Flexi Bank Early Years Practitioner - Angel Pre-School
London Early Years Foundation - London
£12.71 to £13.80 an hour
On-siteTemporaryFull time
Flexi Bank Early Years Practitioner - Part Time - Westminster, SW1V - £12.71 - £ 13.80 per hour + amazing benefits We put people before profit: work for a family of nurseries with heart "We are friends, we are like family. We support one another." - Elizabeth, Early Years Educator We're the London Early Years Foundation, or LEYF Nurseries for short; a family of 40+ nurseries. Our people love working for us because we focus on the child and their family, and give them the best start in life. LEYF is known for quality teachers - we give you strong in-house training and access to promotion. Our nurseries feel independent and community focused, and teams take care of each other. What's in it for you? "I love meeting completely different people from very different backgrounds." Paulina, Bank Staff Lots of training, promotions and a good salary for the sector Generous pension at 7% from us (1% from you) 70% discount on childcare fees Up to 35 days off a year, including 8 bank holidays, 3 days off between Christmas and New Year, and your birthday (pro-rated for part-time hours) Sector-leading parental leave Many other benefits that take care of you, including access to the wellbeing app, shopping discounts, annual conference and money for team celebrations A bit about the role "They give you a lot of support." - Aggie, Bank Staff If you like being around children and want a job that fits around your commitments or side hustle, this could be a great role for you. You can enjoy flexible working whilst gaining valuable knowledge and experience of Early Years teaching. As part of the team, you might take the children on a train to the Science Museum, hop on a bus to make friends at a nearby LEYF nursery, or join in baking sessions with the children and your nursery chef. While entry qualifications aren't necessary, if you want to learn more, we can help you get the training you need.
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Early Years Deputy Nursery Manager, Ark Start Priestthorpe
Ark Start - BD16 4JS
£26,000 to £30,000 a year
On-sitePermanentFull time
Why Ark Start? At Ark Start, we believe that when our practitioners are supported, our children thrive. That's why we've created a working environment that prioritises wellbeing, professional growth, and a healthy work-life balance. • Competitive Reward Package: We offer competitive hourly rates alongside an excellent 11% employer pension contribution, with no employee contribution required, helping you build financial security for the future. • Genuine Work-Life Balance: Our full-time roles are based on 37.5 hours per week, and we don't expect you to work beyond that. We are able to offer the working hours for this role to be worked over a four-day working week. We recognise that our practitioners do their best work when they have time to recharge, which is why we are committed to maintaining clear boundaries between work and personal time. • Training and Development: Within Working Hours We are passionate about continuous professional development, but we don't believe learning should come at the expense of your personal time. Any required training or development will be scheduled within your working hours. It's our responsibility to fit development opportunities into your work schedule, not yours to complete them outside of work. • A Culture of Learning: As part of the wider Ark network, you'll benefit from access to a wealth of expertise, resources, and professional development opportunities. You'll join a collaborative community where continuous learning, knowledge-sharing, and career progression are actively encouraged and supported. • A Team That Values You: At Ark Start, you're more than a practitioner. You'll be part of a mission-driven organisation that values your contribution, invests in your development, and supports you to build a rewarding and sustainable career in early childhood education. The Role • Lead high-quality provision for children within your allocated room, creating a positive and nurturing environment where every child can thrive. • Deliver exceptional physical, emotional, social and intellectual care, supporting each child's individual development and wellbeing. • Champion safeguarding and promote the welfare, safety and wellbeing of all children at all times. • Create an enabling, inclusive and stimulating environment that encourages children to play, explore, learn and develop with confidence. • Bring the creativity, expertise, commitment and enthusiasm needed to lead outstanding room practice and inspire those around you. Key Responsibilities • Lead the planning and delivery of high-quality learning experiences, adapting activities in response to children's interests, needs and teachable moments. • Create and maintain an engaging, stimulating and inclusive environment that reflects the Ark Start vision and supports children to learn, play and thrive. • Work collaboratively with colleagues to implement the curriculum effectively, identifying resource requirements and supporting the development of inspiring learning opportunities. • Lead by example in all aspects of practice, modelling the Ark Start approach and supporting colleagues to deliver consistently high standards of care, learning and professionalism. • Build strong partnerships with families, leading settling-in visits, nursery tours and, where appropriate, supporting sensitive conversations to ensure the best outcomes for children. • Foster a welcoming, open and supportive culture for families, providing guidance and signposting to additional services where appropriate. • Champion safeguarding, compliance and operational excellence, ensuring policies, procedures and daily checks