Learning Assistant ASN x2 - Lasswade High School (1x Permanent and 1x Fixed Term)

Job Vacancy

Lasswade High School is the largest secondary school in Midlothian with a roll in excess of 1500 students. The school’s catchment area covers the towns of Bonnyrigg, Loanhead, Rosewell and surrounding villages. We also receive several placing requests as a result of our strong reputation from within and beyond Midlothian. Lasswade has a strong record as a school and provides a wide range of opportunities for our students.

Lasswade High School incorporates a community hub with library, leisure centre, nursery, swimming pool and state of the art sports facilities. The school has over 90 classrooms and high quality facilities to support learning and teaching. Lasswade High School has a School Leadership Team consisting of a Head Teacher, Business Manager and five Depute Head Teachers. Our House, Creative Learning and Complex Needs Provision underpin our Student Support system.

We seek to recruit staff with a formidable work ethic, who work collegiately to improve the experiences and outcomes for our students. Colleagues who are caring and empathetic. Individuals who use evidence to support their decision making and are committed to their own learning. We aim to recruit creative and innovative people. We will support your professional development as that way our students get the best experience we can possibly provide and our school continues its’ year on year improvement.

Our school is currently focused on improving two outcomes for students

• Raising attainment for all
• Closing the poverty related attainment gap

We aim to do this by working continuously within three contexts

• Improving our practice in Learning, Teaching and Assessment
• Developing our Curriculum
• Improving our Quality Improvement processes

The most important resource in our improvement journey is our staff. Three things are particularly significant in nurturing our staff

• Recruiting and nurturing very good people
• Working with our staff to make them even ‘better’
• Getting our staff to do things that ‘work’

KNOWLEDGE

Evidence of basic literacy and numeracy at Standard Grade General level or SVQ2 in Early Years Care and Education, or National Certificate unit in Childcare & Education, or equivalent competency, to enable the jobholder to communicate effectively with staff and pupils, and provide sensitive support.

The jobholder must be familiar with child development and able to respond to the needs of individual pupils. Jobholders should have previous experience of working in this field of work.

To be fully competent in the role jobholders will be required to undertake addition training courses eg first aid, calm techniques etc.

If the post is within a Nursery Environment then the Jobholder must be registered with or obtain membership with the SSSC within 6 months of appointment. In order to register you must currently hold the relevant qualifications or be willing to work towards attaining these qualifications within the first year of registration. For further information about the qualifications recognised by SSSC for registration in a Support Worker role, please see www.sssc.uk.com‘

 

CLOSING DATE - Wednesday 4^th September

INTERVIEW DATE - Week Beginning 9^th September 2024

Job Advert

Position Title: Learning Assistant ASN x2

Directorate: Children, Young People & Partnerships

Location: Lasswade High School

Contract Status: 1x Permanent and 1x Fixed Term until 26/06/2025

Hours of Work: 27.5 hours per week

Work Pattern: Monday-Thursday 8.40am- 3.25pm (40 min unpaid lunch& 10 min unpaid break) Friday 8.40am-12.25pm(15 minute unpaid break)

Weeks per year: 39

Please note that it is Midlothian Councils policy that successful applicants will be appointed to the first point on the salary scale.

Based on 27.5 hours over 39 weeks per year, the minimum actual salary for this position is £17,027.02 per annum. 

Requirements

This post is considered Regulated Work with Children under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act, 2007. Therefore, it is an offence to apply if you are barred from working with children.
Successful candidates will require PVG Scheme membership for Regulated Work with Children, You will be required to join the Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check prior to commencing employment with Midlothian Council, the cost of which will be met by you. For further information on the PVG Scheme please visit www.disclosurescotland.gov.uk

Additional Information

If you have difficulty applying for this post or accessing attached documents, or if you have a disability and reasonable adjustment is required, please call 0131 271 3063 to speak to a member of the Recruitment Team stating the post reference number.

Midlothian Council is currently undergoing a period of transformation, changing and improving the way it delivers services in Midlothian. As a consequence, there are a number of existing employees for whom we are committed to seeking suitable alternative employment within the Council in accordance with our legal obligations. Candidates are advised that, for some vacancies, internal candidates in this situation will be interviewed before the wider selection pool and a slightly longer delay may be experienced before application outcomes can be advised to you. Thank you for your patience in this matter.

If you are a trainee of a Midlothian Council Training Programme, have a disability or you are a care experienced young person you are eligible for a guaranteed interview if you meet the essential criteria for the post.