Early Years Family Practitioner

Your new opportunity Quarriers Nursery in Ruchazie is a purpose-built facility, with bright modern rooms, designed around the needs of children from birth to three years. Children, and their needs in the early stages of their development, are at the heart of our service. The Nursery works in partnership with Glasgow City Council and is based within a busy multi-disciplinary family centre.

Your role will include but is not limited to:

• Working as part of an Early Years team based within the nursery providing high quality Early Learning and Childcare.
• Ensuring the wellbeing and education needs of children aged 0-3 years within an early years setting.
• Planning and implementing appropriate curricular activities to suit individual children’s developmental needs and interests.
• Recording and tracking the learning journeys of a key group of children.
• Delivering high quality child care and education to children aged 0-3 years within the Scottish Government Early Years framework.
• Scaffolding the learning and development of children aged 0-3 years.
• Encouraging positive relationships between parents/carers and children.
• Maintaining appropriate and accurate records of children’s learning and development, including documenting their attendance.
• Communicating with parents/carers regarding their child’s developmental progress.
• Being an active team member within the centre overall.
• Participating in policy review.
• Working in partnership with other agencies as required.
• Ensuring that the nursery and resources are kept clean and in good working order.
• Undertaking any other duties or responsibilities commensurate with the post.

This is a permanent full-time post working 35 hours per week.

What you will need to bring to the role:

• Compassion and kindness to support people in their day-to-day lives.
• Enthusiasm and self-motivation.
• Ability to apply transferable life experience and skills to support and enable individuals.
• Excellent problem solver who is driven by positive outcomes.
• Resilient, reliable and an excellent listener.
• Due to the location of the services and shift patterns, we recommend candidates have access to their own transport.

What’s in it for you?

• Opportunity to gain SVQ qualifications via our SVQ accredited centre.
• Generous holiday entitlement, 29 annual holiday days + 4 public holidays for support staff, rising to 34 days annual leave and 4 public holidays after 5 years.
• Training, support, learning and development.
• Opportunity to make a difference to someone’s life.
• Family friendly working policies and procedures.
• HSF Health Cash Plans.
• 24/7 free and confidential Employee Assistance programme.
• £500 refer a friend scheme (t&c’s apply).
• Life Assurance Benefit.
• Registered with Concert for Carers.
• Access to health services free of charge (physiotherapy & occupational health).