Early Years Practitioner - Granton Primary School

Job Description

Children, Education and Justice Services

Early Years Practitioner
Granton Primary School Nursery

Salary: £28,046 - £32,010 per year (pro rata for part time hours)
Hours: 36 per week & 18 per week, 52 weeks

We currently have two posts. One post is full time (36 hours) and the other is part time (18 hours). Please indicate on your application form which option is preferred.

Granton Primary is a school in an area of multi-deprivation. We benefit from both Pupil Equity Funding and a Positive Action allocation.

We have a supportive Parent council and have developed good links with the community.

We currently operate a nursery with a capacity of up to 110 children, aged from 2 - 5 years. The nursery offers full year provision all year round (52 weeks per year).

The Senior Leadership team consists of a Head Teacher, two Depute Head Teachers, a Principal Teacher and a part time Business Manager.
We currently operate a nursery provision with a staff team of one Senior Early Years Intervention Officer, two Senior Early Years Officers, four Early Years Officers, ten Early Years Practitioners, four Early Years Assistants and a part time Clerical Worker.

Purpose of Job:

To provide a service compatible with good practice in the education and care of children and young people within the policies and systems laid down by the Council and Education Department and the Care Commission.

To work as an effective member of a Multi-Disciplinary or other Team promoting a stimulating environment which balances education and care for children and young people. Meeting children’s individual needs and those of their families, enabling everyone to achieve their potential.

Work as a team member and establish good and effective relationships with children, young people, staff and parents.

For further information please visit our website at www.edinburgh.gov.uk or to discuss the post please contact Lorraine Cusack on 0131 552 3987.

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.

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

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.

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.

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