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Early Years Practitioner Level 3

Job in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, DH98, England, UK
Listing for: Action-For-Children
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-10-18
Job specializations:
  • Child Care/Nanny
    Preschool / Daycare, Child Development/Support
  • Education / Teaching
    Preschool / Daycare, Early Childhood Education, Child Development/Support
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 27299 GBP Yearly GBP 27299.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

Early Years Practitioner (Qualified)

Location:Winlaton, Blaydon on Tyne

Salary: up to £27,299 per annum (depending on experience)

Contract/

Hours:

Permanent/Full Time – 40 hours per week.

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.
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
About the nursery

Spring Blaydon is a small, cosy nursery set within the grounds of a local primary school, offering a warm and welcoming environment where children feel safe, valued and ready to learn. The team puts strong emphasis on storytelling, songs and rhymes, creating a language rich setting that supports early communication and the love of learning from the very start.

The team work closely together to provide a nurturing, play based curriculum where every child is encouraged to explore, develop independence and thrive at their own pace.

Whether this is a career change for you or the next step in your journey, we'd love to hear from you.

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 for 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.

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

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