Cabinet Secretary for Fair Work Keith Brown welcomed the new Living Wage rate and has urged more Scottish employers to become accredited. The 30 pence uplift to £8.75p will see thousands of people benefit from higher wages to help meet the increasing cost of living. Continue reading Living Wage rate rises to £8.75
Community Development Worker – Living in Harmony
14hrs/week
£23 934 pro rata
plus 6% pension contribution
Fixed term contract until the end of June 2020
We are seeking a candidate with a good understanding and experience of community development approaches to join our friendly and successful team. Knowledge of issues facing ethnic minority groups and experience of participatory action research are essential.
For more information call 0131 551 1671 email: admin@pchp.org.uk
This post will also be advertised on www.goodmoves.org.uk
Closing date: 12 noon, Monday 20 November
Interviews: Week beginning 27 November
The starting date for this post is the week commencing the 8 January 2018.
We are committed to equal opportunities.
Pilton Community Health Project is a registered Scottish charity No SC018460 and a company limited by guarantee No SC339435
The Prime Minister has announced a new drive to improve workplace equality. Theresa May urged more companies to report their gender pay gap – and take action to close it. Continue reading Prime Minister announces new drive to end the gender pay gap
A new campaign to recruit up to 11,000 people into the childcare profession is underway. The campaign – ‘Shape their worlds. Shape your career.’ – aims to encourage more school leavers into the profession to deliver the expansion of funded early learning and childcare to 1,140 hours a year, or 30 hours per week, by 2020. Continue reading Wanted: 11,000 childcare workers!
An induction day has been held for 22 new apprentices joining the Council to work in the housing service.
Continue reading You’re hired: 22 new apprentices join city council’s housing service
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has today announced that it is making alternative options available for nurses and midwives, trained outside the UK, to demonstrate their English language capability. Continue reading NMC to amend English language requirements for applicants trained outside the UK
Demand for highly-skilled professionals means those in the accounting and finance and administration sector are set to experience significant starting salary increases in Scotland. According to the Robert Half 2018 Salary Guide, the competitive market for high-performing talent within accounting and finance is set to drive salaries for financial controllers (3.7%) and risk associates (3.3%) in Scotland higher in 2018. Continue reading Admin salaries set to outpace all other professions in Scotland in 2018
Young Muslims living in the UK face an enormous social mobility challenge and are being held back from reaching their full potential at every stage of their lives, a report by the Social Mobility Commission (SMC) has found. Continue reading Young Muslims face ‘enormous social mobilty challenge’
Less than 0.5% of job ads explicitly mention the company’s positive social values
Studies have shown many jobseekers want to work for companies making ‘positive impact’
Positive values that can be marketed as perks prove more popular than commitments to environment
Employers are missing out on opportunities to attract millennial workforce with positive workplace cultures, according to new research by Adzuna. Analysis of over 1 million live vacancies by the job search engine Adzuna has found that employers are largely failing to let candidates know about the steps they take to make a positive impact. Continue reading Employers missing out by not highlighting their virtues
We have now changed the start date for our Childcare Academy to Tuesday 19th September.
We have more dates in place for our Information Sessions:
Wednesday 30th August @ 1pm
Thursday 7th September @ 10am
Wednesday 13th September @1pm
If you would like to book a place to come along and hear more about the Academy, ask any questions and take away an application pack, please do not hesitate to contact me on the number below or call Barbara Webster on 0131 311 6926.
Audrey O’Neill, Senior Training Administrator
North Edinburgh Childcare
18b Ferry Road Avenue, Edinburgh EH4 4BL
Tel: 0131 311 6931
Fax: 0131 315 4420
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