Home Link Worker, Dalmellington Primary School, Dalmellington

Job Description

Provide a range of supports that assist children and young people to cope and deal with the issues that affect their ability to attend and achieve at school, including supports that assist in building confidence and resilience to the barriers that have a negative impact on their learning through the development of supportive links between the school and the home, in order to assist with the promotion, delivery and integration of the Council’s key objectives; specifically in relation to the Community Plan; Single Outcome Agreement; Education Service Strategic Plan; Early Learning and Childcare Plan and Children and Young Persons Service Plans incorporating the Pre-Birth to Age 8 Joint Commissioning Strategy.

 

Requirements

The duties of the post involve Regulated Work with children and/or protected adults, as specified in the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. Successful applicants for such posts will be required to become a Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme member in respect of Regulated Work with either or both of these groups as appropriate, or if they are already a Scheme member, be subject to a PVG Scheme Record Update, before any formal offer of employment can be made by East Ayrshire Council. Please note:- PVG members' records are constantly updated with any new vetting information that arises. Any information that is disclosed on a PVG Scheme Record or Scheme Record Update, if relevant to the post being applied for, will be discussed with the applicant prior to any formal offer of employment being made.

 

The Individual

This is a part time, term time temporary post based at Dalmellington Primary School, Dalmellington. The hours of work will be 14 hours per week (2 days), to be worked at the direction of the line manager.

The full time salary of this post is between £28,956 - £31,067 per annum.

The actual part time, term time salary of this post is between £9,934 - £10,659 per annum.

This is a temporary post up until 30th June 2025.

We follow the national guidance in relation to pre-employment checks namely “Safer Recruitment Through Better Recruitment”. With regards to requests for references and in line with this guidance, during your application process you should provide details of a minimum of two appropriate and relevant references, one of which should be from your current or most recent employer. It is also a requirement that the reference from your current or most recent employer is from an appropriate senior manager and it is not a reference from a former peer operating at the same level.

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