Early Years Practitioners

Early Years Practitioners – Transition into Primary School Support Roles

Location: Various Primary Schools across South London

Start Date: Immediate / Flexible

Are you an experienced nursery worker looking for the next step in your career?

Do you have a passion for supporting young children in their learning and development? If so, Career Teachers has exciting opportunities for you to transition from nursery settings into primary schools across South London.

We are seeking dedicated individuals with a background in early years education who are ready to bring their valuable skills to support children in school environments. Whether you are looking to work as a teaching assistant, learning support assistant, or in other school-based roles, we want to help you make this rewarding move.

What We Offer:

Opportunities in primary schools that value your nursery experience.

Career development and training to support your transition.

Flexible roles to suit your lifestyle – part-time, full-time, and long-term placements available.

A supportive network of experienced education professionals to guide you.

Key Responsibilities:

• Supporting teachers with classroom activities and the development of pupils’ learning.

• Providing 1:1 or small group support to children who need extra help with their learning.

• Assisting with classroom management and creating a positive learning environment.

• Encouraging the social and emotional development of children.

• Helping with playground duties and supervising students during non-lesson times.

Requirements:

• Previous experience working in a nursery, early years, or childcare setting.

• A passion for working with children and supporting their development.

• Strong communication and teamwork skills.

• A relevant qualification in childcare or early years education is desirable, but not essential.

• DBS check (or willingness to obtain one) is required.

If you are ready to expand your horizons and take your experience from the nursery to the classroom, apply today with Career Teachers. We will support you every step of the way as you make this exciting transition!

At Career Teachers we are fully compliant with Agency Worker Regulations, ensuring you receive equal treatment for pay and conditions after a 12 week qualifying period. Please ask for further details.

All quoted rates are inclusive of 12.07% holiday pay.

Benefits of working with Career Teachers

Free CPD

Access to Skills Network

Refer a friend scheme

Recognition programme

Affinity Extra – Thousands of discounts on multiple high street shops including coffee and cinemas, plus other benefits and a Health & Wellbeing portal.

These benefits are applicable to those who are working with Career Teachers. You will gain access to the Affinity Extra this portal once you start working with us.

Important Notice: In order for you to be successful in applying for the above position you should be eligible to work in the UK, or hold a relevant work visa. Safeguarding, quality and integrity are at the heart of what we do. During the application process you are required to:

– Attend an interview in person;

– Give details for us to complete Reference checks;

– Provide an Enhanced DBS disclosure

We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people within education. We have a policy, as a matter of courtesy, to respond to all applications within three working days. However, because of the volume of applications, we are sometimes unable to reply to individual enquiries. If we have not contacted you within this specified time your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion, we encourage you to please apply for any other position that you may see in the future. Thank you. Career Teachers is a Recruitment Business and is advertising this vacancy on behalf of one of its Clients.