We believe in creating opportunities for the early years community to inspire a future of possibilities. We’re humbled and proud to connect the best of the East Anglia, Milton Keynes and Oxfordshire early years community to fulfil and advance rewarding career aspirations with compassion, empathy, and respect
Our focus
Nurseries & pre-schools
Navigate hiring challenges and reduce business interruption by securing the skilled practitioners you need to inspire a future of possibilities.
Early years staff
Supporting you to fulfil and advance your early years career aspirations, to achieve rewarding outcomes, where you feel valued and proud.
Training
Investing in early years practitioners to advance their first aid skills and proficiency to support continued development and create a safe and secure environment for everyone.
SKAT is an absolutely wonderful company to work alongside. Desi and Sohini are both so helpful, professional and flexible. I have every confidence that we are sent the highest quality cover staff that demonstrate SKAT have taken the time to train and support them. We are offered familiar faces where possible as consistency for our children which is extremely important to us. Our children definitely love the cover staff we receive! For new cover staff to the setting we receive safety verification through instantly which is very helpful. They are definitely our go to place for our nursery’s cover needs.
Abbie Reedman – Manager, Chestnut Nursery School
With SKAT I worked in a variety of nurseries around Cambridge and experienced different workplace dynamics. The agency allowed me to work flexible hours, and communication with them was always straight-forward and clear.
Patricia – Early Years Practitioner
I have been working with SKAT for several months. The way they treat their staff should be an inspiration for all other employers. I don’t think I could find a better company to work for in Cambridge.
Kyriakos – Nursery Assistant
Desi and Sohini are passionate about the job and always supportive, encouraging, kind and well organized. They offer great training and development programs. I highly recommend SKAT to anyone.
Francesca Pitzalis – Early Years Practitioner
SKAT was such a good agency to work for whilst i was at uni, they were flexible and it was the perfect job whilst studying. The managers were lovely, supportive and quick at answering questions.
Anna Norman –
SKAT team is amazing! Have joined them since June and feels like home already! Joyful and warm people, as well as professionals. I would recommend SKAT team to everyone who’s interested!
Dora Papadaki –
Early years support
Achieving your career ambitions means different things for different people. Speaking to us will help us understand your motivations to help you chart your flexible and rewarding career path.
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Get your CV noticed by our dedicated early years experts and we’ll help you secure the best role to suit your needs and fulfill your aspirations.
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View AllQualified Practitioner – Cambridge
Key responsibilities include:
• Creating a safe and stimulating environment: To ensure children are safe, happy, and stimulated.
• Supporting children’s development: To help children develop their learning abilities, physical coordination, speaking, and colour recognition. To encourage children’s concentration, creativity, and sense of discovery. To plan and setup activities.
• Tending to children’s daily needs: sitting down with them at meal times and talking about healthy eating, help feeding when needed.
• Communicating with children: to communicate positively with children using play, signs and language.
• Activities with children: To engage with children all the time. This includes doing activities with them, story times, encouraging positive behaviour and communication, healthy eating etc. To offer written observations when in long term placements.
• Maintain a positive attitude at all times with children, parents and staff and work as part of the team.
• Co-operate fully with other child care practitioners/professionals in relation to individual children’s needs.
• Support children with their individual personal hygiene needs (if requested by the nursery team and if you have been attending the nursery for long tome).
• To be able to provide parents feedback if required.
• To supervise a group of children. (when requested by the supervising team).
• Safeguarding: Nursery Practitioners will undergo Safeguarding training and must follow all safeguarding practices. You must also know the name of the Designated Safeguarding Person in the setting you visit each time. To notify the Designated Safeguarding Person of any safeguarding concerns, be able to write a report if needed.
• Ensure confidentiality is maintained.
• Ensuring health and safety: To ensure that all health and safety procedures are followed for the well-being of children and themselves. Conducting risk assessments of toys and equipment. Be able to write accident reports.
• To help with children’s nap times.
• To tidy up and clean toys and nursery equipment, to help setting up for lunches and tidying up too.
• Adhere to all company policies and procedures.
• Undertake any other duties as reasonable requested by the nursery team.
Qualified Nursery Practitioners – Milton Keynes
Are you positive, caring, passionate about looking after children and want to develop your skills in a nursery environment?
This role comes with a pay rate from £14.57 per hour depending on the experience and the qualification.
-Flexibility to choose your working days
-Discounted training courses
-Enhanced DBS check will be done prior to starting
-Career progression through temp to permanent opportunities
-Supportive management team- “Open Door policy”
We are committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children
and expect all staff to share this commitment. Background checks and
Enhanced Disclosure and barring checks will be done.
Essential Skills/ Qualifications:
– Childcare Qualifications: Early Years Level 2 or above
-Experience of working with in a team
-Good understanding of health and safety requirements
-Awareness of the OFSTED inspection framework
-Being able to keep yourself updated with the relevant trainings, courses and Early Years
Framework.
Desirable Skills/Qualifications:
Experience of working in a similar role
Full and relevant Early Years minimum Level 2 or above qualification
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Temporary
Part-time hours: 20-40 per week
Salary: From £14.57 per hour
Benefits:
Company events
Company pension
Employee discount
Flexitime
Sick pay
Schedule:
8 hour shift
Day shift
Flexitime
Monday to Friday
No weekends
School type:
Day nursery
Work Location: In person
Supply Nursery Assistant – Cambridge
We are currently recruiting unqualified nursery/preschool workers to join our team of Early Years Practitioners in Cambridge on a part time or full time basis..
We have temporary jobs every day in and around Cambridge.
Benefits :
Opportunity to get a permanent job without qualification or previous experience
Flexibility to choose your working days.
Full days
Holiday Pay
Pension
Refer A Friend
If you are looking to earn some extra cash alongside your current job or work flexible hours to suit your university schedule or gather experience in childcare then this is the perfect opportunity!
You will support age groups range from 3 months to 4 years old.You must be able to provide us with DBS update or undergo Enhanced DBS check, and be able to provide 2 professional references.
Immediate availability is highly beneficial.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent, Temporary contract, Temp to perm, Zero hours contract
Part-time hours: 20-40 per week
Salary: £10.08-£13.68 per hour
Benefits:
Flexitime
Referral programme
Schedule:
8 hour shift
Day shift
Flexitime
Monday to Friday
No weekends
Qualified Early Years Practitioners – Cambridge
Are you positive, caring, passionate about looking after children and want to develop your skills in a nursery environment?
This role comes with a pay rate from £14.57 per hour depending on the experience and the qualification.
-Flexibility to choose your working days
-Discounted training courses
-Enhanced DBS check will be done prior to starting
-Career progression through temp to permanent opportunities
-Supportive management team- “Open Door policy”
We are committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children
and expect all staff to share this commitment. Background checks and
Enhanced Disclosure and barring checks will be done.
Essential Skills/ Qualifications:
– Childcare Qualifications: Early Years Level 2 or above
-Experience of working with in a team
-Good understanding of health and safety requirements
-Awareness of the OFSTED inspection framework
-Being able to keep yourself updated with the relevant trainings, courses and Early Years
Framework.
Desirable Skills/Qualifications:
Experience of working in a similar role
Full and relevant Early Years minimum Level 2 or above qualification
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Temporary
Part-time hours: 20-40 per week
Salary: From £14.57 per hour
Benefits:
Company events
Company pension
Employee discount
Flexitime
Sick pay
Schedule:
8 hour shift
Day shift
Flexitime
Monday to Friday
No weekends
School type:
Day nursery
Work Location: In person
