Early years
Welcome and thank you for visiting the Supreme Education's Early Years sector where we aim to offer you the support and opportunities that meet your needs. Read on to learn about Supreme Early Years and how we can find the position that's right for you ...
Supreme Education's Early Years has opportunities within thousands of nurseries, after-school and holiday clubs and other early years' settings across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. What's more, because we're right on your doorstep, we can find the opportunities that best suit your needs!
We work closely with nursery nurses, play-workers, cr?che workers, nursery teachers, managers, supervisors and other early years' professionals, every day.
We visit customers to understand their culture, ethos, procedures and specific staffing requirements. That means we can be honest, open and informed in discussing opportunities with you.
Our recruitment standards and service to candidates includes individual face-to-face interviews as an integral part of our registration process. We need to understand not just your experience, skills and strengths but also your personal situation, your development, career and work needs. We appreciate that each individual has different aspirations and expectations so just tell us what you want and let us proactively find you the right position. Remember the choice is yours.
Advice for those seeking work in Early Years
At Supreme Education we pride ourselves on providing a quality, total recruitment service; basically we don't stop at just placing people into jobs! Our dedicated education consultants are there to offer support and advice to help find the right job for you.
Childcare and education is a challenging and rewarding career, throughout which you will play a key role in the development of children's social and academic skills as well as helping to build their confidence. If you are planning a career in childcare you will require an NNEB/DCE/Level 2 or equivalent/relevant qualification in early years, however this isn't always essential with the introduction of 'on the job' or 'employment based' training. If you are caring, patient, responsible and above all, are passionate about working with children you are already half way there! Saying this, you do need to consider that the better qualified and/or experienced you are the higher your salary is likely to be.
Here is a list of a few of the most popular courses available:
CACHE Diploma in Childcare and Education (DCE)
This course is designed to prepare students to work as a Nursery Nurse with children aged between 0 and 8 years. The course is made up of various modules from child development and play to child protection and equal opportunities and is split between studying at college and in practical placement through which you are assessed continually. It is a 2 years course, although part-time and accelerated versions are available, and successful completion will enable you to work in area's such as education, day-care, special needs, hospitals, with families (as a Nanny) or within the voluntary sector. You may also decide to go on to further education.
CACHE Certificate in Childcare and Education (CCE)
The CCE is designed to prepare students wanting to work as a Nursery Assistant and is a 1-year course. This course is a really good introduction for those wanting to gain a qualification and experience within childcare and education and successful completion will enable you to go on to the DCE.
For more information on either of these courses, you can use the links on the right hand side to visit the CACHE and other related websites.
NVQ Levels 2 & 3 in Early Years Childcare and Education
NVQs are gained by being assessed on your performance at work (usually a 2 day per week placement) by either a qualified assessor within the workplace or an external assessor from a local assessment centre.
Other relevant courses are available through either colleges, on-line or on-the-job training and more information can be found by clicking on the links.
Once you have gained your desired qualifications there are a number of opportunities open to you including:
- Independent Nurseries
- State nurseries and nurseries within schools
- Cr?ches
- Pre-school and play-groups
- Childminding and Nannying
Agency work is an excellent way to get a taster of what's out there, have a go at day-to-day, short or long term assignments in a wide variety of settings and areas. No doubt you'll find a favourite and we can even help you to find permanent work in your preferred field.
Supreme Education's focus on Early Years
Supreme Education has always recruited Early Years staff for supply to both independent nurseries and those within schools but, until recently we have been best known for our teacher recruitment business.
The government's introduction of SureStart in 1998 resulted in a significant rise in the profile of early education and childcare as a career and increasing opportunities within training and career development have attracted more and more people into the sector, from school leavers to mature students and parents returning to work. This is very encouraging for us as it means we are seeing more candidates coming through our doors and therefore enabling us to service our clients more effectively and efficiently.
Our recruitment and supply procedures remain in line with the rest of the company as do our quality and standards, which are continually a priority across the whole business, in fact the only, yet key difference is our specialist approach when recruiting staff for and servicing the Early Years sector. Most importantly though, our consultants recognise the essential qualities required in people working within a nursery setting in order to meet a child's needs.
Please register your interest by clicking here.
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