Pupil Support Assistant (ASN Wing) - Bucksburn Academy

Aberdeen City Council; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 30,000; Part time

Job summary

Aberdeen City Council is seeking a part-time role at Bucksburn Academy focused on promoting effective learning and personal development for pupils. The position requires PVG membership and emphasizes strong communication skills, empathy, and the ability to support diverse needs. Flexible working options are available.

Qualifications

• PVG membership required or willingness to obtain.
• Proven oral communication, literacy, and numeracy skills.
• Ability to respond positively to additional support needs.

Responsibilities

• Promote effective learning and teaching.
• Support personal development of pupils.
• Create an atmosphere for pupils to achieve their potential.

Skills

Oral communication

Literacy

Numeracy

Empathy

Patience

Tolerance

Relationship building

Education

PVG membership for regulated work with children

Job description

Location: Bucksburn Academy, Kepplehills Road, Aberdeen

Duration: Permanent, Part Time

R oles that require PVG Membership

Please note that with effect from 1 April 2023 , where a role requires PVG membership, candidates will be required to meet the cost of the PVG membership . This applies only to roles with a full time equivalent salary of £30,000 and above . (Teaching roles and jobs at Grade 11 and above (currently £30,285 per annum / £ 16.64 per hour)

The Council will pay for the PVG membership cost initially, either £18 for existing PVG scheme members, or £59 for non-members , and this cost will be deducted from an employee’s first FULL month’s salary payment.

Job purpose/about the role

To help promote effective learning, teaching, personal development and an atmosphere where pupils can achieve to reach their potential under direction and supervision.

The post holder needs to hold as a minimum:

• PVG membership for regulated work with children and/or protected adults or, a willingness to obtain prior to a formal offer of employment being made

The postholder is able to demonstrate:

• Proven oral communication, literacy and numeracy skills
• Empathy, patience and tolerance and to respond positively to a variety of additional support needs
• Establishing positive relationships with others

About Us

Please see the Job Profile for further details.

We are happy to talk flexible working and offer flexible working for most roles in the organisation meaning that many of our employees enjoy the freedom of choosing a working pattern that suits them as much as it suits the organisation.

Disability Confident

We are a Disability Confident Employer. If you consider yourself to have a disability and think you may require a reasonable adjustment to be made for this part of the selection process, or would like further information in relation to reasonable adjustments, please [e-mail] .

We are a forces-friendly employer, have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and are a silver award recipient in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme. We have a specific email address for those in the forces, those who have left the forces, as well as their partners / spouses / families:[e-mail] . We are able to answer questions about jobs and our application / selection process, as well as about our employee support provisions.

We have a number of guaranteed interview schemes available to applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role they are applying for who:

• have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010 (all jobs)
• looked after young people, those that are in continuing care or are a care leaver up to the age of 29 (all jobs)
• are aged 16-24 and live in Aberdeen City or have been to an Aberdeen City Council school and are applying for a Modern Apprenticeship (except Trades apprenticeships)
• have done a Foundation Apprenticeship with Aberdeen City Council and are applying for any apprenticeships relevant to the area in which they did their Foundation Apprenticeship
• are New Scots* aged 16-24 and are applying for any apprenticeships

*"New Scots" are defined as refugees and asylum seekers who are in Scottish communities and include those who have been granted refugee status or another form of humanitarian protection, people seeking asylum, those who have been refused asylum, and those whose application has been refused but who remain in Scotland.

Please note that eligibility to work in the UK is dependent on legal status and all applicants must have the right to live and work in the UK.

Applications for this job cannot be made online. Please refer to the advert for further information.