Job Purpose:
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Location: Mile End School, Aberdeen
Duration: Permanent, Part Time
Roles that require PVG Membership
Please note that with effect from 1 April, 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, and above. (Teaching roles and jobs at Grade 11 and above (currently £31, per annum / £17.31 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 accompany children who have additional support needs, on and off school transport, providing adequate supervision and ensuring that a high decree of health and safety is maintained at all times.
The post requires someone to support a small group for pupils with additional and complex needs to travel to school and home again on a school transport minibus. The successful candidate can be picked up from their home at approximately 7:45am to collect pupils and take them to school for 9:00am. At this point the candidate will be taken home by the driver. The escort will be picked up again in the afternoon to be at school for 3:15pm to support the transition home. Once the children are all safely home the escort will again be dropped at their home. The post requires 1.5 hours in the morning and 1.5 hours in the afternoon each day. 15 hours a week in total - term time only.
The post holder needs to hold as a minimum:
PVG membership for regulated work with children (a willingness to obtain prior to a formal offer of employment being made)
The postholder is able to demonstrate:
1. Knowledge of/experience with working with children (preferably in ASN sector) of school age 3 – 18yo
2. Demonstrating empathy, patience, tolerance and a positive response to a variety of additional support needs
3. Demonstrating a mature approach to emotionally demanding work
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Guaranteed Interview Scheme
We have a number of guaranteed interview schemes available to applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role they are applying for who:
4. have a disability as defined by the Equality Act (all jobs)
5. looked after young people, those that are in continuing care or are a care leaver up to the age of 29 (all jobs)
6. 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)
7. 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
8. are New Scots aged 16-24 and are applying for any apprenticeships
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