Pupil Support Assistant - Barrhead High School

East Renfrewshire Council; Barrhead; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 19,000; Part time

Job summary

East Renfrewshire Council is seeking a pupil support assistant for a part-time, permanent position at Barrhead High School. The role involves providing essential support and care for pupils, promoting a positive environment in alignment with school values of ambition, respect, and kindness. Candidates must demonstrate the ability to work effectively in a team and fulfill regulated work requirements for children.

Benefits

Commitment to promoting employee health

Qualifications

• Ability to support children in a cooking kitchen.
• Experience in personal and medical care.

Responsibilities

• Provide additional support to pupils, including medical and personal care.
• Support children in the cooking kitchen to develop essential skills.

Skills

Positive disposition

Teamwork

Job description

Location: Barrhead High School Aurs Road Barrhead East Renfrewshire, G78 2ER

Salary: £17,105 - £18,313 per year

Contract Type: Permanent

Position Type: Part Time

Hours: 27.5 hours per week

Advert

We have an exciting permanent opportunity to join our friendly team in a vital role as pupil support assistant. As part of this role you will be responsible for providing additional support to our pupils, including personal and medical care, supporting children in our cooking kitchen to develop essential skills.

We need someone who has a positive disposition and the ability to work as part of our team. We would like the successful candidate to display our school values of, ambition, respect and kindness.

On completion of additional years of service by 1 January of each year, following the anniversary of the date of appointment, your term time salary will be adjusted to include a payment in lieu of the additional leave day accrued at the beginning of each leave year for the first 10 years of service.

This post is considered Regulated Work with Children, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. It is an offence therefore to apply if you are barred from working with children. In addition to this, if you have lived or worked in any country outside the UK in the past 10 years, there may be a requirement for an overseas police check.

East Renfrewshire Council has launched a new 15 year Community Planning Partnership vision called ‘A Place to Grow’. Please follow this link https://eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/placetogrow to watch a video and read our full plan which sets out our shared hopes and aspirations between now and 2040 so that East Renfrewshire is a place where everyone can flourish, thrive and grow.

Please note – all applicants will be asked to provide proof of their right to work in the UK, and any offer of employment will be conditional upon verifying documentary evidence before employment commences. Further information can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/prove-right-to-work

Please note East Renfrewshire Council does not provide Visa sponsorship.

As an employer, we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health of all our employees.

Additional Information

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