Early Years Practitioner required 3 days a week (8:45am – 2:45pm) term-time only at our setting in Longlevens. Start Date: January 2025

We are recruiting due to increasing numbers and the popularity of the setting. The successful candidate must be keen, enthusiastic and committed to helping children become the best they can be. You will need experience of working at level 2 or above in early years. Certificates in both child protection and first aid would be advantageous but are not essential.

PATA offers a pension scheme and great additional staff benefits including access to our excellent training, long service additional leave, a Christmas shopping afternoon in the Autumn term, contributions to Christmas and mid-year team parties, access to wellbeing support, a termly Outstanding Achievement award and not forgetting free tea and coffee and the occasional treat!

For details of a full job description please click here. Should you have any questions please phone Mandy Coombes, Early Years Manager on 01452 311032. To apply, please click here to complete an application form.

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Closing date: Monday 13th January 2025

Level 3 Early Years Practitioner required, 16 hours a week, permanent contract. Term-time only. 

We are looking for a talented and qualified Early Years Practitioner to work across our PATA Managed Groups. Applicants must be appropriately qualified at level 3 or above in childcare and have the ability to travel to our settings.

As a peripatetic Early Years Practitioner, you will be responsible for supporting staffing requirements at PATA’s 5 PATA Managed Group (PMG) settings in Gloucester, Cheltenham, Dursley, and Chepstow. You will work closely with setting teams to provide the highest standard of care and education for the children.

The setting addresses are: 

Elmbridge Under Fives, Gloucester. GL2 0LN

Tiny Tots, Gloucester. GL2 OAT

Funbusters, Dursley. GL11 5SF

Penguins, Chepstow. NP16 7DT

Winchcombe, Gloucestershire. GL54 5QJ

Whilst the hours are fixed per week, you will be required to be flexible and able to travel to our settings, dependent on location, occasionally leaving home at 8am to be able to support a session starting at 9am.

PATA offers a pension scheme and great additional staff benefits including access to our excellent training, long service additional leave, a Christmas shopping afternoon in the Autumn term, contributions to Christmas and mid-year team parties, access to wellbeing support, a termly Outstanding Achievement award and not forgetting free tea and coffee and the occasional treat!

For a detailed job description, please click here.  To apply for the position, please click here.

To help PATA meet the aims and commitment of the organisation’s equality policy, please click  here to complete our Equality and Diversity monitoring form. 

We are looking for talented and qualified staff who would like ad-hoc hours at our PATA Managed Groups.  Applicants must be appropriately qualified at level 3 and hold Paediatric First Aid certificate. If you are based near any of our settings and would like to be on their list as bank staff to be called in to cover sickness or planned absences, please get in touch.

The setting addresses are: 

Elmbridge Under Fives, Gloucester. GL2 0LN;  Tiny Tots, Gloucester. GL2 OAT: Funbusters, Dursley. GL11 5SF;  Penguins, Chepstow. NP16 7DT;   Winchcombe, Gloucestershire. GL54 5QJ

You are welcome to ask to be considered for individual settings, more than one or even all of them if you have transport available.

 Please complete the application form (here) and we will be in touch.