Job Description*This is a fixed term post untill 26/06/*This is a term time post and the salary will be pro rata to the number of hours worked.Work pattern for this post will be as follows :Wednesday 12.30pm - 4.00pmThursday 8.30am - 4.00pm with a 30 min unpaid breakFriday 8.30am - 4.00pm with a 30 min unpaid breakWest Dunbartonshire Council is looking to recruit an enthusiastic and skilled Early Learning Childcare Officer into our Bellsmyre Early Learning and Childcare Centre.Staff will work contracted hours to meet the needs of the service.
The main duties of the post are: to contribute to the provision of a safe, caring and stimulating nursery environment for all children; to contribute and implement a relevant curriculum in line with national and local guidance; to plan, record, implement and evaluate suitable programmes of activities; to maintain and record children's assessment progress and to promote parental participation.It is essential you have experience of working with pre five children in a relevant setting and have knowledge of Curriculum of Excellence (early level) and pre-birth to three year old guidance.
You should be flexible in your approach and have the ability to adapt to change.Candidates must hold the NNEB (or modular equivalent), or HNC in Childhood Practice, or SVQ2 Social Services (Children and Young People) or SVQ3 in Social Services (Children and Young People).
Successful candidates, if not already registered with SSSC as practitioners, will be required to gain this within 6 months of the date of your appointment.RequirementsThis post is considered as Regulated Work with children under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act and as such membership with the PVG scheme is essential.
Further details of this scheme can be found here.Preferred applicants will be required to become members of the relevant PVG scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme update check prior to a formal offer being made by West Dunbartonshire Council.ResponsibilitiesThe employment for which you are applying is excepted from the provisions of section 4 of the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Exceptions) Order .
Applicants are, therefore, not statutorily entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are "spent" under the provisions of the Act.
In the event of employment any failure to disclose such convictions could result in dismissal or disciplinary action.The IndividualThe successful candidate will benefit from the following:WDC was voted one of the top ten flexible employers and prides itself in providing flexible working to support work life balance.
In addition to this there are also additional benefits:• Access to the Local Government pension scheme (LGPS) with an employer's contribution of at least 19.3% and all More information on the benefits of working within West Dunbartonshire Council, can be found using the following link: