Job Purpose:
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job purpose/about the role
To work within a team, assisting the Senior Early Years Practitioner and Early
Years Practitioner in the planning and delivery of a flexible, high quality early
learning and childcare service. Meet individual needs of children and their families,
ensuring their wellbeing and improving outcomes for all service users.
Countesswells is a 60 place nursery which operates during term time and offers one session daily from 9am-3pm for children 3-5 years old.
The post holder needs to hold as a minimum:
• SVQ Level 2 Social Services – children and young people at SCQF Level 6
(or willing to work towards)
• Registration with or eligibility to register with SSSC
• PVG Membership for Regulated work with Children or willingness to obtain
prior to a formal offer of employment being made
The postholder is able to demonstrate:
• An enthusiasm for working with children 2-5 in an Early Learning and
Childcare setting
• Ability to relate to children, parents, carers and other professional
colleagues
• Experience of communicating effectively, including non-verbal, verbal and
written forms of communication
• Awareness of the relationship between high quality services and the
promotion of children’s learning and development
• Ability to undertake appropriate CPD relevant to the pos
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3. are aged 16-24 and live in Aberdeen City or have been to an Aberdeen City Council school and are applying for a Modern Apprenticeship (except Trades apprenticeships)
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5. are New Scots* aged 16-24 and are applying for any apprenticeships
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