Modern Apprentice - Early Years Practitioner - City Wide

Job Description

Children, Education and Justice Services

Modern Apprentice – Early Years Practitioner - fixed term until 29/6/2027
City Wide.  10 posts.

Salary: £24,909 - £25,116 per year (pro rata for sessional)
Hours: 36 per week, 39 weeks sessional

Achieving an SVQ3 (SCQF Level 7) – Social Services (Children and Young People)

Please only apply if you have:

• Left school in the years 2022, 2023, 2024 or 2025 or
• you are currently on a City of Edinburgh Council employability training programme or
• you are aged up to 29 years of age with a disability or
• you are aged up to 29 years of age and Care Experienced/a Care Leaver

Play is evident in Scottish education policy and curriculum guidance. In June 2023, the Scottish Government published the first National Strategy for Play, which is defined as follows:

“Play encompasses children’s behaviour which is freely chosen, personally directed and intrinsically motivated. It is performed for no external goal or reward and is a fundamental and integral part of healthy development which seeks to improve play experiences for all children.”

The above has been taken from Play Strategy for Scotland: Our Vision, Scottish Government, 2013, cited in Realising the Ambition page 45.

The Council is committed to assisting people within the local area by providing the opportunity to gain skills and knowledge in the world of work through our Modern Apprenticeship Programme.

To learn more about this opportunity and careers in early learning and childcare visit our website:
http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/info/20010/jobs_training_and_volunteering/1730/careers_in_childcare-banner

The Post is open to applicants who have left High School in the last three years or are aged up to 29 with a disability or are care experienced. We particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups and those who have successfully completed the Foundation Apprenticeship in Social Services Children and Young People.

Please note that MA Work placements will be anywhere within the City of Edinburgh Council geographical area.

Interviews will take place end April 2025

Anticipated start date for successful candidates: 11 August 2025

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.

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.

Requirements

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.

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included anAs 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.d 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.

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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