Early Years Practitioner
Location: Cambridge
Salary: £21,000 - £25,000 per annum (dependent on experience)
Start Date: April 2025
A vibrant and nurturing early years setting in Cambridge is seeking a passionate Early Years Practitioner to join their team. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who loves working with children and wants to contribute to their early development.
What You’ll Be Doing:
Creating a safe, stimulating, and inclusive environment for children aged 0-5
Delivering engaging and age-appropriate activities based on the EYFS framework
Working closely with parents, carers, and colleagues to support children’s learning and wellbeing
Observing and assessing children’s progress to ensure individual needs are met
What We Need From You:
✔ Level 3 Early Years qualification (e.g., NVQ, CACHE, BTEC, or equivalent)
✔ A genuine passion for early childhood education
✔ Knowledge of safeguarding and child development
✔ An Enhanced DBS (or willingness to apply)
This setting offers ongoing training, career progression, and a supportive team culture. If you’re ready to help shape young minds, apply today!
All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further details.
All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.
Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.
We offer FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service.
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