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ACTUAL CLOSING DATE: Applications must be received by 1st of September, 11:55pm.
Permanent Post.
Hours: 14.8 hours per week, term time.
Work Pattern: Thursday and Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm.
Salary: £19.96 - £20.53 per hour.
View the Early Years Team Leader job profile.
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.
When completing your application, please ensure that you tell us about the following:
1. Please describe how you have worked to actively raise standards within an early years setting to deliver improvements and how have you involved others in the development of solutions and improvements
2. Please describe what management actions or approaches you recommend to resolve a performance issue within a team?
3. Please describe how you would support a child with distressed behaviours. What strategies would you use?
4. Please describe your knowledge of the early years curriculum and how you would support a team with planning for young children.
Education Resources are committed to the care and welfare of young people in a childcare environment. We are looking to recruit a Team Leader to join our existing Early Years Teams.
You will work as an enthusiastic, effective member of an early years team supporting, leading and motivating staff to nurture children and create 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 to lead and develop the service.
In addition, you will have significant experience of working within an early years environment and will be committed to on going professional development holding an:
5. SVQ3 level 3 Childcare & Education, OR
6. SVQ Level 3 Children's Care in Education and Learning, OR
7. HNC Childcare in Education, OR
8. NNEB
You will also be required to meet the registration requirements of a Practitioner with SSSC and be currently registered.
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 Roles 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.