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Job Description
Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing Monday 19 August 2024
Closing Date: Sunday 11 August 2024
Contract Type: Temporary until 31 October 2025
Salary: FC8 £38,950.71 to £42,686.23
Working Pattern: 36 Hours per week
Location: Gallatown Nursery
Purpose and Values of Education & Children's Services Directorate
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 which reflect the ethos, culture and practice principles of all staff across the directorate.
Supporting Statement
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 upload your Supporting Statement at the section marked 'upload resumé'. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV.
Please consider and demonstrate the following when completing your Supporting Statement:
1. Working Together: Please give examples of when you have worked with others to lead teamwork and how you influenced those you were working with.
2. Delivering Results: Please give examples that demonstrate your ability to organise and solve problems to achieve results.
3. 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.
4. Customer Focus: Please give examples of when your skills and knowledge have helped improve the learning and development of children.
Job Details
To develop and lead on services from the Family Nurture Centre through planning and implementing strategies relative to the care and welfare of children and their families within the Centre and wider early years community.
The key areas of this post are:
* Centre management during school holiday periods and at other times when the Headteacher is out of Centre.
* Management and delivery of a quality service for eligible children and priority referrals under 3 years.
* Delivery and support of GIRFEC approaches and Child Protection, Family Support and co-ordination of Community Parent Engagement.
Qualification, Registration and Skill Requirements
You must have SCQF level 9, which includes a Degree or equivalent, such as BA in Childhood Practice.
You are required to have management experience within an Early Years setting and experience of co-ordinating and leading a group of professionals within a multi-agency working culture.
You are required to register with Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) within 6 months of taking up employment in this role and to complete the required Post Registration Training and Learning (PRTL) over the first registration period.
If appointed, you must start your application as soon as possible so you're registered within the required six months.
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.
Further Information
* Role Profile: when preparing your supporting statement, review the role profile and think about how you meet the essential criteria.
* How We Work Matters: Our employees are expected to display and promote certain behaviours in the workplace.
* Employee Benefits: Employees have access to a benefits package that offers discounts on a wide range of products and services.
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For further Information please contact: Megan Neville - megan.neville-ed@fife.gov.uk
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