Early Years Practitioner - Sighthill Early Years Centre

Job Description

Children, Education and Justice Services

Early Years Practitioner
Sighthill Early Years Centre

Salary: £26,788 - £30,751 (pro rata for part time and sessional)
Hours: 18 per week, 39 weeks sessional

Sighthill Early Learning and Childcare offers high quality learning and play experiences to children from birth to 3 years of age, where nurturing and wellbeing are at the heart of everything that we do. We work in partnership with our families to promote children’s learning and development; helping to close the attainment gap and ensure equity for all. Our setting is a very natural environment with a large outdoor area. We encourage our team to strive for high standards with support and development opportunities available at all levels.

We are now looking to recruit someone who has a very children centred approach. The hours of work are:

Monday & Tuesday, 8.00am - 2.30pm

Wednesday, 9.30am - 4.00pm

You must ensure you have an SNNB/HNC Child-Care and Education, SVQ 3 Social Services, Children and Young People before applying.

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.

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

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