Employer Description

South Lanarkshire Council is the unitary authority serving the South Lanarkshire council area in Scotland. The council has its headquarters in Hamilton, has 16, employees, and a budget of almost £1bn. The large and varied geographical territory takes in rural and upland areas, market towns such as Lanark, Strathaven and Carluke, the urban burghs of Rutherglen, Cambuslang, and East Kilbride which was Scotland's first new town.

Our vision is for South Lanarkshire as set out in our Economic Strategy is to have one of the strongest and most dynamic economies in Scotland, where businesses, communities, and residents achieve their full potential and prosper.

We will achieve this through three key interrelated themes :

• People - skills, learning and employability
• Place - physical infrastructure and place
• Business - business development and growth

Job Description

Two Temporary posts up to 1 year.

Hours : 22.2 hour per week, not term time, 52 weeks per year.

Work Pattern : Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday various shifts between 8am - 6pm or Wednesday, Thursday and Friday various shifts between 8am - 6pm.

Salary : £17.04 - £17.51 per hour.

View the Early Years Practitioner job profile.

Education Resources are committed to the care and welfare of young people in a childcare environment and are looking to recruit an Early Years Practitioner.

You will work as an enthusiastic, effective member of an early years team supporting, nurturing children and creating stimulating learning opportunities that deliver a high quality child centred early years provision which meets the needs of our youngest children and their families. You will be an innovative educator who will work in partnership with others.

In addition, you will have experience of working within an early years environment and will be committed to ongoing professional development and be in possession of at least one of the following qualifications; NNEB, HNC, SVQ 3 Children’s Care Learning & Development or SVQ 3 Early Years Care & Education.

You will also be required to meet the registration requirements of a Practitioner with SSSC.

Please Apply online - All correspondence will be via your email address.

Legislative Information

This post is excepted in terms of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions) Order .

This post is considered Regulated Work with Children and / or adults, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act, . Therefore, it is an offence to apply if you are barred from working with children and / or adults.