Early Education and Childcare Assistants
Wages
New workers start around £7,583. Normal pay is £17,312 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £26,352.
Available jobs
In the past year there were 138,011 vacancies for this type of job
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?
Communicates with parents and colleagues on children’s development and well-being.
Reads stories, organises counting games to help develop language and number skills.
Plans and organises games and other activities and supervises children’s play.
Supervises young children at mealtimes.
Baths, dresses, prepares feed for and feeds babies, changes babies clothing whenever necessary.
May work under the supervision of more experienced practitioners.
Hard Skills
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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.