Salary: £28,440 - £29,529 per year pro rata
Contract Type: Permanent
Position Type: Part Time
Hours: 28 hours per week
Job Vacancy
This post is permanent to Midlothian Council and will be based at Hawthorn Family Learning Centre for the first 12 months.
Knowledge and Requirements
1. It is essential to have basic literacy and numeracy skills at Standard Grade General level or SVQ2 in Early Years Care and Education, or National Certificate unit in Childcare & Education, or equivalent competency.
2. The jobholder must be familiar with child development and able to respond sensitively to the needs of individual children.
3. The post holder must demonstrate a sound working knowledge of early years practice, local and national policy, research, legislation, and documentation.
4. The post holder must have a very good understanding of Curriculum for Excellence Early Level, Pre-Birth to Three Positive Outcomes for Scotland’s Children and Families, Realising the Ambition, HGIOELC, GIRFEC, and Care Inspectorate standards and requirements.
5. The post holder requires an up-to-date first aid and food hygiene certificate, or be committed to achieving this within 6 months in post.
6. Post holders must keep up to date with new guidelines and legislation.
7. Post holders attend a variety of courses depending on the individual needs of a child (e.g., epilepsy training, gastric feeding, baby & toddler first aid training, behaviour management, training for communication problems such as signing, Hannan language programme, and 'picture exchange').
8. The jobholder must be registered with or obtain membership with the SSSC within 6 months of appointment.
9. This post is considered Regulated Work with Children under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act, 2007. Therefore, it is an offence to apply if you are barred from working with children.
10. Successful candidates will require PVG Scheme membership for Regulated Work with Children, and you will be required to join the Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check prior to commencing employment with Midlothian Council.
Job Advert
Location: Hawthorn Family Learning Centre
Contract Status: Permanent to Authority - first 12 months at Hawthorn
Hours of Work: 28 hours per week
Weeks per year: 52
Please note that it is Midlothian Council's policy that successful applicants will be appointed to the first point on the salary scale.
Based on 28 hours over 52 weeks per year, the minimum actual salary for this position is £22,120.15 per annum.
Closing Date
Monday 20th January 2025
Interview Date
Week commencing 27th January 2025
Additional Information
If you have difficulty applying for this post or accessing attached documents, or if you have a disability and reasonable adjustment is required, please call 0131 271 3063 to speak to a member of the Recruitment Team stating the post reference number.
Midlothian Council is currently undergoing a period of transformation, changing and improving the way it delivers services in Midlothian. As a consequence, there are a number of existing employees for whom we are committed to seeking suitable alternative employment within the Council in accordance with our legal obligations. Candidates are advised that, for some vacancies, internal candidates in this situation will be interviewed before the wider selection pool and a slightly longer delay may be experienced before application outcomes can be advised to you. Thank you for your patience in this matter.
If you are a trainee of a Midlothian Council Training Programme, have a disability, or you are a care experienced young person, you are eligible for a guaranteed interview if you meet the essential criteria for the post.
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