INTERNAL APPLICANTS MUST APPLY VIA OPPORTUNITY MARKETPLACE AND COMPLETE THEIR SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS EITHER VIA THE ME TAB ON FUSION PRIOR TO STARTING THE APPLICATION FORM OR BY CLICKING ON THE LINK AS PART OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS IN THE SECTION OF THE FORM TITLED “REVIEW SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS”.
ACTUAL CLOSING DATE: Applications must be received by 11th of September, 11:55pm.
Temporary Post.
Hours: 37 hours per week, not term time.
Work Pattern: Monday - Friday shifts between 8am - 6pm.
Salary: £17.72 - £18.21 per hour.
View the Early Years Practitioner job profile.
When completing your application, please ensure that you tell us about the following:
1. Please describe your previous experience of actively contributing to the planning and co-ordination of programmes of learning in an Early Years Establishment.
2. What skills, abilities and experience do you have that would enable you to effectively communicate with children, parents/carers and team members and outside agencies?
3. 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?
4. Please describe how you would support a child with distressed behaviours. What strategies would you use?
Please note we do not accept CVs, any submitted will be disregarded. If you require to submit additional information to support your application, please upload this under supporting documents.
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.
In addition, you will have experience of working within an early years environment and will be committed to ongoing professional development and be in possession of 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).
You will also be required to meet the registration requirements of a Practitioner with SSSC.
Please Apply online - All correspondence will be via your email address.
Preferred candidates
Preferred candidates identified after the selection event process will be required to assist the recruitment team, if need be, to ensure timely completion of recruitment checks. If recruitment checks are not completed within a reasonable timescale you may automatically be withdrawn from this position.
Canvassing of Elected Members or employees of South Lanarkshire's Council directly or indirectly in connection with any appointment within the Council shall disqualify the applicant.
Legislative Information
This post is excepted in terms of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions) Order .
This post is considered Regulated Work with Children and/or adults, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act,. Therefore, it is an offence to apply if you are barred from working with children and/or adults.