Support Worker (Early Years) - Athelstaneford Primary School - EAL12583

The salary advertised is full time (35 hours per week, 52 weeks per year). Part-time hours / sessional posts will be pro-rated accordingly. Hourly rate of pay: £15.16 - £16.30 This is a 39 week sessional post i.e. working hours will be during school term time plus in-service days. Starting and finishing times are flexible. To start asap. Athelstaneford Primary is a small, rural school proudly sitting at the heart of our community. The school consists of a nursery offering 1140 hours a year with up to 20 children per session and 3 classes accommodating 52 children in the main school. The school has access to the local village hall to support curricular learning and outdoor areas such as a large park, local woodlands and allotment. At Athelstaneford, we live by our school vision of "learning together and having fun to be the best we can be". This along with our values of kindness, perseverance, co-operation and respect help to shape our school ethos and contribute to our learning. We invest in developing and nurturing supportive relationships with our learners, community and colleagues. We are looking for a strong Early Years Support worker to join our team; someone who is able to model our values each and every day and is committed to both improving themselves and our setting as a whole to make the nursery the best it can be. This session we have a real drive in establishing our nursery team, ensuring consistent and effective approaches to facilitating, observing and tracking learning, and developing our outdoors space. You can find out more about the school by accessing our website: Please note there may be some variation in these shifts and we will update you if that occurs. To work in support of early years 'staff by contributing towards the creation of a warm, friendly, safe and caring environment for children aged 2 –5 years. Must hold an SVQ in Social Services (Children & Young People) at SCQF Level 6 (or an alternative SSSC recognised equivalent qualification). Level 2 Food Hygiene certificate or willingness to work towards gaining it. This post is considered as a Regulated Role with vulnerable children and/or protected adults, as specified in the Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020. If you have spent more than 3 months working or living out with the UK in the last 5 years then you will be required to present a copy of an overseas criminal record check. UK website. For additional East Lothian Council employment information please click on the following link: Further details on all East Lothian Council Primary and Secondary Schools, including individual school websites can be found here: If you have any difficulties creating an account on MyJobScotland or applying for this post please contact the MyJobScotland support team via this link . Although there is an ‘import data from my CV’ function on MyJobScotland, this only imports very limited data and should not be relied upon to complete the application form. If, for example, due to a disability, you are unable to complete the on-line application form you can contact us for a paper application via the telephone number or email address above.