Modern Apprentice (Support Assistant)

Aberdeen City Council; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Aberdeen City Council is offering an exciting opportunity for a young individual to join the Children’s Social Work Service as a Modern Apprentice. Based at the Quarry Centre, this role involves providing vital support to kinship and foster carers while pursuing a relevant qualification through the Modern Apprenticeship Programme. Candidates must demonstrate good written and numerical skills, a collaborative spirit, and a commitment to customer service. This is a fantastic stepping stone for those looking to build a career in social work.

Qualifications

• Qualifications: Standard Grades/National 4 or equivalent.
• Ability to follow instructions, self-motivated, team player.
• Understanding of business administration and customer service.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to kinship and foster carers and adopters.
• Participate in the Family Time Hub.
• Complete the Modern Apprenticeship Programme.

Skills

Ability to understand and follow instructions

Self-motivated team player

Understanding of Business Administration

Importance of customer service

Willingness to learn

IT skills

Education

Good written/numerical skills (Standard Grades/National 4 qualification)

Job description

Location: Quarry Centre, Aberdeen
Duration: Apprenticeship, Full Time

The Modern Apprenticeship Programme is targeted at building our workforce of the future. Funding for training is available for applicants aged 16-19 and 20-24 (depending on the framework) and for disabled and care-experienced applicants between the age of 20-29. Please ensure, if you are applying for a Modern Apprentice post, that you meet one of these criteria.

About the Role:

We have an exciting opportunity for a young person to join Aberdeen City Council, Children’s Social Work Service as a Modern Apprentice. The post will initially be based at Quarry Centre, Cummings Park Crescent, Aberdeen, predominantly providing support to the teams supporting kinship and foster carers and adopters, as well as the Family Time Hub, whilst also gaining a qualification.

The post holder needs to hold as a minimum:

Good written/numerical skills gained through either Standard Grades/National 4
qualification(s) OR

The postholder is able to demonstrate:

Skills & Experience in:

Ability to understand and follow instructions

Self - motivated team player

Understanding of:

Business Administration

Importance of customer service

Commitment to:

Completing the Modern Apprenticeship Programme

Willingness to learn, including using a variety of IT packages

Working effectively as part of the Business Service team

About Us

Please see Job Profile for further details.

Aberdeen City Council is an equal opportunities employer and we are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion.

Flexible Working

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 contact [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 our roles and who:

• have a disability
• are care-experienced and aged 16-29
• 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