Childcare Practitioner - Breakfast Café in Glenrothes

Description

Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing 26 October 2026

Closing Date: Sunday 11 October 2026

Contract Type: Temporary until 4 July 2027

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

Working Pattern: 6.25 hours per week (Monday to Friday 07:45 to 09:00), 38 weeks per year, 2 posts available

Location: Caskieberran Primary School, Glenrothes - Breakfast Café

Supporting Statement

As part of your application, you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. For more information, check out the How to Apply section of our Career Site. Without a Supporting Statement, your application will not be progressed. Please upload your Supporting Statement at the section marked ‘upload resumé’. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV. More information is available on our Career site at www.fife.gov.uk/jobs/supportingstatement.

Job Details

Hunger and poverty are having a detrimental effect on children’s ability to concentrate and engage in their school learning.

Hunger often leads to lethargy and sometimes even disruptive behaviour, which ultimately leads to children not engaging in the classroom.

A Childcare Practitioner working in a breakfast café will provide a safe, secure environment before school where all children attending are provided with a healthy breakfast (ranging from cereal, toast, fruit and yoghurts).

Breakfast cafés are a drop in services and are not a registered childcare provision.

The Person

We are looking for someone who:

• Has understanding and experience working in a catering environment role.
• Understands dietary and nutritional needs.
• Organisational skills.
• Willing to work as part of a team.
• Fun, engaging and adaptable.

Before confirming to 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.

As this role requires SSSC registration, you will have three months to apply for registration.

If appointed, you must start your application as soon as possible so you're registered within the required six months.

If you need to achieve a qualification to maintain your SSSC membership, information will be provided if you are appointed. You must ensure you complete the qualification within the specified timeframe.

More details are included in the role profile.

We particularly encourage applications from men, who are currently underrepresented within this type of work.

Further Information

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For further information please contact: Emma Seath, Childcare Manager - emma.seath@fife.gov.uk