Rewards and Benefits
Working in childcare can be rewarding in many different ways. Obviously, your salary and any financial benefits will depend on your employer. These can include all kinds of things, from on-going training, mentoring and support, and schemes to improve your work-life balance, to a company pension and private health schemes.
You can look forward to a fun and interesting career that will give you status as a role model for children and young people of all ages. You’ll be in a position to make a real difference to children in the early years of their lives and you’ll have the chance to pick up a range of new skills through professional training. Our Early Years Team will give you access to a variety of courses, from certificates in first aid to NVQs.
Many childcare jobs also allow you the flexibility to fit your career around your home life. In some cases, you can choose working hours that suit you. And, if you decide to go into childminding or nurseries or setting up for own nursery, you could start your own business, giving you the freedom to be your own boss.