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Senior Early Years Practitioner

Senior Early Years Practitioner

Action for ChildrenNorwich, England, UK
11 days ago
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Description

Role : Ref 11042 Senior Early Years Practitioner

Location : Norwich Norfolk

Salary : Up to 27200 per annum

Contract / Hours : Permanent Full Time 40 hours per week

Closing date : Midnight on 21

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 Thorpe Hamlet is 57place nursery in the heart of Norwich for children ages 3months to 5years. We pride ourselves on the warm home from home environment we provide where children are encouraged and supported to become independent learners. Our highly dedicated staff take time to get to know parents and children to ensure all of their individual care and learning needs are met : our philosophy is to actively encourage the involvement of parents so we can achieve our aim of ensuring children grow to be confident happy and resilient.

    About the role

    When you join us youll be part of a passionate and creative team committed to giving the highest standards of care and education and helping children to find their feet making friends having fun and sparking their imaginations through play.

    In the role of Senior 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. 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.

    What youll be doing

    In the role of Senior Early Years Practitioner youll be :

  • Leading the staff within the room on providing learning programmes for individual or groups of children appropriate to their needs and developmental stages in accordance with Early Years legislation and guidance.
  • Ensuring the compliance and application of nursery policies and procedures and relevant legislative requirements informing management immediately of any instances of noncompliance or variations in practices.
  • Contributing to and participating in the wider nursery management through leading on specific areas of development within the nursery as directed by the Nursery Manager.
  • Preparing and supervising dedicated areas / rooms within the setting on specific working patterns through planning monitoring of outcomes managing ratio of children and the provision of a stimulating and appropriate range of activities whilst ensuring health and care needs are met.

    • What we need from you

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

  • Level 3 early years and childcare qualification e.g. NNEB CACHE NVQ Level 3 in Childcare and Education.
  • A thorough knowledge of childrens developmental needs from 0 to 5 years.
  • Experience working and leading in an early year setting.
  • Strong planning observation and reflection of children and their learning.
  • Effective communication skills across multiple age groups.
  • Paediatric First Aid qualification.

    • 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 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 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.

    Want to know more about Spring and Oscars

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    See below for further information about working with us :

    Employee Reward Booklet

    Spring Early Years Career Pathway

    Job Description

    Required Experience :

    Senior IC

    Key Skills

    Children Activity,Accomodation,Building Services,Corporate Partnerships,Core Banking,E-Commerce

    Employment Type : Full-Time

    Experience : years

    Vacancy : 1