Early Years Worker (Peripatetic) - Hillhead Early Years Centre - EAD09070

East Dunbartonshire Council; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A local government authority in the United Kingdom is seeking a part-time Early Years Worker. You will be responsible for providing quality early years services for children, ensuring a safe and inclusive environment. The successful candidate must have a relevant childcare qualification and excellent communication skills to collaborate effectively with team members and families.

Qualifications

• Ability to support high quality early years services.
• Understanding of local and national curriculum guidance.
• Knowledge of care standards.

Responsibilities

• Provide children with appropriate experiences and learning opportunities.
• Support a safe, caring, and inclusive environment.
• Be adaptable and collaborate with the team.

Skills

Excellent interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Ability to work as part of a team

Education

Relevant childcare qualification

Job description

Job Summary

Please note that salary will be pro-rated for part-time hours. This position is temporary.

This post is 12 hours and will be completed over 2-day week- This position will be Thursday and Friday 12pm-6pm.

You will be required to be adaptable and work as part of a team that supports the development of high quality early years services for children and families. You will provide children with a range of appropriate experiences and learning opportunities suitable for their age and stage of development. Therefore, you will have a sound working knowledge of local and national curriculum guidance and care standards. You will support the model of a safe, caring, stimulating and inclusive environment for parents and families.

You will be enthusiastic and articulate with excellent interpersonal and communication skills and have an understanding of the importance of confidentiality.

The successful candidate must possess a relevant childcare qualification as defined in the role profile.

Protecting Vulnerable Groups

East Dunbartonshire Council is committed to ensuring the safety of vulnerable people and our recruitment process is designed to support this. The preferred candidate will be required to be a member of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups Scheme.

PVG / Disclosure Scotland

The following criteria applies to all roles within East Dunbartonshire Council where PVG/Disclosure checks are essential criteria.

Where the post you are applying for is considered a Regulated Role under the Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020, successful candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check, prior to confirmation of employment being made by East Dunbartonshire Council.

Please note, successful candidates will be expected to meet the cost of the relevant check which will be deducted from the successful candidate’s first salary payment. Successful candidates who withdraw their application after the check process has started will be invoiced for the cost of the check.

In specific circumstances the payment could be deducted in instalments from an employee’s wages following commencement of employment. Approval in such circumstances will be made by the HR &OD Manager.

Should an employee leave in advance of the payment being deducted, the full amount will be deducted from the employee’s final salary.

The criteria outlined above will apply to existing employees of East Dunbartonshire Council who apply for roles for which a PVG/Disclosure check is required.

Charter of Commitment

The commitment by East Dunbartonshire Council to job applicants is as follows:

• Individuals will be treated in a polite, friendly and welcoming manner.
• Equalities monitoring will be conducted to ensure a fair and equitable process with screening being carried out to anonymise sensitive information such as age, gender and disability.
• The information that we receive will be treated in confidence and with discretion. Only the relevant HR representative/team and the relevant service will see the application form.
• We will encourage and welcome applications from applicants under the disability symbol. Where the essential criteria are met an interview will be offered to those applying under the disability symbol.
• We will be pleased to make any reasonable adjustments to ensure accessibility at the interview.
• We will advise you within reasonable time after the closing date if you have not met the interview criteria. (Normally within 4 weeks)
• We will advise you of meeting the criteria for interview normally within 3 weeks.
• We will advise you if you have been successful or unsuccessful at the interview stage as soon as practically possible.

Websites

www.hillhead.e-dunbarton.sch.uk/early-years-centre

www.eastdunbarton.gov.uk