are consistently followed and concerns are escalated appropriately. • Support the accurate maintenance of children's records and family communications, ensuring information is kept up to date through nursery systems. • Work closely with the SENDCo and wider team to identify and support children with additional needs, contributing to support plans and ensuring strategies are effectively embedded in daily practice. • Promote a culture of continuous improvement, accountability and teamwork, ensuring the room operates to the highest standards. Other • Ensure compliance with Ark Start's data protection policies and procedures, maintaining the confidentiality and security of information at all times. • Build positive relationships with colleagues, families and external partners, communicating with confidence, professionalism, tact and diplomacy. • Collaborate with colleagues across Ark Start nurseries and the wider Ark network to share best practice, contribute to continuous improvement and support colleagues where required.
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Early Years Room Leader - Ark Start Oval Preschool
Ark Start - CR0 6BA
from £27,000 a year
On-sitePermanentFull time
Why Ark Start? At Ark Start, we believe that when our practitioners are supported, our children thrive. That's why we've created a working environment that prioritises wellbeing, professional growth, and a healthy work-life balance. • Competitive Reward Package: We offer competitive hourly rates alongside an excellent 11% employer pension contribution, with no employee contribution required, helping you build financial security for the future. • Genuine Work-Life Balance: Our full-time roles are based on 37.5 hours per week, and we don't expect you to work beyond that. We are able to offer the working hours for this role to be worked over a four-day working week. We recognise that our practitioners do their best work when they have time to recharge, which is why we are committed to maintaining clear boundaries between work and personal time. • Training and Development: Within Working Hours We are passionate about continuous professional development, but we don't believe learning should come at the expense of your personal time. Any required training or development will be scheduled within your working hours. It's our responsibility to fit development opportunities into your work schedule, not yours to complete them outside of work. • A Culture of Learning: As part of the wider Ark network, you'll benefit from access to a wealth of expertise, resources, and professional development opportunities. You'll join a collaborative community where continuous learning, knowledge-sharing, and career progression are actively encouraged and supported. • A Team That Values You: At Ark Start, you're more than a practitioner. You'll be part of a mission-driven organisation that values your contribution, invests in your development, and supports you to build a rewarding and sustainable career in early childhood education. The Role • Lead high-quality provision for children within your allocated room, creating a positive and nurturing environment where every child can thrive. • Deliver exceptional physical, emotional, social and intellectual care, supporting each child's individual development and wellbeing. • Champion safeguarding and promote the welfare, safety and wellbeing of all children at all times. • Create an enabling, inclusive and stimulating environment that encourages children to play, explore, learn and develop with confidence. • Bring the creativity, expertise, commitment and enthusiasm needed to lead outstanding room practice and inspire those around you. Key Responsibilities • Lead the planning and delivery of high-quality learning experiences, adapting activities in response to children's interests, needs and teachable moments. • Create and maintain an engaging, stimulating and inclusive environment that reflects the Ark Start vision and supports children to learn, play and thrive. • Work collaboratively with colleagues to implement the curriculum effectively, identifying resource requirements and supporting the development of inspiring learning opportunities. • Lead by example in all aspects of practice, modelling the Ark Start approach and supporting colleagues to deliver consistently high standards of care, learning and professionalism. • Build strong partnerships with families, leading settling-in visits, nursery tours and, where appropriate, supporting sensitive conversations to ensure the best outcomes for children. • Foster a welcoming, open and supportive culture for families, providing guidance and signposting to additional services where appropriate. • Champion safeguarding, compliance and operational excellence, ensuring policies, procedures and daily checks are consistently followed and concerns are escalated appropriately. • Support the accurate maintenance of children's records and family communications, ensuring information is kept up to date through nursery systems. • Work closely with the SENDCo and wider team to identify and support children with additional needs, contributing to support plans and ensuring strategies are effectively embedded in daily practice. • Promote a culture of continuous improvement, accountability and teamwork, ensuring the room operates to the highest standards. Other • Ensure compliance with Ark Start's data protection policies and procedures, maintaining the confidentiality and security of information at all times. • Build positive relationships with colleagues, families and external partners, communicating with confidence, professionalism, tact and diplomacy. • Collaborate with colleagues across Ark Start nurseries and the wider Ark network to share best practice, contribute to continuous improvement and support colleagues where required.
