Description:
Job Title: Early Years Practitioner
Salary: From £25,200 per annum (roughly AUD49026.19) depending on location support with visa and relocation costs
Location: United Kingdom or UK – in London, Cambridge, Surrey or Sussex
Visa type: Youth Mobility
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Bright Horizons are a childcare provider caring for over 10,000 children aged 3 months – 5 years.
With around 300 nurseries in the UK, we are a market leader in children’s early years education.
We have a great opportunity for you as an Early Years Practitioner if you are looking to work for a company where you can make a profound impact to a child’s life.
Why Bright Horizons?
We’ve been voted Great Place to Work for since 2006, as well as being awarded the newly created Great Place for Wellbeing and Great Place for Women in 2023.
We’re on a mission to change the future for children, families, and the people we work with, and are committed to progressive working values like flexibility, work-life balance, and wellbeing.
What you’ll be doing within our daycare settings:
- Plan, create, implement and reflect on engaging activities, tailored to each of your key children, to encourage their development towards key milestones.
- Develop and maintain strong parent/ carer partnerships
- Promote and ensure child welfare, protection, health and safety and safeguarding
- Work with colleagues to maintain a positive, happy and safe environment
What we can offer you
Our benefits include, but are not limited to;
- Above industry standard salary, with annual salary reviews
- Support with visa application costs and a generous relocation package
- Amazing discounts with cinemas, restaurants, fashion retailers and more
- Discounted childcare of 50% for first child
- Up to 33 days holiday per year, with the option to buy additional days
- Smart Health access, including 24/7 access to Virtual GP appointments, fitness programmes and mental health support
- Financial support through early access to wages, low interest debt consolidation loans and a wide variety of discounts across high street brands, travel, utilities and days out
- Development programme access for every stage of your career, tailored to your individual journey, with opportunities across our network of nurseries
- Access to our Future Leaders programme, preparing you to step into a Room Leader position
- Employee Appreciation throughout the year including our annual Awards of Excellence galas
- Happy to Talk Flexible Working
Bright Horizons are currently looking to hire in these locations:
- Cambridge
- London
- Surrey
- Sussex
What we’re looking for
- Passion for making learning fun and engaging for each child
- Ability to build trust and strong working relationships with both colleagues and parents
- Ability to use a variety of communication techniques with both children and adults
- Strong knowledge and understanding of Safeguarding, Child Protection, and the wider legislative requirements for working with children
Essential criteria
- Hold a recognised UK/overseas childcare qualification
- Experience working in child care as a Nursery Practitioner, Early Years Educator, Daycare Teacher, Preschool Teacher, or other similar roles
- To fulfil the criteria of the Youth Mobility Visa (Please refer to this link: https://www.gov.uk/youth-mobility/eligibility)
Bright Horizons are committed to creating inclusive environments where everyone has a sense of belonging and has the opportunity to contribute and thrive in meaningful and impactful ways. We are an inclusive employer and welcome people from all backgrounds to apply. We will consider reasonable adjustments required by applicants. Please note, due to our sector all roles are subject to an Enhanced DBS.
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Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term, Contract, Graduate
Contract length: 24 months
Pay: $49,000.00 – $64,400.00 per year
Benefits:
- Employee discount
- Gym membership
- Professional development assistance
- Relocation assistance
- Visa sponsorship
Schedule:
- 10 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
Supplemental pay types:
- Overtime pay
Work Location: In person