Early Years Practitioner - ANG05769

Angus Council; Rayton; On-site; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A local education authority in Rayton is looking for a dedicated individual to join their early learning team. As part of this role, you will provide high-quality education and care, contribute to curriculum planning, and meet the needs of young children and their families. Successful candidates will need to register with the Scottish Social Services Council. This position is full-time, working Monday to Friday during term time.

Qualifications

• Ability to engage and support young children and families.
• Willingness to register with the Scottish Social Services Council.
• Ability to become a member of the PVG Scheme.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a flexible, high-quality education and care service.
• Contribute to planning and implementing curricular programmes.
• Work collaboratively as an effective team member.

Job description

Job Description

Based in the ELC setting at Strathmore Primary School, St James Road, Forfar. (ELC Model 1)

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:

• ELC Model 1 – children’s funded entitlement is 190 set days at 6 hours per day
• ELC Model 2 – children’s funded entitlement is 152 set days at 7½ hours per day
• ELC Model 3 – children’s funded entitlement is 228 set days at 5 hours per day

You will also have weekly planning and preparation time, and agreed collegiate time, in addition to the “child contact” hours outlined above.

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 are only closed to children for two weeks over the Christmas/New Year period, three weeks in July/August and a further three public holidays and five in-service days. Therefore, they are offering ELC over 46.6 weeks of the year. This also means staff can use their annual leave and non-working time in a different way to staff working term-time. Whilst some of the leave will be decided in advance (i.e. when the setting is closed), staff working in these settings will also be able to apply for additional time off while the setting is open.

Working 36.25 hours per week, you will work 195 days per year, Monday to Friday, term time working.

Working as an effective member of an early level team, you will deliver a flexible, high quality, stimulating education and care-centred service which meets the needs of young children and their families. You will contribute to the planning and implementation of the curricular programme, which meets the need of the individual child in line with national and local policies and guidelines and quality assurance procedures.

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

Please note interviews will be held week commencing Monday, 20 October 2025.

Requirements

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

Please refer to job outline and person specification for further details and requirements for this job.

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, care experienced young people and ex-armed forces personnel. This also applies to our own employees with caring responsibilities, young people on apprenticeships and placements who meet the essential criteria for the job.