Modern Apprenticeship – Early Years Education & Childcare Officer - (Temp/Full Time) - ER/Various

Job Description

Modern Apprenticeship – Early Years Education & Childcare Officer

 

Modern Apprenticeships offer paid employment combined with relevant on the job learning, leading to a nationally recognised qualification.

 

As part of Inverclyde Council’s ‘Inverclyde Works’ recruitment and training drive, we are inviting applications for our Modern Apprenticeship (MA) Programme for Inverclyde residents aged 16 – 24 years, who have a keen interest in working with young children in local nurseries. (The age range increases to up to 29 years for Inverclyde residents who have a disability and/or are care experienced*).

 

Successful applicants will be employed on a fixed term 18-month contract, working 37 hours per week, and will work towards attainment of an SCQF Level 7 Social Services Children and Young People (SVQ Level 3) qualification. The successful candidate will be expected to comply with all health and safety and child protection procedures and will be required to meet the deadlines set for qualification portfolio completion. Apprentices will be paid the Real Living Wage with a current annual salary of £25,877.

 

Applicants must have National 4 Maths (or equivalent) and 2 National 5 qualifications (or equivalent) at Grade C or above, one of which must be English, or have completed a relevant Foundation Apprenticeship. There will also be a requirement to complete a written exercise prior to interview stage.

 

Throughout the apprenticeship, you must be willing to commit to meeting agreed timescales and targets in relation to attaining the SCQF Level 7 qualification within 18 months.

 

Successful candidates will need to be able to demonstrate:

• Confidence in written and verbal communication.
• Ability to work well within a team.
• Ability to use computers.
• Ability to plan and organise workload efficiently and effectively.
• Ability to demonstrate personal accountability.
• Ability to be flexible in approach to work.

 

These posts require a successful Disclosure Scotland check via the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme. Successful candidates will be required to register with Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC).

 

*Care Experienced means you are, or were in the past, formally looked after by a local authority in the family home (with support from social services or a social worker) or elsewhere, for example in foster care, residential/secure care, or kinship care (with family friends or relatives).

 

Apply on-line at https://www.myjobscotland.gov.uk/councils/inverclyde-council/jobs

Or from https://www.inverclyde.gov.uk/business-and-trade/employability-skills/modern-apprenticeships

 

Whether applying via the on-line application form, or by e-mailing your completed word version of the form, all applications must be received by the closing date of Sunday 06th September 2026.

Inverclyde Council offers a wide range of benefits to employees including flexible working opportunities, attractive pension schemes, a Buy and Bank Annual Leave Scheme, career development and health and wellbeing support.

You can find out more in our Employee Benefits Booklet which is available on our website Employee Benefits - Inverclyde Council

 

Important Applicant Information:

 

• Please read the Essential Applicant Information details prior to submitting your application.

 

• Please note that if you apply via this website it is important that you regularly check your emails following your application submission. All further communication regarding your application, including any invite to interview and, if relevant, details of any formal offer/contract, will be done by email. You should ensure that your email is set up to receive emails from MYJOBSCOTLAND and Inverclyde Council, and that they are not filtered into any JUNK/SPAM folders.

 

• Inverclyde Council is an accredited Living Wage Employer paying the Living Wage Rate where required. Please click the link to `Essential Applicant Information’ above for more information.

 

• Inverclyde Council is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcomes applications from all members of the community.

 

• Applicants must have the right to work in the UK as we do not hold a sponsorship license.

 

Vetting by Disclosure Scotland

If you work in regulated work (children and/or protected adults) you will be subject to obtaining a satisfactory PVG. A small number of posts require a Standard or Basic Disclosure check and the majority of all other posts will complete a Criminal Convictions Form. All disclosure checks are obtained via Disclosure Scotland. If you are the successful candidate you will be required to pay the cost of the disclosure check required for your post.

 

Regulatory Bodies

If your post requires registration with a Regulatory Body such as HCPC or SSSC etc., you are required to obtain and maintain registration including paying any fees for HCPC. As part of the local government pay deal, local authority staff are no longer required to pay SSSC fees.

 

Further Assistance

Alternative application packs can be requested in other formats for example, Large Print, Braille and Audio. To request an alternative application pack or require further assistance to attend and/or participate in an interview, please contact the HR Recruitment Team on 01475 712740 or email Human Resources at: Human.Resources@inverclyde.gov.uk.

Armed Forces Personnel/Reservists

Inverclyde Council welcomes applications from former armed forces personnel / reservists. Many of the skills picked up during your military career could be transferred directly into a role with local government.

 

Disability Confident

We are a Disability Confident Leader and offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who consider themselves to be disabled and who meet the essential criteria for the job.

 

Flexible Working

Inverclyde Council recognises the mutual benefits of having a flexible, effective workforce to deliver the best services to our community, whilst enabling employees to balance their personal, home and work responsibilities more effectively, with a view to achieving greater job satisfaction, motivation, morale and productivity.

Employees are able to apply for a range of options including Part-Time Working, Job share, Compressed Hours, Homeworker, Hybrid Working and Flexible Retirement. More detail can be found in the Flexible Working Policy, linked in the download section of our Employee Benefits web page.