Support For Learning Co-Ordinator - Battlefield Primary School - GLA15959

Glasgow; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options

Job summary

Glasgow City Council seeks a dedicated healthcare support worker to assist children and young people with complex medical needs within a school setting. You will undertake healthcare tasks and support daily living activities to enable participation in the curriculum.

The role requires strong communication and organisational skills, with experience in educational, healthcare, or care environments. A commitment to supporting children with complex medical needs is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering healthcare support in educational settings.
• Ability to perform health-related procedures (tracheostomy care, suctioning, catheterisation).
• Strong communication and organisational skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide healthcare and daily living support to children with complex medical needs.
• Support school-based staff in delivering health-related procedures.
• Develop and review health support plans with families and management.
• Collaborate with healthcare professionals and external partners.

Skills

Communication

Organisation

Care support in school setting

Job description

Job Description

This role is responsible for providing healthcare support to children and young people with complex medical conditions, ensuring their health needs are met and enabling them to access and participate fully in the curriculum.

The successful candidate will be competent in delivering a range of healthcare and daily living support tasks. These may include tracheostomy care and suctioning, catheterisation, supporting children and young people who are oxygen-dependent, and delivering individualised feeding programmes.

You will also provide guidance and support to school-based support staff in the delivery of health-related procedures and interventions required to meet the needs of individual children and young people.

Working closely with school management, families, healthcare professionals, and other external partners, you will help ensure that the ongoing health needs of children and young people are effectively met and that appropriate health support plans are developed, implemented, and regularly reviewed.

You will be required to have excellent communication and organisational skills, together with experience of working within an educational, healthcare, or care environment. A commitment to supporting children and young people with complex medical needs is essential.

Please note that Glasgow City Council is currently completing a Job Evaluation exercise and introducing a new pay and grading structure which may impact on current salaries quoted in job adverts.

Further Information

The Council promotes flexible working, we are happy to talk about flexible working options in relation to the role, to support your work-life balance.

We welcome applications from everyone and are committed to building a diverse workforce. We particularly encourage applications from people from ethnic minority backgrounds, disabled people and women for senior roles, as these groups are currently underrepresented within our workforce.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Glasgow City Council aims to offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role, in line with the Disability Confident scheme.

Please note that Glasgow City Council is currently completing a Job Evaluation exercise and introducing a new pay and grading structure which may impact on current salaries quoted in job adverts, see

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