Early Years Practitioner - King’s Park Primary School

Job Vacancy

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our large ELC team at King’s Park Primary School. We are seeking an Early Years Practitioner who is enthusiastic, caring, nurturing and understanding of our children and their additional support needs. The successful candidate will be required to work across our setting as an effective team member to meet the individual needs of children and their families ensuring their wellbeing.

King’s Park Primary School is a non-denominational school that was built in 1903 and serves the Dalkeith community. The school is adjacent to King’s Park and the children have access to this for leisure and to enrich their learning opportunities. The school has a roll of 499 children from P1- P7 and offers 94 full time ELC places. The roll is very diverse and includes pupils from all 10 SIMD data zones and this range is also reflected in each year group.

Our school consists of two buildings within the grounds. Our Lower building comprises of ELC-P4 learners, a library, a Support for Learning base and a dining hall. Our Upper building comprises of P4-7 learners, our School Office, a gym hall and Nurture Room. Our school is part of the Dalkeith Learning Community and most of our P7 learners transition to Dalkeith High School with some moving on to Lasswade and Newbattle High School. We are strengthening our links with Dalkeith High school and have good links with the other primary schools in our learning community. We have a number of children transitioning into P1 from a range of Partner Providers as well as our own ELC

Post holder must hold at least a practitioner level qualification, HNC Childhood Practice at SCQF Level 7; or SVQ Social Services (Children & Young people) at SCQF 7

or equivalents that meet the requirements for SSSC (Scottish Social Services Council) registration e.g.

SVQ 3 Child Care and Education

SVQ 3 Early Years Care and Education

SVQ Children’s Care learning and Development SCQF 7

HNC Childcare and Education.

HNC Working with Children in Early Years.

HNC Early Education and Childcare (at SCQF level 7).

Qualifications which were previously recognised for SNNEB/NNEB registration may be acceptable.

An up to date first aid certificate is also required.

 

CLOSING DATE - Wednesday 23^rd August 2023

INTERVIEW DATE - Monday 29^th August 2023               

Job Advert

Position Title: Early Years Practitioner    

Directorate: Children, Young People & Partnerships         

Location: King’s Park Primary School  

Contract Status: Permanent

Hours of Work: 36

Working Pattern: Monday – Thursday - 8.15am – 4.30pm (30 minutes lunch)

                            Friday  8.15pm-1.15pm         

Weeks per year: 39          

Please note that it is Midlothian Councils policy that successful applicants will be appointed to the first point on the salary scale.

Based on you working 36 hours over 39 weeks per year the minimum actual salary for this position is £23,213.27 per annum.

Requirements

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.
Successful candidates will require PVG Scheme membership for Regulated Work with Children, You will be required to join the Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check prior to commencing employment with Midlothian Council, the cost of which will be met by you. For further information on the PVG Scheme please visit www.disclosurescotland.gov.uk

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.