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Early Years Room Leader - Ark Start Earls Court
Ark Start - SW5 9UE
from £27,500 a year
On-sitePermanentFull time
As Room Leader at Ark Start Earls Court, you will have the exciting opportunity to help establish and lead outstanding early years provision within our new setting. You will be responsible for creating a safe, nurturing and stimulating environment where children feel valued, confident and inspired to learn. With the responsibility of leading practice within your allocated room, you will work closely with colleagues to ensure the highest standards of care, learning and safeguarding with the goal of supporting each child's physical, emotional, social and intellectual development. We are looking for a dedicated early years professional who brings creativity, energy and enthusiasm to their work and is committed to delivering exceptional experiences for children and families as we build a thriving new nursery community in Earls Court. Key Responsibilities Lead the planning and delivery of high-quality learning experiences, adapting activities in response to children's interests, needs and teachable moments. Create and maintain an engaging, stimulating and inclusive environment that reflects the Ark Start vision and supports children to learn, play and thrive. Work collaboratively with colleagues to implement the curriculum effectively, identifying resource requirements and supporting the development of inspiring learning opportunities. Lead by example in all aspects of practice, modelling the Ark Start approach and supporting colleagues to deliver consistently high standards of care, learning and professionalism. Build strong partnerships with families, leading settling-in visits, nursery tours and, where appropriate, supporting sensitive conversations to ensure the best outcomes for children. Foster a welcoming, open and supportive culture for families, providing guidance and signposting to additional services where appropriate. Champion safeguarding, compliance and operational excellence, ensuring policies, procedures and daily checks are consistently followed and concerns are escalated appropriately. Support the accurate maintenance of children's records and family communications, ensuring information is kept up to date through nursery systems. Work closely with the SENDCo and wider team to identify and support children with additional needs, contributing to support plans and ensuring strategies are effectively embedded in daily practice. Promote a culture of continuous improvement, accountability and teamwork, ensuring the room operates to the highest standards. Ensure compliance with Ark Start's data protection policies and procedures, maintaining the confidentiality and security of information at all times. Build positive relationships with colleagues, families and external partners, communicating with confidence, professionalism, tact and diplomacy. Collaborate with colleagues across Ark Start nurseries and the wider Ark network to share best practice, contribute to continuous improvement and support colleagues where required.
