Senior Early Years Practitioner na Action for Children

Early Years Practitioner 

Location: Kinloss, Moray 

Salary: £26,674.27 per annum  

Contract/Hours: Permanent/Part Time – 37 hours per week 

Closing date: Midnight on DATE  

Benefits:   

• 34 days leave per year  
• 60% discount on childcare within our nurseries and clubs  
• Lift share from Forres and Elgin available 
• Attendance to exclusive workshops held by in house Consultant Behaviour Analyst 
• Dedicated time out of rooms for supervision, CPD and care planning 
• Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities and support 
• 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 15,000 national retailers’ discounts  
    

We're thrilled that you're considering a career with Spring. Spare us five minutes, and we'll tell you what you need to know…  

   
About Spring 

Spring offers award-winning childcare services, as part of the national charity Action for Children. It's 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 Kinloss is a friendly and welcoming nursery providing high quality early learning and childcare for children aged zero to five years.  We're a growing setting with exciting developments ahead, including the addition of a new playroom and the expansion of our outdoor learning provision.

Spring Kinloss is based in a large, purpose-built centre with bright, well-resourced rooms for babies, toddlers and preschool children.  Our enclosed garden area gives children opportunities to explore, investigate, and extend their learning through play and discovery. 

We’re proud of our caring, supportive staff and our commitment to professional growth.  Our practitioners receive ongoing training and development through the National Day Nurseries Association, including courses on pedagogy, child development, Realising the Ambition and supporting children with additional needs. 

About the role 

We're looking for a qualified Early Years Practitioner to join our friendly and supportive team you'll play a key role in providing high-quality care and early learning experiences for children aged zero to five years, working closely with colleagues and families, you’ll help create a safe, nurturing and inspiring environment where every child can learn, play and thrive.  To apply, you should hold an SVQ Level 3 in Social Services (Children and Young People) or equivalent and be registered (or eligible to register) with the SSSC. 

This role is 37 hours per week, but we are open to discussing flexible working options.

If you don’t yet hold formal qualifications but have a genuine passion for early years, we encourage you to apply and develop your career with us.

What you’ll be doing    

In the role of Early Years Practitioner (Level 3), you'll 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 well-planned 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 children's 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 (Level 3), we're ideally looking for someone who has:  

• A SCQF level 7 Early Years qualification e.g. HNC Early Education & Childcare, NNEB, SCCEB, SVQ 3 Children’s Care Learning & Development or equivalent qualification recognised by the SSSC (refer to SSSC website for further information). 
• A passion to learn and develop whether you are newly qualified or an experienced practitioner. 
• Full understanding of children's 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, we'd love to hear from you.  

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

Good luck! We can't wait to hear from you.  

Contact: If you need support with your application, please contact our Recruitment Team at [email protected] quoting reference 12158. 

We'll be happy to give you any support you require.  

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion  

At Spring Oscars 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.  

Don't meet every single requirement?   

If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with the job description, we'd 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 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 

Job Description