Early Level Support Teacher - EAD08417

Please note that salary will be pro-rated for part-time hours.

Work pattern - 14 hours per week on a Thursday and Friday.

This is a very exciting time in East Dunbartonshire Council. We have developed our Early Learning and Childcare Services to meet parents and family’s needs in line with the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act and The National Standard to deliver 1140 funded hours with quality at the heart, supporting our youngest children to achieve their full potential.

You will work within a team of Early Level Support Teachers, part of the wider Early Years Team, both within your assigned locality and across the authority to support practitioners within Early Years Centres and Early Level primary. You will promote learning and teaching of the highest quality to maximise the attainment of all children.

You will provide support and advice to progress the aims and targets within both Council and Funder Partner Early Year’s settings as set out in centres improvement plans, working closely with Quality Improvement Officers around quality assurance and self-evaluation.

Salary for this post will be in accordance with SNCT agreements. Applicants must be or eligible to be fully GTC Scotland registered. Applicants will show recent participation in professional development activities in learning and teaching, with a specific focus on early level, pre-birth to 3 and ASN.

East Dunbartonshire Council is committed to ensuring the safety of vulnerable people and our recruitment process is designed to support this. The preferred candidate will be required to be a member of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups Scheme.

WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION NO LATER THAN 21.00 HOURS ON THE CLOSING DATE.

Please note you will be asked to provide the names of two referees when you apply for this post, these are not required.

You should print off the role profile and Head Teachers report and give them to your Head Teacher for completion. To ensure your application is accepted it is essential that the Head Teacher report is signed by and emailed from the Head Teacher who has completed the report, to the email address below. The report should be in PDF format. It is also important to include the (EAD) reference number of the post on the report form.

The report should then be submitted by the Head Teacher who completed your report to: sheena.fraser@eastdunbarton.gov.uk, prior to the closing date. FAILURE TO DO SO MAY RESULT IN APPLICATION BEING EXCLUDED FROM SHORTLEETING.

The following criteria applies to all roles within East Dunbartonshire Council where PVG/Disclosure checks are essential criteria.

Where the post you are applying for is considered a Regulated Role under the Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020, successful candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check, prior to confirmation of employment being made by East Dunbartonshire Council.

Please note, successful candidates will be expected to meet the cost of the relevant check which will be deducted from the successful candidate’s first salary payment. In specific circumstances the payment could be deducted in instalments from an employee’s wages following commencement of employment. Approval in such circumstances will be made by the HR & OD Manager. Should an employee leave in advance of the payment being deducted, the full amount will be deducted from the employee’s final salary.

The criteria outlined above will apply to existing employees of East Dunbartonshire Council who apply for roles for which a PVG/Disclosure check is required.

The commitment by East Dunbartonshire Council to job applicants is as follows:

• Individuals will be treated in a polite, friendly and welcoming manner.
• Equalities monitoring will be conducted to ensure a fair and equitable process with screening being carried out to anonymise sensitive information such as age, gender and disability.
• The information that we receive will be treated in confidence and with discretion. Only the relevant HR representative/team and the relevant service will see the application form.
• We will encourage and welcome applications from applicants under the disability symbol. Where the essential criteria are met an interview will be offered to those applying under the disability symbol.
• We will be pleased to make any reasonable adjustments to ensure accessibility at the interview.
• We will advise you within reasonable time after the closing date if you have not met the interview criteria. (Normally within 4 weeks)
• We will advise you of meeting the criteria for interview normally within 3 weeks.
• We will advise you if you have been successful or unsuccessful at the interview stage as soon as practically possible.