Early Years Practitioner

Angus Council; Forfar; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

An established local authority is seeking enthusiastic early years practitioners to join their team across various childcare settings in Angus. This role offers the opportunity to deliver flexible, high-quality education and care services that meet the needs of young children and their families. As a casual worker, you will be engaged as required, providing essential support in early learning environments. With a focus on professional development and commitment to meeting essential criteria, this position is perfect for those passionate about early childhood education and looking to make a difference in their community.

Qualifications

• Must be a member of the Scottish Social Services Council or commit to gaining membership.
• Ability to join the PVG Scheme is essential.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality, stimulating education and care to young children.
• Work flexibly across various early learning and childcare settings.

Skills

Early Years Education

Childcare Management

Flexible Working

Education

Relevant Qualification in Early Years

Membership of SSSC

Job description

Job Description

Based at various locations throughout Angus.

The hourly rate includes payment for holidays. This is paid as a percentage of your hourly rate for the job and will be separately itemised on your pay slip. Successful applicants will be placed on our casual worker register and engaged to work as and when required depending on service needs.

This job is workstyle 1 - Fixed.

In this workstyle, most of your time is spent undertaking the direct delivery of front-line services work. Depending on your role, there may be a limited requirement to access a specific council location during the course of the working week if you are not delivering your service at a council location.

Angus Council currently operates the following models in their early learning and childcare settings:

1. ELC Model 1 - children's funded entitlement is 190 set days at 6 hours per day
2. ELC Model 2 - children's funded entitlement is 152 set days at 7½ hours per day
3. ELC Model 3 - children's funded entitlement is 228 set days at 5 hours per day

ELC settings in models 1 and 2 are open over term-time. ELC Model 3 is different as these settings are open for more hours every day and offer ELC over 46.6 weeks of the year.

We are seeking enthusiastic early years practitioners to work in all of our local authority early learning and childcare settings throughout Angus on an as-required basis. Availability to cover in these settings is important, as this will be required at short notice.

Working within the early level, you will deliver a flexible, high-quality, stimulating education and care-centred service which meets the needs of young children and their families.

Please note that interviews will be held - to be confirmed.

Requirements

Membership of the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) or commitment to gain registration with the SSSC in accordance with their requirements is essential.

You must have the ability to become a member of the PVG Scheme.

Please refer to the job outline and person specification for further details and requirements for this job. We will also consider applications from applicants who will complete and achieve a relevant qualification by no later than Friday 30 May 2025.

About Angus Council

In addition, please refer to the "applicant guidance" document when completing your application form and to the "welcome to Angus" document and our website https://www.angus.gov.uk/jobs_and_training/working_for_angus_council for more information about working for Angus Council.

The Individual

We offer a guaranteed job interview to the following people who meet the essential criteria on application for a job:

• Those with disabilities, recognised caring responsibilities and care experienced young people.
• This also applies to our own employees with caring responsibilities, young people on apprenticeships and placements who meet the essential criteria for the job.