The role

Working alongside qualified Early Years Practitioners and professionals, you will work towards completing an Early Years Educator Level 3 apprenticeship. You will be planning and providing effective care for children ages 0-5 years. 

The Apprenticeship

The Early Years Educator Level 3 apprenticeship is an 18-month programme that you will complete alongside your day-to-day work. You will roughly spend 6 hours per week on training including webinars, shadowing, Apprenticeship tutor visits and online tasks for modules. You can find out more about the commitment of the apprenticeship below. 

• Fully supported training
• Gain an industry recognised qualification
• No fees! Plus a competitive salary while training
• Company benefits
• Care Leaver Friendly Employer

Spring Childcare have lots of employment and development opportunities available after you have finished your apprenticeship. In the below map, you can see where your career can lead to if you progress with Spring Childcare. They are passionate about promoting exceptional practitioners and many of their management team have also started off as apprentices.

Spring by Action for Children are a member of the Care Leavers Covenant. The Covenant is a promise made by private, public or voluntary organisations to provide support for care leavers aged 16-25 to help them to live independently.

In order to provide a greater level of support at the crucial stage during the transition of care leavers to adulthood, wider society also needs to play a part, which is where the Care Leaver Covenant comes in.

Their commitments are to:

• Work with the Care Leaver Covenant team to promote opportunities to the care leaver community through targeted means
• Work with staff in the organisation to become advocates, particularly in the Recruitment Service and Children’s Services. To support care experienced applicants and employees; before, during and after the recruitment process
• Offer a guaranteed interview and constructive feedback to applicants who identify as care experienced and who meet the minimum criteria for the role 
• Assign a workplace buddy for our care experience employees. A workplace buddy will be there for informal support, guidance and to help them settle in
• Create and communicate clear boundaries and expectations for our care experienced employees. This will make sure their time with us is a growing and challenging one
• Approach care experienced employees’ professional challenges with compassion and empathy, recognising that there may be, or have been, a high level of disruption in their personal lives

Spring by Action for Children are also a Disability Confident Employer. They are committed to offer the same opportunities as stated above to people with disabilities or health conditions. 

How do I apply?

1. If you would like to apply for one of the Spring Childcare vacancies, you can view the vacancies and their locations below. Click on the "Learn more & apply" button which will take you to the job description. Click through to apply and follow the instructions. 
2. You can also fill in the contact form above and our recruitment team will be in touch and support you through the process. 
3. After you have expressed interest in a role, our recruitment team will set up an initial call to go through the next steps of the application process. 
4. If you are eligible and meet the criteria (including the Care Leaver and Disability Confident criteria) The team will arrange an interview with Spring Action for Children. This may include a settling in day at the nursery. 
5. If you are offered the role. You will go through inductions with Spring Childcare and we will enrol you in the Early Years Educator Level 3 Apprenticeship that will begin in September 2024.