Early Years Practitioner

Overview

Education Resources are committed to the care and welfare of young people in a childcare environment and are looking to recruit an Early Years Practitioner. You will work as an enthusiastic, effective member of an early years team supporting, nurturing children and creating stimulating learning opportunities that deliver a high quality child centred early years provision which meets the needs of our youngest children and their families.

You will be an innovative educator who will work in partnership with others.

Temporary post up to one year.

Location:

Wooddean ELC.

Hours:

37 hours per week, not term time. Work Pattern:
Monday - Friday shifts between 8am - 6pm. Hourly Rate: £17.72 - £18.21 per hour. ACTUAL CLOSING DATE:
Applications must be received by 21st of January 2026, 11:55pm.

Internal applicants MUST apply via Opportunity Marketplace. Please complete your SKILLS and QUALIFICATIONS via the "Me" tab/tile on Fusion or by clicking on the application link in the section of the application form titled "REVIEW SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS".

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

You will be part of an early years team delivering high quality learning opportunities and meeting the needs of our youngest learners and their families. This includes ongoing professional development and working in partnership with others.

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

View the Early Years Practitioner job profile. If you require to submit any further additional information to support your application (not a CV), please upload this under supporting documents. Please Apply online - All correspondence will be via your email address.

This post is excepted in terms of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 2003. This post is considered Regulated Work with Children and/or adults, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act, 2007. It is an offence to apply if you are barred from working with children and/or adults. Preferred candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check, prior to a formal offer of employment being made.

An Overseas Criminal Records Check is required where applicants were born outside the UK or have lived/worked outside the UK in the past 10 years. Applicants are responsible for providing evidence of the Overseas Criminal Record Check, translated into English and issued by the relevant authorities.

We are an Equal Opportunities employer and encourage applications from all members of the community. We are a Disability Confident Scheme Employer and guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria of the person specification. South Lanarkshire Council is committed to providing support to members of the armed forces, veterans and their families which is set out in the Armed Forces Community Covenant.

Veterans & Service leavers are guaranteed an interview who meet the essential criteria of the person specification.

Delivering a Fairer Future:
Under the Council's positive action programme, applications to this post are particularly encouraged from Male applicants.

• Enrolment in award winning local government pension scheme
• Local Government Employees can opt to join the Salary Sacrifice Shared Cost AVC scheme
• Up to 33 days annual leave;
  Public holiday entitlement
• Occupational sick pay;
  Family friendly policies
• Employee Discounts;
  Cycle to Work Scheme;
  Physiotherapy;
  Employee Assistance Program

PLEASE NOTE WE DO NOT ACCEPT CVS IN PLACE OF THE APPLICATION FORM. To be considered for this vacancy you must complete the application form. All CV submissions will be disregarded.