Senior Early Years Practitioner - Aberlady Primary School - EAL12986 in Longniddry

The salary advertised is full time (35 hours per week, 52 weeks per year). Part-time hours / sessional posts will be pro-rated accordingly. Hourly rate of pay: £20.13 - £22.51. This is a 39 week sessional post i.e. working hours will be during school term time plus in-service days.

Days and Hours of Work: Monday - Thursday, 08:00-16:00; Friday, 08:00-13:00. To start asap. Aberlady is a seven class school with a new term time model for our nursery. We are in a semi-rural location situated on the coastline of East Lothian. We are firmly part of the local community we serve. We benefit from a very supportive parent council and forum. Staff contribute to the wider life of the school and are passionate in their own professional learning. Our school vision is "Care, Belong, Achieve".

We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated Senior Early Years Practitioner to help us deliver high quality early years education. The post will include leading our nursery team and working closely with the Head Teacher, and Quality Assurance staff from East Lothian Early Years Team. To work as part of and supervise on a day to day basis, a team of early learning and childcare practitioners, in delivering a high quality child centred service which supports the needs of children and families and enables each child to achieve their potential within a caring, safe and welcoming environment.

The ‘East Lothian Way’– values and behaviours we expect our employees to demonstrate in their everyday work. Should you be invited to interview, you may be asked questions based on these behaviours. Please refer to the document via the link to familiarise yourself with them.

Job Requirements

• Qualifications: You must be educated to HNC level in Early Education and Childcare or hold SNNB/HNC/SVQ3 qualifications in Childcare/Education or equivalent and be able to evidence additional learning and knowledge of current practice and legislation in relation to Early Learning and Childcare. SSSC registration is an essential requirement of this role. If you are appointed and are not already a member of the relevant section of the SSSC Register, you will be required to apply for registration within 3 months of your start date to ensure that you are registered within the required 6 months.
• PVG Membership: This post is considered as a Regulated Role with vulnerable children and/or protected adults, as specified in the Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020. All preferred candidates for posts carrying out regulated work with these groups will be required to become a PVG Scheme member, or undergo a PVG Scheme update if they are already a member, prior to any formal offer of employment being made by East Lothian Council. Please note: PVG member’s records are constantly updated with any new vetting information that arises. Any information that is disclosed on a PVG membership or update check, if relevant to the post being applied for, will be discussed with the applicant and investigated prior to any formal offer being made. Please note: If you have spent more than 3 months working or living out with the UK in the last 5 years then you will be required to present a copy of an overseas criminal record check. Details of how to apply and contact details can be found on the GOV.UK website.

Further details on all East Lothian Council Primary and Secondary Schools, including individual school websites can be found here: Primary Schools Secondary Schools.