Community Early Years Practitioner (22.5 hrs), Alness

Job Description

Post Title: Community Early Years Practitioner
Location: Osprey House, Alness
Hours: 22.5 hours per week
Duration: Permanent
Salary: £20,954 - £23,236 p.a.

Salary placing will normally be at the first point of the scale.

Contact Person: Siobhan Taylor Tel: 01349 886520 or Email: siobhan.taylor@highland.gov.uk

Job Purpose:

• Family Teams deliver universal and additional health, social care
  and child protection services for children in the context of the
  Highland Practice Model. Teams are multi-disciplinary with an
  ethos of collaborative practice – within the team and with
  children, young people, parents and carers. The teams work in
  communities with partner services within associated school
  groups and across the Highland area. The work of the team is
  directed and supervised by Practice Leads in related areas of
  work, Early Years, School Years and Care & Protection.
• As a key member of the Integrated Team, the Early Years
  Practitioner will report to the Practice Lead for Early Years. The
  practitioner works to support plans for children with an emphasis
  on the promotion of positive relationships between children and
  their carers.

Please APPLY ONLINE. If you are unable to apply online and you wish to request an offline application pack, please contact HR Transactions, Tel: 01955 608279 (24 hour voicemail) or email: Recruitment.Enquiries@highland.gov.uk quoting the post reference number above.

Please find the Job Description below.

The Highland Council understands that diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity and being fair and inclusive. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds, representative of the communities we serve and particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be under-represented in our workforce.

As a disability confident employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria requirements for the post.

Shortlisted applicants will normally be contacted by email, unless otherwise stated. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.

Requirements

• HNC - EYCE / SVQ III - CCLD or equivalent award.
• An awareness of current legislation, policy and practice in children’s services.
• Be expected to travel efficiently and effectively between various work locations within Highland to meet the operational requirements of the service

This position is classified as a regulated role. As such, an Overseas Criminal Record Check may be required depending on your nationality and recent residency history. Specifically, this check will be necessary if you do not meet both of the following criteria:

• You must be a national of the United Kingdom or one of the following countries: Germany, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Hungary, Greece, France, Ireland, Italy, Spain, or Poland.
• You must not have lived or worked in any country outside of the UK or those listed above for a period of three months or more, while aged 18 years or over, within the past five years.

Please note that it is your responsibility to obtain the Overseas Criminal Record Check, and you will be required to cover any associated costs.