Child Development Officer - Glasgow Gaelic Nursery Class (2 Posts) - GLA13866

Job Description

Join Glasgow’s Education Services Team

Position : Child Development Officer - Gaelic (Permanent) 2 posts

Location : Glasgow City (City-wide)

Hours : Either 35 hours across 5 days or 17.5 hours across 3 days – 52 weeks

Annual Salary : £29,751.95 – £33,585.88

Contract : Permanent

Address : Co / Glasgow Gaelic School, 147 Berkeley St, Finnieston, Glasgow G3 7HP

Are you looking for a career in Early Years, working with our young children? Do you have interests in supporting and caring for children’s needs? We are seeking enthusiastic and motivated Child Development Officers to work in our Gaelic medium education settings.

About the Role :

Our Child Development Officer posts are placed across the city based on service requirements. You will be provided with work consistently for your hours and will be expected to work across our Early Years establishments, to support operational service delivery.

In all our roles you will assist and support Early Years colleagues in the delivery of a high standard of education whilst actively supporting and assisting in the delivery of an inclusive and diverse Early Years service.

This is a great opportunity for those looking for career progression, with the potential to join Glasgow’s Early Years’ Talent Pool for promoted post Acting opportunities and to access funding support for higher level qualifications to support your career.

Key Responsibilities :

• Building positive working relationships with children within the nursery whilst actively supporting and promoting positive behaviour.
• Supporting and assisting with the delivery of the Early Years curriculum inclusive of outdoor play and learning.
• Assist in the development and implementations of plans and programmes to ensure the needs of all service users are met.
• Participating in inspection processes in line with legislative and procedural compliance.
• Maintaining confidentiality at all times.
• Work as part of the Early Years team in partnership with all relevant stakeholders i.e. parents / carers, health professionals etc.

What We Seek :

What We Offer :

Join Our Team :

This is your chance to be part of a friendly and welcoming team, that makes a difference to the lives of the city’s children and young people every day.

We’re committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

To help achieve this, we’re changing the way we ask you to apply for the job. Our application form asks you to tell us about your work and life experiences and skills in supporting and caring for children.

Please note successful candidates for the above position will be required to pay for their PVG Membership / or Scheme Checks.

Application Packs

The following alternative Application Packs can be requested in other format for example, Braille, Audio and other languages.  To request an alternative Application Pack please phone 0141 287 1054.  Packs will be posted out to you 2 nd class within 3 working days of receiving your telephone request.  Please note the closing date of the job advert if requesting this to ensure that you give yourself plenty of time to complete your application form and return to us.

Further Information

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