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Trainee Infant & Early Years Practitioner (CYP-PT IEYP)
NHS Jobs - London
£45,953 to £54,254 a year
ContractFull time
This is an NHSE funded training post as part of the Child and Young Peoples (CYP) Psychological Trainings which involves part time working as a Practitioner in NLFT Tri-borough under-5s team and part time studying with UCL/Anna Freud undertaking a programme of training in CAMHS Practitioner CYP-PT: Infant and Early Years Practitioner. There are two training posts available, one on each of the following programmes: CYP-PT: Infant and Early Years Practitioner: Parent-Infant pathway (supporting work with the 02 age range) CYP-PT: Infant and Early Years Practitioner: Early Childhood pathway (supporting work with the 35 age range) This intensive training post will equip the post-holder to provide interventions for children, young people or families using the core principles of the CYP Psychological Training Programme and consistent with the evidence base in the area of Parent-infant relationship work. The post-holder will work in the service, for at least 2.5 days of the week using the newly developed skills whilst attending the training programme or undertaking self-study days for the remaining days, as required by the education provider. The post holder will hold an appropriate training case load and complete the necessary assignments to meet the course requirements.
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Early Years Specialist | Huddersfield & Kirklees | £12.75 – £13.50 ph
Nexter Ltd - Huddersfield
£12.75 to £13.50 an hour
Field-basedTemporaryFull time
KIRKLEES & HUDDERSFIELD: EARLY YEARS PROFESSIONALS Placement Target: 48-Hour Onboarding Location: Huddersfield (HD1), Dewsbury (WF12/13), Batley (WF17), and Mirfield (WF14) THE MISSION: PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE IN KIRKLEES Nexter Recruitment is seeking dedicated Early Years Practitioners and Nursery Assistants for immediate placements across Huddersfield, Dewsbury, and the wider Kirklees area. If you are a committed professional seeking an agency that prioritizes quality and efficiency over standard routines, we invite you to join our network. Our streamlined 48-hour onboarding target ensures that qualified candidates can begin their assignments and start earning without unnecessary delays. PROFESSIONAL BENEFITS Earnings: Competitive hourly rates ranging from £12.75 to £13.50. Efficiency: A dedicated 48-hour compliance-to-placement target. Flexibility: Complete control over your professional schedule managed by our expert team. Expertise: We understand the nuances of the sector, distinguishing between being simply "Ofsted-ready" and truly "nursery-ready." THE MISSION ASSIGNMENT (REQUIREMENTS) To facilitate our rapid placement process, candidates must provide the following: Professional References: Please provide contact details for two referees immediately. Background Verification: You must hold an Enhanced DBS registered on the Update Service. Placement: Once references are received and your DBS is verified, you will be cleared for immediate booking.
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Early Years Practitioner Jobs Leeds | Morley & Rothwell | £13.50ph
Nexter Ltd - Morley
£12.75 to £13.50 an hour
On-siteTemporaryFull time
THE OPPORTUNITY: ELEVATE YOUR PROFESSIONAL PATHWAY Nexter Recruitment is currently registering dependable Early Years Practitioners and Support Assistants for immediate, flexible placement across South and West Leeds. If you are a dedicated childcare professional seeking an agency that respects your expertise, minimizes your commute, and accelerates your path to employment, we invite you to join our network. Our streamlined fast-track onboarding process ensures you can secure local assignments without unnecessary delays. WHAT WE OFFER Premium Remuneration: Competitive hourly pay from £12.75 up to £13.50, paid weekly every Friday. Onboarding Velocity: Efficient and proactive compliance handling to get you cleared for work as quickly as possible. Autonomous Scheduling: Complete control over your diary—work around your personal commitments. Sector Knowledge: We handle the administrative burdens, allowing you to focus entirely on learning through play and child development. THE MANDATORY ASSIGNMENT (REQUIREMENTS) To ensure we get you placed into our partner nurseries rapidly, candidates must provide: References: Contact details for two professional referees available for immediate contact. Background Clearance: A current Enhanced DBS registered on the Update Service. Immediate Availability: Once verified, you will be matched with local partner nurseries immediately.
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Early Years Supply Jobs Wakefield | Sandal & Ossett | £13.50ph
Nexter Ltd - Wakefield
£12.75 to £13.50 an hour
On-siteTemporaryFull time
Do you speak fluent Toddler? Can you spot a "lightbulb moment" from across the room? The busy nurseries across the Wakefield district are looking for enthusiastic, reliable individuals who can bring fresh energy into a room from their very first hour. We are recruiting right now across the 5 Towns and leafy Wakefield suburbs for practitioners who love working with children but want to reclaim their work-life balance. We don't do endless interview rounds, and we don't expect you to take home unpaid planning work. You bring the passion for child development, and we provide the premium local shifts. What's In It For You? Financial Integrity: Earn a market-leading £12.75 – £13.50 per hour, backed by a weekly payroll structure. No Administrative Burden: Focus 100% on implementing the EYFS framework through play. No paperwork, no parent councils, no stress. Total Lifestyle Freedom: Align your working hours perfectly with your lifestyle, school runs, or university modules. A Supportive Team: Access an experienced consulting team that treats supply staff as specialists, not just numbers.
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Early Years Teaching Assistant - Full-Time, Long-Term
Desian Education - Knowsley
On-siteTemporaryFull time
Location: Knowsley Start Date: ASAP Contract: Full-Time, Long-Term We are currently working with a welcoming and supportive primary school in Knowsley that is looking to appoint a caring and enthusiastic Early Years Teaching Assistant to join their Early Years team on a full-time, long-term basis. This role is ideal for a candidate with a passion for supporting young children in the early stages of their education and helping to create a positive, engaging, and nurturing learning environment. The Role - Supporting children within Nursery and/or Reception classes - Assisting with learning through play and child-led activities - Supporting children's social, emotional, and educational development - Working with individuals and small groups to promote early learning skills - Encouraging language, communication, literacy, and numeracy development - Helping to maintain a safe, stimulating, and inclusive learning environment - Supporting with observations and assessment activities where required What We Offer - Full-time, Long-term opportunities within a supportive school - Competitive rates of pay - Ongoing support from a dedicated consultant - Opportunity to gain valuable experience within a thriving early years setting - Potential for a permanent position for the right candidate If you hold a recognised Early Years Qualification and are looking for your next opportunity in a supportive Knowsley school, we would love to hear from you. Apply today or contact us for more information
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Specialist Children’s Occupational Therapist – Early Years Lead (BANK)
Croydon Health Services - London
£31.98 per hour (incl. WTD)
PermanentPart time
A Vacancy at Croydon Health Services NHS Trust. Specialist Children’s Occupational Therapist – Early years Lead, Bank An exciting opportunity has arisen in our team for an Occupational Therapist (OT) with children’s OT experience. We are looking for a children's OT to lead on the development of a high quality OT service for early years service We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and experienced OT to join our innovative Children’s OT service that combines the traditional roles of both health and social services Children’s OT. We are based in a modern Children’s Development Centre promoting multi-disciplinary team (MDT) working. Along with clinical work the post holder will also supervise junior members of the team and OT students also assisting with and lead on service developments. The post holder will also receive supervision and support by senior members of the team. ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS: - A Diploma / Degree in Occupational Therapy - State registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) - Experience working with early years with disabilities in a community OT The post holder will act as a source of clinical expertise and advice on Occupational Therapy input for Early years children within the Children’s Occupational Therapy team and for other health professionals and colleagues working within external agencies. Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon. The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 4,100 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity. Our main hospital site, Croydon University Hospital is one of the busiest in London. We’re also leading the way in providing more healthcare outside hospitals at clinics, specialist centres and in people’s homes. Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon. Across the NHS everyone is working hard to meet growing demand and we’re no exception. But with the right people on board, we are rising to this challenge, putting our people in the driving seat, encouraging innovation and transforming our services to give local people the quality of care they deserve. Croydon Health Services puts a great deal of importance on education and training throughout the careers of all of our staff. If you want the opportunity to have a real impact, challenge yourself and be part of an NHS Trust that’s making a real difference then a career at Croydon Health Services could be just what you’re looking for. ***Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the role in the job description and person specification*** This advert closes on Monday 12 Oct 2026
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