The Department of Education (DfE) are seeking Early Years (EYFS) practitioners with at least 3 years’ experience or a level 6 qualification to apply for funded support roles to assist EYFS providers in your local area.

Early Years Covid-19 Recovery: Experts and Mentors programme will support early years practitioners, leaders and whole-settings through bespoke support to be delivered both in the setting face-to-face and virtually.

The offer to settings will include leadership support, coaching for leaders, mentoring for practitioners and whole-setting support depending on needs.

Apply by 21st March 2022
The DfE are now looking for candidates to take part in the full programme roll-out, commencing on a national scale, in September 2022 (covering academic years 2022/23 and 2023/24).

Experienced early years professionals are invited to apply for the roles of Area Lead, Expert or Mentor.

A link to the application forms and more details can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/apply-for-a-role-in-the-early-years-covid-19-recovery-experts-and-mentors-programme

Full information on the experience required, responsibilities and funding associated with each of these roles is provided in each of the expression of interest application forms.

For enquires and to submit your expression of interest form to please message eoi.EYRECOVERY@education.gov.uk by midday Monday 21 March 2022.

The Experts and Mentors pilot programme is currently taking place in two Regional Schools Commissioners (RSC) regions – Lancashire and West Yorkshire and the North of England, from April to July 2022. The application process for the pilot programme is now closed, and successful candidates have been notified and are participating in training, ready to begin support in April 2022.