Graduate Apprenticeship - Early Learning and Childcare

Who are we?

Puddle Lane is an inspiring Early Learning and Childcare Centre for children aged 0-5 years. We are situated within Hillington Park on the edge of Glasgow near Braehead shopping Centre. Puddle Lane is part of Kibble, a Charitable Social Enterprise who prides itself on having over 160 years of experience working with children and young people. Puddle Lane is growing, and we are looking for an enthusiastic, fun loving and caring individual to grow with us.

Job Purpose:

We are looking to invest in a someone who sees Early Learning and Child Care as their chosen career and we will support you throughout your studies with our partner, the University of the West of Scotland (UWS) to achieve a BA in Early Learning and Childcare. The successful candidate will have a fantastic opportunity to gain the right qualifications and experience to have a full career within the Early Learning and Childcare sector. As well as supporting you through your studies, you will also be part of a growing team of practitioners who create an amazing experience for our children using pedagogical approaches in play.

Your appointment will be for the duration of your Graduate Apprenticeship

Main Duties:

You will have the opportunity to:

• Learn, understand, and put into practice the national guidelines for Early Years in line with the Scottish Early Years Framework.
• Apply your study in practice every day by nurturing children’s health and wellbeing as they learn and develop.
• Be part of a team who provide a holistic early childhood curriculum in line with the Curriculum for Excellence and person achievement in play.
• Helping children’s social and emotional development through games, stories, music and art activities to make learning fun and to help grown their confidence in line with the curriculum for excellence.
• Monitoring and assessing each child’s progress and achievements.
• Working with other supporting agencies to provide the best possible experience for the children.

Minimum Criteria – The successful candidate should:

• Meet the minimum criteria for admission on the BA Early Learning and Childcare at UWS.
• Are committed to completing the GA as part of their terms of employment.

What do we offer?

Competitive salary, pension, holidays (up to 40 days per year) and employee benefits including cash4health, employee assistance programme, free parking, free meals, gym membership plus access to onsite gym and swimming pool.

Notes:

1. This job outline reflects the main tasks and responsibilities discharged by the postholder at the present time, however, Kibble reserves the right to alter or amend the content of this job outline to reflect changes to the job or services provided, while maintaining the overall character and level of responsibility for the post.
2. Notwithstanding any information or statement described within this job outline, all duties must be carried out in a way that promotes equality of opportunity, dignity and respect for all individuals and which is consistent with Kibble’s stated policy on equal opportunities.
3. The successful candidate will be required to become a member of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups Scheme (PVG Scheme). Having previous convictions will not automatically disbar you from working at Kibble (with the exception of offences against children or other vulnerable groups) and every case is taken on an individual basis.
4. To support the application decisions process we may be required to share information with our partner university, when completing this process, you are consenting to this sharing of information.