Early Years Assistant

Early Years Assistant - fixed term until 26/06/2026

Dean Park Primary School

Salary: £25,905 - £26,111 (pro-rata for part-time and sessional)

Hours: 10 per week, 39 weeks

Dean Park Primary School serves the village of Balerno in the Southwest of Edinburgh. The main school is currently organised into 20 primary classes, and our nursery offers full-time spaces for up to 88 children. The school is split over two sites, with the nursery annexe nestled in the heart of the village and the main school campus in the Marchbank housing estate.

Dean Park Primary is a vibrant and inclusive school with a strong sense of community and shared purpose. Our vision, " Creating a learning environment where everyone has the opportunity to flourish ", underpins everything we do. As a Gold Level Rights Respecting School, we place children's rights at the centre of our values, decisions and daily practice.

We are seeking a caring and dedicated Early Years Assistant to provide 1:1 support for a child with additional support needs within our early years setting. The ideal candidate will bring patience, empathy, and a positive approach to supporting children.

This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.

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.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we're bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

To help achieve this, we're changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours - The City of Edinburgh Council

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

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