Childcare Practitioner (FNC) in Dunfermline

Proposed Interview Date: Tuesday 02 December 2026

Closing Date: Sunday 22 November 2026

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: FC4 £26,786.83 to £29,170.80 (Pro Rata)

Working Pattern: 18.5 Hours per week

Location: Beanstalk Family Nurture Centre, Dunfermline

The Education & Children’s Services Directorate is committed to Improving Life Chances for All through a wide range of direct services which support our children, young people, families and the wider Fife community. Our approach to improvement is rooted in our core values: Compassion, Ambition, Respect and Equity.

As part of your application, you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. Without a Supporting Statement, your application will not be progressed.

Please consider and demonstrate the following when completing your Supporting Statement:

• Working Together – Please give examples of when you have worked with others to lead teamwork and how you influenced those you were working with.
• Delivering Results – Please give examples that demonstrate your ability to organise and solve problems to achieve results.
• Personal Ownership – Please give examples of situations in which you have used your initiative to make improvements and used your skills to deal with challenges and change.
• Customer Focus – Please give examples of when your skills and knowledge have helped improve the learning and development of children.

We are looking for a highly skilled childcare practitioner who is passionate about improving life chances for all through a professional commitment to making a difference for all our children and young people so that they achieve their full potential.

As a Childcare Practitioner (Family Nurture Centre) in Fife your role is to:

• Support the delivery of a broad variety of informal learning opportunities through play and leisure activities for babies, children and young people, taking account of Getting it Right First for Every Child (GIRFEC) principles and the Well-being Indicators: Safe, Healthy, Achieving, Nurtured, Active, Respected, Responsible, Included (SHANARRI).
• Provide full care for babies, children or young people in accordance with individual care plans and developing opportunities for informal learning through play and leisure opportunities.

You are required to hold one of the following practitioner level qualifications (or equivalent): Educated to SCQF Level 7 and having a relevant practice qualification which includes HNC Childhood Practice, SVQ3 Social Services Children and Young People or SNNEB. Experience of working with young children in a formal setting up to 14 years old.

Before confirming your appointment, you will be required to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland and become a member of the relevant PVG scheme.

To ensure you achieve registration with SSSC as part of the Children and Young People workforce within 6 months of starting in a new role, you must apply for registration within 3 months of your start date on the Children and Young People - Practitioner register.

To maintain your registration, you must hold the SSSC benchmark qualification for the role, complete the required Continuous Professional Learning (CPL) for the role and submit an annual declaration via MySSSC.

You should have a working knowledge of the Curriculum for Excellence, Realising the ambition and child development from birth to 5 years.

You are required to have high levels of interpersonal skills and abilities which will enable you to lead on aspects of teamwork within the nursery to ensure positive outcomes for all children and young people in your setting.