EDUC 1400 - Early Years Practitioner - Area Cover / Clydesdale

South Lanarkshire; Scotland; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking local council as an Early Years Practitioner, where you will play a vital role in nurturing and supporting young children. This position offers a chance to work collaboratively with a dedicated team, contributing to high-quality early years provision that meets the needs of children and their families. You will be responsible for creating engaging learning opportunities and implementing effective strategies to support children's development. With a commitment to professional growth and a supportive work environment, this role is perfect for passionate educators looking to make a difference in the lives of young learners.

Benefits

Local government pension scheme

Up to 33 days annual leave

Public holiday entitlement

Flexible working policies

Employee discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in early years environment is essential.
• Commitment to ongoing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Support and nurture children in an early years setting.
• Create stimulating learning opportunities for young children.

Skills

Communication with children

Team collaboration

Child behavior management

Education

NNEB

HNC

SVQ 3 Children's Care Learning & Development

BA Early Learning and Childcare

Job description

Permanent Early Years Practitioner - Area Cover.

Hours: 37 hours per week.

Work Pattern: Monday - Friday shifts between 8am - 6pm.

When completing your application, please ensure that you tell us about the following:

• Please describe your previous experience of actively contributing to the planning and co-ordination of programmes of learning in an Early Years Establishment.
• What skills, abilities and experience do you have that would enable you to effectively communicate with children, parents/carers and team members and outside agencies?
• Please describe a time you worked as part of a team. What role did you have and what would you do differently in the future?
• Please describe how you would support a child with distressed behaviours. What strategies would you use?

Please note we do not accept CVs, any submitted will be disregarded. If you require to submit additional information to support your application, please upload this under supporting documents.

Education Resources are committed to the care and welfare of young people in a childcare environment and are looking to recruit an Early Years Practitioner.

You will work as an enthusiastic, effective member of an early years team supporting, nurturing children and creating stimulating learning opportunities that deliver a high quality child centred early years provision which meets the needs of our youngest children and their families. You will be an innovative educator who will work in partnership with others.

In addition, you will have experience of working within an early years environment and will be committed to ongoing professional development and be in possession of at least one of the following qualifications; NNEB, HNC, SVQ 3 Children’s Care Learning & Development or SVQ 3 Early Years Care & Education, BA Early Learning and Childcare (Graduate Apprentice).

You will also be required to meet the registration requirements of a Practitioner with SSSC.

Please Apply online -All correspondence will be via your email address.

Legislative Information

This post is excepted in terms of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 2003.

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

Preferred candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check, prior to a formal offer of employment being made.

Candidates should be able to detail any gaps in employment and provide a foreign police check where applicable for any periods living or working abroad.

Delivering a Fairer Future

Under the Council’s positive action programme, applications to this post are particularly encouraged from Male applicants.

Equal Opportunitiesand Armed Forces Community Covenant

South Lanarkshire Council is an Equal Opportunities employer and encourages applications from all members of the community.As a user of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum competency/behaviour requirements for the position.

South Lanarkshire Council is committed to providing support to members of the armed forces, veterans and their families which is set out in the Armed Forces Community Covenant. Veterans are guaranteed an interview who meet the minimum requirements for the position.

As an employee of South Lanarkshire Council you would also receive a wide range of benefits including:

• Enrolment in award winning local government pension scheme
• Up to 33 days annual leave which will be calculated into hours on commencement of the role
• Public holiday entitlement (up to 10 days)
• Family friendly policies - flexible working and leave, maternity/paternity leave, enhanced leave.
• Employee Discounts – including discounts at the cinema.

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