Home Link Worker (PEF), Stewarton Academy

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.

Responsibilities

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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The Individual

This is a temporary part time term time post based within Stewarton Academy, Stewarton.

The hours of work are 35 hours per week to be worked Monday - Friday at the direction of the line manager.

The post is temporary until 31 March 2025.

The full time salary of the post is between £28,956 - £31,067 per annum
The actual full time term time salary is between £24,835 - £26,646 per annum.