Early Years Family Learning Practitioner, Based at Kinross Primary School

Job Description

Early Years Family Learning Practitioner - PKC11685
£28,249 - £30,351 (Whole Year working)
Based at Kinross Primary School

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full-time (36 hour), full year, Early Years Family Learning Practitioner to take on the role of family learning and parental engagement within the Kinross community. This post is based at Kinross Primary School and will also cover other settings in the Kinross ELC community.

The earliest years of life are crucial to a child’s development and have a lasting impact on outcomes in health, education and employment opportunities later in life.

Perth & Kinross aim to ensure that all families have access to high quality family learning within the early years which ensures that parents/carer can support their children and equip them to grow up healthy, happy, attaining and achieving.

Family learning encourages family members to learn together, with a focus on intergenerational learning. Family learning activities can also be specifically designed to enable parents to learn how to support their children’s learning.

The successful candidate will have a creative way to develop positive relationships with families through organising a range of family learning opportunities in the local community.

These may include:

- Peep Learning Together Programme.

- Eat Well Play Well.

- Bookbug.

- Incredible Years.

- Peep Progression Pathway.

- Love Learning About Money Together.

- Play on Pedals.

The successful candidate will work directly with parents and families (collectively and individually), to ensure parents/carers can support their children's learning and development at home.

It is anticipated that interviews for this post will be held week beginning 17 or 24 June 2024.

Requirements

You should hold an appropriate qualification e.g. SNNEB, NNEB, HNC, SCQF level 7 equivalent or SVQ 3 in Childcare and Education or SVQ 3 Social Services (Children and Young People). 

Responsibilities

Perth & Kinross Council Values and Behaviours

At PKC our values and behaviours influence our work and support us in the delivery of the Perth and Kinross Offer.  In your application, and should you be invited to interview, you will be asked to describe situations that support the criteria required in the role and which also demonstrate our values and behaviours.  Find out more about PKC and you could soon be joining our team!

The Individual

The successful candidate will have a genuine interest and commitment to working with families in a professional capacity.

The successful candidate must have:

• Previous experience supporting families in an ELC setting, as well as having an understating of national and local policies and frameworks to develop this work further.

• Experience and skills in working with parents, young people or children.

• Experience in assisting in the engagement, development and delivery of community based learning (organising groups and delivering learning programmes).

• A commitment to working towards the concept of inclusion.

• IT and computer skills.

• Interpersonal skills with the ability to listen and communicate effectively with others

• Experience of effective team working.

• A flexible approach and be able to work at various times, locations and situations.

• A current driving licence and have access to a vehicle, as this post requires you to travel to a variety of locations across Perth and Kinross.

• Experience and skills in group work.

• Previous training in Peep Learning Together, Solihull Approach – Foundation, however not essential as training can be provided.

• An understanding of the importance of play

If you would like any more information regarding this vacancy, please contact Rhona Cameron, Team Leader on 01738 454245.

When completing your application for this post, please ensure that you provide contact details (including e-mail addresses) for two referees. One should be your current or most recent employer.

Please APPLY ONLINE. Facilities are available at all public libraries in Perth and Kinross. If you have a disability and require reasonable adjustments, please call 01738 475555 to discuss.

As part of our safer recruitment measures, any offer of employment will be subject to the successful completion of mandatory checks including eligibility to work in the UK, Disclosure Scotland or PVG, qualifications, references, and fitness to undertake the post. This may also include an Overseas Criminal Records Check if you have spent time living overseas.

A healthy work life balance is important to Perth & Kinross Council and we provide supportive management and flexible working arrangements to help you achieve a healthy work life balance. You will have access to training and support for continued professional development.

Some jobs may have been traditionally carried out predominately by one gender, but we would encourage you to apply if you meet the requirements, irrespective of your gender.

Perth & Kinross 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.

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What we can do for you

If you are successful in a role with Perth & Kinross Council, you will have access to a range of benefits to help your physical, mental and financial wellbeing.