Early Years Officer - Flora Stevenson Primary School

Early Year Officer - Contract type - Fixed Term until 22/01/2027
Flora Stevenson Primary School (Part Time)

Hours - 13.50 per week
Salary: £33,287-£39,129

Thursday 8:00am to 16:00pm & Friday 8:00am to 14:00pm

Purpose of Job

To provide a service compatible with good practice in the education and care of young children and young people within the polices and systems laid down by the Council, the Children and Families department, Care Inspectorate and the SSSC codes of practice.

The age of children to whom services are delivered will depend on the establishment but may cover children from 0-8 years old.

The principles of the Getting It Right for Every Child (GIRFEC) programme will underpin the post holder's work e.g. putting the child at the centre; keeping the child safe; taking the whole child approach; working in partnership with families; co-ordinating help from across services and other professionals. Work as a team member and establish good and effective relationships with children, young people, staff and parents.

Major Tasks

Act as 'Key Worker' for a group of children and in partnership with their families/carers to provide a service, in consultation with other staff/agencies

Assess and review the needs of individual children using agreed criteria to set objectives for each child. Develop appropriate plans as required. E.g. Care plan, Personal Learning Plans, Individual Education Plans, etc

Work as part of a team to plan and manage the workload. Input to the development and implementation of an appropriate curriculum in response to the requirements of the Birth to Three Framework and Curriculum for Excellence.

Support parents and carers in their parenting role and assist in the development of skills needed to ensure positive outcomes for children.

This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we're bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

To help achieve this, we're changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours - The City of Edinburgh Council

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

Happy to talk flexible working.

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