Recruitment

Would you like a career in childcare?

"I would recommend that if you are caring, like to learn new things, are able to pretend to drink numerous cups of tea, eat lots of pretend meals, have a little bit of an inner child and love to have fun, you have the foundations to start you off on a career in early years" - manager of a St Helens nursery.

Call our Early Years Quality and Inclusion Team on 01744 673378 or 01744 671051

Watch the video below to see how wonderful childcare is as a career.

Early years qualification requirements and standards

Not sure if you have the correct qualifications to work in early years? The government's Early Years qualification requirements and standards website will help you identify the qualifications that staff must hold to be included in the specified staff:child ratios at levels 2, 3 and 6 of the early years foundation stage.

UK qualifications that meet Department for Education (DfE) criteria for counting in the early years foundation stage statutory framework staff:child ratios. Early years qualifications list: UK only - GOV.UK

More information can be found about Early Years Qualifications in the EYFS 2025- EYFS statutory framework for group and school-based providers

National Early Years Recruitment Campaign

To post your vacancies go to Find a job further guidance on how to post your vacancies can be found by visiting YouTube- Find a job and don't forget to include 'Early Years' in your job title and 'Education jobs' for the job category.

DWP instruction on how to post job vacancies is in the downloads section below.