Classroom Assistant (Access to Work) - Lenzie Academy - EAD09120

East Dunbartonshire Council; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A local government council in the United Kingdom is offering a part-time temporary role for Classroom Support. The candidate will assist a teacher in various non-teaching duties during term time, requiring strong literacy and communication skills. This role is a great opportunity for motivated individuals seeking to contribute to educational support in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Good standard of education both literate and numerate.
• Creative and highly motivated.
• Ability to work on independent initiative.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct support to an individual teacher.
• Assist with preparation of teaching materials.
• Perform non-teaching duties including administration tasks.

Skills

Excellent interpersonal skills

Highly attuned IT skills

Excellent literacy and communication skills

Job description

Job Summary

Salary will be pro-rated for part-time and term-time hours.

This position is temporary and funded externally.

12 hours per week term time

This is a unique post as it’s funded through the DWP Access to Work scheme. You will be working giving direct Classroom Support to an individual teacher within the schools Health and Food Technology Department for the duration of this temporary post.

The duties associated with this role are –

1. Following direction from HFT Teacher, prep food trays for current/following day
2. Move equipment or food between stores and classroom for HFT Teacher
3. Distribute information/food to pupils in class
4. Collect printing and photocopying
5. Assist with clear up of room following practical lesson
6. Assist with inputting information into an ICT format

The working pattern would be Monday to Thursday from 9am until 12pm each day.

Working during school term time, you will assist the teacher with non-teaching duties including administration and preparation of teaching materials.

You should have a good standard of education both literate, numerate and with excellent interpersonal skills. You will ideally be creative, highly motivated and able to work on your own initiative. We also require someone with highly attuned IT skills. You will need to demonstrate excellent literacy and communication skills to meet the requirements of this post.

Please ensure you meet the requirements of the Job Specification attached to this advert.

PVG/Disclosure Scotland

The following criteria applies to all roles within East Dunbartonshire Council where PVG/Disclosure checks are essential criteria.

Where the post you are applying for is considered a Regulated Role under the Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020, successful candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check, prior to confirmation of employment being made by East Dunbartonshire Council.

Please note, successful candidates will be expected to meet the cost of the relevant check which will be deducted from the successful candidate’s first salary payment. Successful candidates who withdraw their application after the check process has started will be invoiced for the cost of the check.

In specific circumstances the payment could be deducted in instalments from an employee’s wages following commencement of employment. Approval in such circumstances will be made by the HR & OD Manager.

Should an employee leave in advance of the payment being deducted, the full amount will be deducted from the employee’s final salary.

The criteria outlined above will apply to existing employees of East Dunbartonshire Council who apply for roles for which a PVG/Disclosure check is required.

Charter of Commitment

• Individuals will be treated in a polite, friendly and welcoming manner.
• Equalities monitoring will be conducted to ensure a fair and equitable process with screening being carried out to anonymise sensitive information such as age, gender and disability.
• The information that we receive will be treated in confidence and with discretion. Only the relevant HR representative/team and the relevant service will see the application form.
• We will encourage and welcome applications from applicants under the disability symbol. Where the essential criteria are met an interview will be offered to those applying under the disability symbol.
• We will be pleased to make any reasonable adjustments to ensure accessibility at the interview.
• We will advise you within reasonable time after the closing date if you have not met the interview criteria. (Normally within 4 weeks)
• We will advise you of meeting the criteria for interview normally within 3 weeks.
• We will advise you if you have been successful or unsuccessful at the interview stage as soon as practically possible.

Websites

www.eastdunbarton.gov.uk

www.lenzieacademy.e-dunbarton.sch.uk