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An exciting opportunity has arisen to become a valued member of our school team, within Castleview Primary School, working as a Support for Learning Assistant. We have two posts available. These are temporary positions for 27.5 hours a week, which will be Monday to Friday across a school day from 9.00 a.m. until 3.00 p.m. with a thirty minute break. The contract will be until June 2027. You will be fully involved in the life and work of this happy and busy additional support needs school setting, providing an invaluable contribution towards high quality care and education of children with severe and complex additional support needs. Applications are welcomed from enthusiastic and committed individuals with good experience of working with children, ideally including those with additional support needs. Your background may be from early years, primary or secondary settings or you may have other relevant experience.
You will work within an enthusiastic and hard-working team to support children with learning opportunities that are part of a high quality, child-centred education. You will be a reliable, patient and innovative individual, who will be an effective team member. In addition, you will have good communication and organisational skills, a positive and solution focused attitude, and show a commitment to ongoing professional development. Significant training will be provided to ensure that the successful candidate can effectively and confidently support the severe and complex additional support needs of our young people, this will include training on key medical interventions from NHS colleagues. If you wish to join our dedicated, hard-working team, we would be very interested in hearing from you. You are welcome to contact the Head Teacher to discuss this further – please do this by emailing robinsonj55s@glow.sch.uk The successful candidate will be required to be a member of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups Scheme (PVG) for Children. If your application is progressed after the interview, you will be asked to complete the form and have your details verified. If you’ve got the right skills for the job we want to hear from you. We encourage applications from the right candidates regardless of age (restrictions apply to Modern Apprenticeships), disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief or race.
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The Benefits
- 30 days annual leave plus 7 public holidays (rising to 35 after 5 years continuous service)
- Pro-rated for part time roles.
- Flexible working including hybrid office/work from home arrangements where the role allows . We have a good balance across our teams, retaining the benefits to work/life balance of working from home part of the week, with the collaborative and social benefits of working from the office 2-3 days per week
- Biennial incremental progression until top of your payscale is reached
- Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme. For further details visit https://www.scotlgpsmember.org/about-the-lgps/
- Up to 6 months full sick pay and 6 months half pay dependent on length of service
- Carers Leave Up to 4 weeks paid
- Paternity Leave
- Access to Health Wellbeing support
- Ongoing opportunities for Learning Development
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Lift share Scheme
- Car Lease Scheme
- Technology Benefit Scheme
