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Permanent Post.
Hours: 35 hours per week, not term time.
Work Pattern: Monday - Friday various shifts between 8am - 6pm.
Salary: £12.82 - £13.78 per hour.
When completing your application, please ensure that you tell us about the following:
* Please describe your previous experience of working with children in a professional capacity.
* What skills, abilities and experience do you have that would enable you to effectively communicate with children, parents/carers and team members?
* What is your experience of working as part of a team? Describe a time that you worked as part of a team and what your role was within this.
* Young children at times require personal care? Please describe how you would support a child who needed to be changed, making this a positive and respectful experience for the child.
* Please describe how you would support children who were displaying distressed behaviours, explaining the approaches that you would use.
Qualifications:
This post requires employees to register with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) as a support worker and to hold a relevant qualification. Candidates require to have or be willing to obtain one of the following qualifications:
* NC in Early Education and Childcare at SCQF Level 6
* SVQ 2 Social Services (Children and Young People) at SCQF Level 6
* SVQ 2 Children's Care Learning and Development at SCQF Level 2.
Support will be provided to successful candidates who don't hold a relevant qualification, to obtain one.
Please Apply online: All correspondence will be via your email address.
Legislative Information:
This post is excepted in terms of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 2003. This post is considered Regulated Work with Children and/or adults, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act, 2007. Therefore, it is an offence to apply if you are barred from working with children and/or adults.
Preferred candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check, prior to a formal offer of employment being made.
Foreign Police Check:
Candidates should be able to detail any gaps in employment and provide a foreign police check where applicable for any periods living or working abroad.
Delivering a Fairer Future:
Under the Council's positive action programme, applications to this post are particularly encouraged from Male applicants.
Equal Opportunities and Armed Forces Community Covenant:
South Lanarkshire Council is an Equal Opportunities employer and encourages applications from all members of the community. As a user of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum competency/behaviour requirements for the position.
As an employee of South Lanarkshire Council you would also receive a wide range of benefits including:
* Enrolment in award winning local government pension scheme
* Up to 33 days annual leave which will be calculated into hours on commencement of the role
* Public holiday entitlement (up to 10 days)
* Occupational sick pay
* Family friendly policies - flexible working and leave, maternity/paternity leave, enhanced leave.
* Employee Discounts - including discounts at the cinema.
Seniority level: Entry level
Employment type: Part-time
Job function: Administrative
Industries: Education
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