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Early Years Practitioner Level 3
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Early Years Practitioner (Level 3)
Location: Leiston
Salary: up to £26,600 per annum depending on experience
Contract/Hours: Permanent / Full Time – 40 hours per week - We also have a 12-month fixed term maternity cover post available.
Closing date: Midnight on the 22nd of July 2026
Benefits
- Time off to recharge - 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Treat yourself: Staff discounts portal and blue light card with 15,000+ retailers
- Salary Finance – access to financial 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
Why Spring Nurseries
As Spring Nurseries, you're joining a supportive, purpose-led team where every day helps shape children's futures while your own career is actively developed and progressed.
A bit about the role
As a Level 3 practitioner, you'll support high-quality early years care and education in a nurturing, play-based environment, helping children learn, develop, and thrive.
Key Expectations
- Deliver engaging, age-appropriate activities in line with the EYFS
- Support children's learning, development, and well-being through play
- Build positive relationships with children, parents, and the team
- Observe, assess, and contribute to children's learning journeys
- Maintain a safe, inclusive, and caring environment
- Work as part of a team to ensure high standards of care and safeguarding
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What we need from you
In the role of Early Years Practitioner (Level 3), we're ideally looking for someone who has:
- A Level 3 early years and childcare qualification (NNEB, CACHE, NVQ Level 3 or equivalent)
- A passion for continuous learning and growth, aligned with our core values and the Spring career pathway
- An understanding of children's development needs (0 to 5 years)
- A positive attitude and a commitment to excellence
A Bit about The Nursery
Spring Layfield is based at Layfield Primary School, caring for children aged 3 months to 4 years with a wrap-around and holiday provision including breakfast and after-school clubs for children up to 11 years.
Our two bright, child-centred rooms encourage independence and exploration, with free-flow access to beautiful outdoor areas, a forest school, and allotment. We're proud of our strong partnership with the primary school being fully engaged with the local community.
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 RecruitmentService@actionforchildren.org.uk quoting reference 13383.
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 organization. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups.
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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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