Early Years Assistant - NAY17634

Allscreens Nationwide Ltd; Glengarnock; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

North Ayrshire Council is seeking an Early Years assistant based at Garnock Community Campus. Reporting to the Head Teacher, you will assist in meeting the educational, care and welfare needs of early years children.

Interviews may be in person or via Microsoft Teams; a PVG disclosure is required for regulated work with children, with the council covering and deducting the fee where applicable. The post uses one of the council’s defined workstyles; further details are in the attached role

Qualifications

• PVG (Children) disclosure is required for regulated work with children.
• Preferred candidates will be asked to join PVG Scheme or update checks, cost recoverable from salary.

Responsibilities

• Assist in meeting the educational, care and welfare needs of early years children under the direction of the Head Teacher.
• Report to the Head Teacher and support classroom activities within Garnock Community Campus Early Years Class.

Job description

his site operates from 9am to 3.30pm. Initial working pattern is between the hours 11.30am - 2.30pm Monday to Friday.

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 Garnock Community Campus Early Years Class. Reporting to the Head Teacher, you will assist in meeting the educational, care and welfare needs of early years children. 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)

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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. For further information on the PVG Scheme please visit

https://www.mygov.scot/organisations/disclosure-scotland/

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For further details on North Ayrshire Council’s policy please visit

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

More information on our workstyles can be found in our HR Guide -

Workstyles (north-ayrshire.gov.uk). If you have any questions on the allocated Workstyle for this post, please ask at interview.

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, this will be taken into account within the scoring, and your application may not be progressed.