Early Years Practitioner - Quarryhill School

Aberdeen City Council; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading organization as a nursery team member at Quarryhill School, providing high-quality childcare while supporting children's well-being. Ideal candidates should possess relevant qualifications and have a genuine interest in delivering positive outcomes for children and their families.

Benefits

Disability Confident Employer

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Registration with or eligibility to register with SSSC.
• PVG Membership for Regulated work with Children or willingness to obtain.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a high-quality early learning and childcare service.
• Assess children’s development and plan to extend their learning.
• Communicate effectively with children, parents, and colleagues.

Skills

Ability to relate to children

Ability to communicate effectively

Good observational skills

Education

HNC Early Education and Childcare / S/NVQ Level 3 Children’s Care and Development NNEB or equivalent

Job description

Rate: £16.64 - £18.70 per hour dependent on experience

Location:Quarryhill School
Duration:Fixed Term, 30 hours

Roles that require PVG Membership

Please note that with effect from 1 April 2023, where a role requires PVG membership, candidates will be required to meet the cost of the PVG membership. This applies only to roles with a full time equivalent salary of £30,000 and above. (Teaching roles and jobs at Grade 11 and above (currently £30,285 per annum / £16.64 per hour)

The Council will pay for the PVG membership cost initially, either £18 for existing PVG scheme members, or £59 for non-members, and this cost will be deducted from an employee’s first FULL month’s salary payment.

About the role:
To work as an effective member of the nursery team, to deliver a flexible, high quality early learning and childcare service in order to meet the individual needs of children and their families ensuring their wellbeing and improving the outcomes for children and their families.

Requirements

• HNC Early Education and Childcare /S/NVQ Level 3 Children’s Care and Development NNEB or equivalent
• Registration with or eligibility to register with SSSC
• PVG Membership for Regulated work with Children and/or Protected Adults or willingness to obtain prior to a formal offer of employment being made

Responsibilities

• Ability to relate to children, parents, carers and other professional colleagues.
• Ability to assess children’s development and to plan to extend their learning in a way that motivates children.
• Ability to communicate effectively. This will include non verbal, verbal and written forms of communication.
• A good observer and listener.

The Individual

Please see the Job Profile for further details.

We are happy to talkflexible workingand offerflexible workingfor most roles in the organisation meaning that many of our employees enjoy the freedom of choosing a working pattern that suits them as much as it suits the organisation.

Disability Confident

We are a Disability Confident Employer. If you consider yourself to have a disability and think you may require a reasonable adjustment to be made for this part of the selection process, or would like further information in relation to reasonable adjustments, please [e-mail] .

We are a forces-friendly employer, have signed theArmed ForcesCovenant and are a gold award recipient in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme. We have a specific email address for those in the forces, those who have left the forces, as well as their partners / spouses / families:[e-mail] . We are able to answer questions about jobs and our application / selection process, as well as about our employee support provisions.

We have a number of guaranteed interview schemes available to applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role they are applying for who:

• have a disability as defined by theEquality Act2010 (all jobs)
• looked after young people, those that are in continuing care or are a care leaver up to the age of 29 (all jobs)
• are aged 16-24 and live in Aberdeen City or have been to an Aberdeen City Council school and are applying for a Modern Apprenticeship (except Trades apprenticeships)
• have done a Foundation Apprenticeship with Aberdeen City Council and are applying for any apprenticeships relevant to the area in which they did their Foundation Apprenticeship
• are New Scots aged 16-24 and are applying for any apprenticeships

Please note that eligibility to work in the UK is dependent on legal status and all applicants must have the right to live and work in the UK.