Early Years Practitioner Level 3 - SENCO

Salary: up to £27,299

Location:

Exeter

Contract/

Hours:

Permanent/Full Time – 40 hours per week

• Time off to recharge
  – 25 days per annum 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.

As Early Years Level 3 and SENCO, you'll play an important role in creating a warm, inclusive and nurturing environment where every child can learn, develop and thrive. Working closely with children, families and the wider nursery team, you'll support children's individual needs and help ensure that they receive the right care, encouragement and opportunities to reach their full potential.

This is a supernumerary role, providing dedicated time to focus on your SENCO responsibilities. However, there is an expectation that you will work alongside the children and staff in the room when required, offering practical support, sharing expertise and helping to maintain high-quality inclusive recruitment.

You'll support the team with SEND-related paperwork, observations, records and individual support plans, while working alongside practitioners to share your knowledge, guidance and best practice. You'll help staff feel confident supporting children with additional needs and work closely with families and other professionals to ensure children receive the right support.

• Support children with SEND, ensuring that individual needs are understood and met.
• Maintain accurate send paperwork, observations, records and individual support plans.
• Work closely with practitioners, providing guidance, advising and support around inclusive practice.
• Build positive relationships with children, families and external professionals.
• Work alongside children and staff in the room when required, supporting high-quality care, learning and play.

In the role of Early Years Practitioner (SENCO), we're ideally looking for someone who has:

• A Level 3 early years and childcare qualification (NNEB, CACHE, NVQ Level 3 or equivalent)
• A strong understanding of the EYFS and how children learn and develop through play.
• 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

Spring Cedars is a welcoming and supportive setting, where you’ll work alongside a dedicated team of professionals. Following a recent refurbishment, the nursery has a fresh, modern feel and a newly developed outdoor area, providing an inspiring environment for both children and staff to learn, develop and thrive.

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…