Sessional Childcare Practitioner

We are looking for qualified and unqualified Sessional Childcare Practitioners to come and work in our after-school clubs, Saturday clubs and holiday playschemes across Aberdeenshire.

Our Aberdeenshire Clubs and Groups provide specialist care to children and young people with additional support needs giving their families valuable respite and therefore ideal candidates will have experience in working with children and young people with Additional Support Needs (ASN).
We have numerous roles across Aberdeenshire all of which are sessional which means candidates can work with us to choose the most suitable hours.
The salary for these roles are between £12.60-£12.92 per hour depending on your qualifications and experience.

• Closing date for applications: 26/03/2026
• Interview date: week commencing 13/04/2026

Hours of work

This is an ‘as and when required’ role to suit the needs of the company.

The Role:

The successful candidates will be expected to deliver high quality early learning and childcare for children and young people; they will be expected to support the Service Manager and the existing team.

This role would be ideal for someone looking to start or further progress a career in childcare and will provide a pathway to childcare qualifications.

The Setting:

Our Aberdeenshire groups are for both primary and secondary aged children specifically with ASN and are part of the charity Flexible Childcare Services Scotland (FCSS). FCSS is a national charity that is unique in that parents are able to book childcare by the hour, pay as they go and change their bookings each week. This flexible childcare model helps save families money on their childcare while supporting them back into education and employment, helping to distance the whole family from poverty.

Our Aberdeenshire groups are based in the following areas:

• Inverurie
• Fraserburgh
• Ellon
• Peterhead
• Banff
• Huntly
• Stonehaven

Our Vision:

At Flexible Childcare Services Scotland, our vision is simple; to enable every child, family, and community to access the individual early learning support and childcare services they need to thrive.

Our Values:

Our values represent the promises we make to our people and the people we support, and how we aim to achieve their hopes, expectations and aspirations. They are:

• We put people first
• We are flexible and accessible
• We will nurture and learn together
• We are committed to delivering quality in all that we do
• We act with integrity, doing the right thing
• We are solution focussed and resilient

Staff Benefits:

Working with Flexible Childcare Services comes with generous staff benefits including:

• Real living wage
• 28 days paid holidays
• Pension scheme
• Life assurance scheme
• Subsidised childcare costs for team members
• Store discount schemes·

And many more!

If you share in our vision and values and you’d like to take the next step on your career journey, apply now!

FCSS is an equal opportunities and disability confident employer.