Early Years Practitioner Level 3

Early Years Practitioner(Qualified)

Location:Halton Buckinghamshire

Salary:up to 27299 per annum

Contract/Hours:Permanent/Full Time 40 hours per week.

Closing date:Midnight on the31^st of July 2026

Benefits:

• Time off to recharge 25 days per annum plus bank holidays
• Treat yourself:Staff discounts portal and blue light card with 15000 retailers.
• Salary Finance access tofinancial advice and the ability to manage savings or loans directly from your salary.
• Childcare Discount A whopping 60% off childcare within our nurseries and out of school clubs
• Up to 3 Days Dependency Leave to care for dependents in an emergency.
• Paid maternity adoption and paternity leave.
• Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities.
• Secure your future:Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover.

About the role:

Were looking for passionate qualified Level 3 early years practitioners to join our warm welcoming nursery work closely with children ages 0-5 supporting their learning development and well-being through fun play based activities.

Youll help create a safe stimulating environment where every child feels happy confident and observe progress track development milestones and build strong trusting relationships with both children and their families. Its a rewarding role where youll make a real difference to little ones earliest years.

What we need from you

In the role of Early Years Practitioner (Level 3) were ideally looking for someone who has:

• A Level 3 Early Years and Childcare qualification (NNEB CACHE NVQ Level 2 or 3 or equivalent)
• Experience in planning and delivering educational programmes for children aged 0 to 5 tailored to their individual needs and developmental stages.
• The ability to observe guide and support less experienced colleagues helping them to develop their skills.
• Experience of applying effective communication techniques with children and their families.
• Knowledge of childrens emotional physical psychological and educational development from 0-5 years
• Awareness and understanding of special educational needs (SEN) and how these are supported in an early year setting.

About Spring RAF Halton:

Spring RAF Halton provides high quality childcare for children 0-5 years in a warm nurturing and stimulating environment. The purpose-built setting features a spacious garden a uniquely designed natural playground and a covered outdoor area allowing children to enjoy outdoor learning and play throughout the year.

The children also benefit from our dedicated Forest School area where they take part in weekly Forest School sessions designed to encourage exploration creativity resilience and independence.

About Spring

Spring offers award-winning 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 which 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.

Ready to make a difference in the lives of children Whether youre looking for a career change or the next step in your journey wed love to hear from you!

Contact: If you need support with your application please contact our Recruitment Team at quoting 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 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 arecommittedto safer recruitment practices to protectourservice users; therefore all applicants are expected tohaveanunderstandingof andcommitmenttosafeguarding best-practice.

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 did not 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