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Early Education and Childcare Practitioners

Early education and childcare practitioners lead the learning and development of and care for children from birth up to five years of age in a school, nursery, or childcare environment.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£8,031
£16,136
£23,740

New workers start around £8,031. Normal pay is £16,136 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £23,740.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 71,517 vacancies for this type of job

3.39%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Promotes and leads physical activities and children’s games, play, creativity, and problem solving .

  • Provides a secure and supportive environment and supervises young children at mealtimes .

  • Coordinates nurturing care in bathing, dressing, preparation of feeds, feeding babies, and in changing babies and toddlers clothing whenever necessary .

  • Supervises and supports other early education and childcare workers .

  • Communicates with parents, colleagues and external professionals on children’s development and health and well-being .

  • Leads on preparing children for transitions to different settings, including school. .

  • Identifies and responds to health and safety issues .

  • Coordinates observation and assessment on children’s play, development and learning.

  • Plans children’s day and activities and leads on social, language and numerical development .

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Working With Children

  • Child Development

  • Pediatric First Aid

  • Child Protection

  • Sales Prospecting

  • Child Safeguarding

  • Personal Care

  • Child Welfare

  • Risk Analysis

  • American Sign Language (ASL)

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Communication

  • Planning

  • Teaching

  • English Language

  • Management

  • Mathematics

  • Enthusiasm

  • Leadership

  • Teamwork

  • Organizational Skills

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.