School & Pupil Support Assistant

Job Description

This job is workstyle 1 - Fixed

In this workstyle most of your time is spent undertaking the direct delivery of front-line services work. Depending on your role there may be a limited requirement to access a specific council location during the course of the working week if you are not delivering your service at a council location.

You will work directly with children and young people with a range of additional support needs in mainstream and resourced base provision. You will support children with their learning targets through developing positive and supportive relationships.

In addition, you will undertake a range of duties including supervising and assisting children, according to their needs, throughout the school day. You may be required, under the direction of the teacher, to prepare classroom resources and activities to support learning.

There are various positions available.

• Arbroath - single school
• Forfar/Kirriemuir - single school
• Brechin/Montrose - single school
• Carnoustie/Monifieth - single school

or

• Arbroath - working across a variety of schools in the Arbroath locality
• Forfar/Kirriemuir - working across a variety of schools in the Forfar/Kirriemuir locality
• Brechin/Montrose - working across a variety of schools in the Brechin/Montrose locality
• Carnoustie/Monifieth - working across a variety of schools in the Carnoustie/Monifieth locality

Working within a locality means that you will be required to work across a variety of schools during your period of employment. Pupil support is planned in advance and your line manager will work closely with you to provide a timetable of your allocated schools.

Positions are available on a supply and temporary basis.

Positions are available on a part time (minimum 5.5 hours) and full time basis (maximum 27.5 hours). Hours are worked term time only.

You will be asked to indicate on your application form which positions/s you wish to apply for.

Please note interviews will be held - to be confirmed.

 

Requirements

You must have the ability to become a member of the PVG Scheme.

Please refer to job outline and person specification for further details and requirements for this job.

About Angus Council

In addition, please refer to the "applicant guidance" document when completing your application form and to the "welcome to Angus" document and our website https://www.angus.gov.uk/jobs_and_training/working_for_angus_council for more information about working for Angus Council.

The Individual

We are happy to discuss flexible working during the recruitment process for this position. This means we are open to a conversation about working patterns and the flexibility that is available for this role whilst managing the workload.

We offer a guaranteed job interview to the following people who meet the essential criteria on application for a job:

Those with disabilities, recognised caring responsibilities, care experienced young people and ex-armed forces personnel. This also applies to our own employees with caring responsibilities, young people on apprenticeships and placements who meet the essential criteria for the job.