Job Description

Location:

Langport, Somerset

Salary

: up to 25,699 per annum

Contract/Hours:

Permanent/Full Time (40 hours per week)

Closing date:

Midnight on the 12 th of January 2026

Benefits:

Time off to recharge

- 33 Days leave per year

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

Imagine a place where laughter echoes, imaginations run wild, and every day is a new adventure. That's Spring Nursery! We're not just a nursery; we are a family dedicated to creating a joyful and nurturing environment where children thrive. As part of Action for Children, we're on a mission to provide outstanding early education that's accessible to all.


At Spring, we are committed to supporting your career growth! Check out our Spring Career Progression Map attached to this advert, which highlights the options for progression into a specialist role.

A day in the life of an Early Years Practitioner (Unqualified)

As an Early Years Practitioner, you'll support the team in creating a safe, fun, and nurturing environment. On a day-to-day basis, you'll assist with the play-based learning, help children develop social and practical skills, support mealtimes and routines, and work closely with your colleagues to me each child's individual needs.

About the nursery

:


Spring The Levels is a 36-place nursery located within The Levels Children Centre in Langport. The nursery provides a warm, friendly and stimulating environment for children ages 3 months to 5 years. Our highly qualified and dedicated team are passionate about nurturing children and supporting their early learning and development.


We work collaboratively with the wider network of Spring Nurseries in the local area, fostering shared resources, best practices, and a strong support system to ensure everyone has the tools they need to succeed.

What you'll be doing:

Supervising the children and keep our active, flexible nursery environment safe and suited to their needs. Giving children a wide range of stimulating, safe and well-planned activities. Creating engaging, fun, and informative learning opportunities, helping the children make excellent progress and meet the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage. Building solid relationships with parents / carers, families and professionals involved with the children. Meeting each of the children's individual needs, keeping accurate records and regularly communicating with parents / carers. Having a positive attitude, making everyday count for the children in our care.

What we need from you:

A passion to learn and develop whether you are new to the sector or an experienced practitioner. Experience working with children in an early years or childcare environment. Understanding of children's emotional, physical, psychological, and educational developmental needs from 0 to 5 years. A positive attitude with an unwavering commitment to service excellence to allow us to maintain our high standards. A willingness to complete further childcare training & qualifications.

Ready to make a difference in the lives of children? Whether you're looking for a career change or the next step in your journey, we'd love to hear from you!


Apply now and help us give children a healthy start in life!

Contact:

If you need support with your application, please contact our Recruitment Team at RecruitmentService@actionforchildren.org.uk quoting reference

12563

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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 to all groups.


Male staff are often under-represented within this sector, and we would like to encourage more male applicants for our roles.


We are committed to safer recruitment practises to protect our service users; therefore, all applicants are expected to have an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding best practise.

Application Process

Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.


There are 5 sections for you to complete - Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration - please refer to the when applying.


We also want to know what unique qualities you can bring to help us reach our vision for children and families.

Talent Pool:

We're sure you've got what it takes to join our ambitious team. If you're unsuccessful this time around, we'd like to hold your details in case similar jobs come up that you might be better suited for. But feel free to let us know if you'd rather we didn't do that.

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