Early Years Practitioner

Early Years Practitioner – Machanhill Primary Nursery Class, South Lanarkshire, Scotland

• Location:
  
  Machanhill Primary Nursery Class
• Hours:
  
  18.5 hrs per week, term time (Monday, Tuesday and alternate Wednesdays 8:30am-4:30pm)
• Hourly Rate: £17.72 – £18.21 per hour
• Closing Date: 21st January 2025, 11:55pm

Internal applicants must apply via Opportunity Marketplace and complete your skills and qualifications in the specified section of the application form.

• Please describe your previous experience of actively contributing to the planning and coordination of programmes of learning in an Early Years Establishment.
• What skills, abilities and experience do you have that would enable you to communicate effectively with children, parents/carers, team members and outside agencies?
• Please describe a time you worked as part of a team. What role did you have and what would you do differently in the future?
• Please describe how you would support a child with distressed behaviours and the strategies you would use.

You will work as an enthusiastic, effective member of an early years team supporting, nurturing children and creating stimulating learning opportunities. You will deliver a high quality child‑centred provision that meets the needs of our youngest children and their families, and you will work in partnership with others as an innovative educator.

• Experience working within an early years environment.
• Demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional development.
• Possession of at least one of the following qualifications: NNEB, HNC, SVQ 3 Children’s Care Learning & Development, SVQ 3 Early Years Care & Education, BA Early Learning and Childcare (Graduate Apprentice).
• Meeting the registration requirements of a Practitioner with the SSSC.

South Lanarkshire Council is a committed Equal Opportunities employer and a Disability Confident Scheme Employer. Veterans and Service leavers who meet the essential criteria of the person specification will be guaranteed an interview.

All applications are subject to a Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act requirement. A criminal records check is required for all applicants.