practices to protectourservice users; therefore all applicants are expected tohaveanunderstandingof andcommitmenttosafeguarding bestpractice.

Dont meet every single requirement

If youre excited about this role but your experience doesnt align perfectly with the job description wed love you to apply anyway. You might just be the perfect person for this role or another role within the Action for Children family.

Application Process

Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for thisrole.

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:Were sure youve got what it takes to join our ambitious team. If youre unsuccessful this time around wed 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 youd rather we didnt do that.

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See below for further information about working with us:

Employee Reward Booklet

Spring Early Years Career Pathway

Job Description