Service: Education
Closing Date: Friday 26th September
3 x ASN Assistants within the Mid-Argyll Area these hours are located within Lochgilphead Joint Campus.
Argyll and Bute is one of Scotland’s most stunning areas. As its award-winning council, we play a vital part in the day-to-day life and long-term future of our beautiful and diverse communities. Our unwavering purpose is to make Argyll and Bute the place to be, the place where people want to live, to work and do business. And we are committed to making the council the place to have a great career, by providing excellent benefits and a friendly, dynamic working culture so that each of our colleagues can deliver services that help our corner of Scotland thrive. Join us to make a difference.
We are looking for someone who has a genuine passion for supporting children and young people with ASN, excellent communication and interpersonal skills, patience, empathy and a positive attitude. You will demonstrate an ability to work effectively as part of a team with relevant qualifications and/or experience in education or related fields (desirable) and show a commitment to upholding the values of inclusion and equality.
Our employees make good things happen in the day-to-day life and for the longer term future of Argyll and Bute. We want you to feel valued working for us. We offer various benefits to support you, such as a competitive salary, pension scheme, generous leave entitlement, cycle to work scheme, discounts on gym memberships and leisure centres, wellbeing initiatives, and opportunities for learning and career growth. We also embrace a modern approach to work, offering a flexible first approach where possible to requests from our employees to how they work.
We care about our people and the world around us and always aim to do the right thing. From employee recognition schemes to environmental policies we have many initiatives in place to help us look after the things we all care about.
Learn more here, ,, Argyll and Bute Council recognises the numerous benefits of a positive work-life balance to the wellbeing and productivity of our employees. We will take a flexible first approach to requests from our employees to change the way that they work. While we must balance such requests with the need to ensure the quality of the important services we deliver is not compromised, we will ensure that each request is given careful consideration with a view to achieving a positive outcome wherever possible.
These posts are temporary until 01 July .
Applicants should note that:-
1. Happy to talk about flexible working arrangements.
2. These posts require Protection of Vulnerable Group (PVG) Membership in relation to working with children.
3. The salary shown is the full time equivalent salary, the actual salary will be paid pro rata for the hours worked, on a term time basis.
4. The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland) Order, as amended, applies to this post.
5. These are temporary posts which may be filled on a secondment basis by an employee wishing to gain experience/career development and will be at the discretion of the employee’s Third Tier Manager. If you wish to apply for this post as a secondment, please refer to the To apply for this vacancy, please click on the Apply Now button at the top of this page.