Senior Early Years Officer Family Worker
Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing 9 September 2024
Closing Date: Thursday 29 August 2024
Contract Type: Temporary – up to 1 year
Salary: FC7 £31,179.34 to £38,950.71
Working Pattern: 36 Hours per week, (Flexible between the hours of 08:18 - 16:00) 52 weeks
Location: Fair Isle Family Nurture Centre, Kirkcaldy
Purpose and Values of Education & Children’s Services Directorate
The Education & Children’s Services Directorate is committed to Improving Life Chances for All through a wide range of direct services which support our children, young people, families and the wider Fife community. Our approach to improvement is rooted in our core values: Compassion, Ambition, Respect and Equity which reflect the ethos, culture and practice principles of all staff across the directorate. We strive to ensure that our attitudes and behaviour reflect these core values in all our dealings with children, young people, their families, and the wider community in partnership with those who support them.
Supporting Statement
As part of your application, you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. For more information, check out the How to Apply section of our Career Site. Without a Supporting Statement, your application will not be progressed. Please upload your Supporting Statement at the section marked ‘upload resumé’. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV. More information is available on our Career site at www.fife.gov.uk/jobs/supportingstatement
Please consider and demonstrate the following when completing your Supporting Statement:
- Working Together – Please give examples of when you have worked with others to lead team work and how you influenced those you were working with.
- Delivering Results – Please give examples that demonstrate your ability to organise and solve problems to achieve results.
- Personal Ownership – Please give examples of situations in which you have used your initiative to make improvements and used your skills to deal with challenges and change.
- Customer Focus – Please give examples of when your skills and knowledge have helped improve the learning and development of children.
Job Details
We are looking for a highly skilled early years practitioner who is passionate about improving life chances for all through a professional commitment to making a difference for all of our children and young people so that they achieve their full potential. As a Senior Early Years Officer (Family Work) in Fife your role is divided into two distinct parts:
- To support and develop Family Work within the Nursery setting and in a local geographical area, working collaboratively with social workers, health professionals and other service providers to help improve families’ life chances. Also, to act as a point of contact, to coordinate a wide range of agreed focussed parenting programmes and universal parenting support within the local community.
- As a member and, on occasions, leader of a team based within one nursery setting, to support the delivery of a broad and balanced early years curriculum ensuring a caring, safe, and welcoming environment is achieved.
A link to the role profile is included below, where you will find more information about the role, with specific reference to essential and desirable criteria for applicants.
Qualification, Registration and Skill Requirements
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- You are required to hold one of the following practitioner level qualifications (or equivalent):
- HNC Childhood Practice OR
- SVQ Level 3 Social Services, Children and Young People.
- Experience of working with young children in a formal setting.
- Before confirming your appointment, you will be required to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland and become a member of the relevant PVG scheme.
- You should have a working knowledge of the Curriculum for Excellence, Realising the ambition and child development from birth to 5 years.
- You are required to have high levels of interpersonal skills and abilities which will enable you to lead on aspects of team work within the nursery to ensure positive outcomes for all children and young people in your setting.
As this role requires SSSC registration, the successful applicant will have three months to apply for registration.
If appointed, you must start your application as soon as possible so you`re registered within the required six months. More details are included in the role profile
Further Information
- Role profile - when preparing your supporting statement, review the role profile and think about how you meet the essential criteria Role Profile
- How We Work Matters - Our employees are expected to display and promote certain behaviours in the workplace. See our How We Work Matters behaviour framework for more information.
- Employee Benefits - Employees have access to a benefits package that offers discounts on a wide range of products and services
- Directorate Information - Council Department information
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For further information please contact Sharon Curran - [email protected]
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