Early Years Practitioner - NAY18018

North Ayrshire Council; Saltcoats; Presencial; CAD 39.000 - 47.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

North Ayrshire Council is seeking an Early Years Assistant based at Caledonia Primary School to support high-quality education and care for young children and their families. Reporting to the Head Teacher, you will assist with daily activities, supervision, and creating a safe, welcoming learning environment.

PVG clearance for working with children is required. Candidates will be considered for in-person or Teams interviews, with consideration given to flexible working patterns and the council's

Descripción del empleo

This site operates from 8am to 6pm Monday to Friday. Initial working pattern for this post is 8am - 6pm Monday to Thursday.

We may conduct our interviews in person or using Microsoft Teams for video calling. All you need is a device with a camera and access to the internet. We will provide guidance and instructions on how to use this method if your interview is being held virtually.

This post is based within Caledonia Primary School Early Years Class. Reporting to the Head Teacher, you will assist in the provision of a quality education and care service for young children and their families.

For more details see the attached Role Profile below.

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Staff Values & Behaviours

North Ayrshire Council uses behavioural based approach throughout the recruitment process. Our staff values of Focus, Passion & Inspiration will be explored for this vacancy.

Further information on our Staff Values and how to complete behaviour based application form questions is available on the

Staff values and behaviours (north-ayrshire.gov.uk).

Additional Information

References

For your information if this post requires references you will be notified of further details if you are successful in gaining an interview. Not providing relevant references when requested may delay the outcome of the interview process.

PVG (Children)

This post is considered Regulated Work with Children, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act, 2007. Therefore, it is an offence to apply if you are barred from working with children.

Preferred candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check, prior to confirmation of employment being made by North Ayrshire Council. Please note, successful candidates will be expected to meet the cost of the relevant PVG check (£59 or £18), which will be deducted from your salary following commencement of employment.

Please note if you are the successful candidate your name and email address will be entered into the Disclosure Scotland PVG system to generate your PVG form which will be issued to your email with an enclosed link to complete.

Our Workstyles

As an employer of choice, North Ayrshire Council has identified four different Workstyles. Each post in the council has been allocated one of these styles:

In Building – More than 90% of time spent primarily at a single base or location.

This post has been allocated the workstyle: In Building

Use of AI in Applications

Applicants may use AI tools to

assist

with drafting or refining their application. However, AI should only be used to enhance an application and must not replace personal experience or be used to generate content

wholly on

the applicant’s behalf. Where it is

identified

that AI has been used to create an application in full or to falsify responses, th