Location: Thomas Muir Primary School Kirriemuir Road Bishopbriggs, G64 1DL
Salary: £26,552.30 - £29,380.89 per year pro rata
Contract Type: Temporary
Position Type: Part Time
Hours: 27.5 hours per week
Job Summary
The Family Learning Assistant will work as part of a school locality. The successful candidate will support schools to deliver key nurture and family learning projects that can bring families into the school community and aim to support parents to engage in their child’s learning.
The role will involve raising awareness of support and services available within schools and the local community, as well as becoming a supportive point of contact for children, parents, and carers.
Responsibilities:
1. Support the delivery of nurture and family learning projects.
2. Engage with families to promote involvement in their child’s education.
3. Provide information on available support services.
4. Act as a point of contact for children, parents, and carers.
Qualifications:
Candidates must have a strong knowledge of child development including attachment theory, nurture principles, and play approaches, and have proven experience of working with multi-agency partners.
Candidates should be enthusiastic and articulate with excellent interpersonal and communication skills and have an understanding of the importance of confidentiality.
Note: East Dunbartonshire Council is committed to ensuring the safety of vulnerable people and our recruitment process is designed to support this. The preferred candidate will be required to be a member of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups Scheme.
Charter of Commitment
The commitment by East Dunbartonshire Council to job applicants is as follows:
* Individuals will be treated in a polite, friendly, and welcoming manner.
* Equalities monitoring will be conducted to ensure a fair and equitable process.
* The information that we receive will be treated in confidence and with discretion.
* We will encourage applications from individuals under the disability symbol.
* We will make reasonable adjustments to ensure accessibility at the interview.
* We will advise you within a reasonable time after the closing date if you have not met the interview criteria.
* We will advise you if you have been successful or unsuccessful at the interview stage as soon as practically possible.
PVG / Disclosure Scotland
Successful candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check prior to confirmation of employment being made by East Dunbartonshire Council. Please note, successful candidates will be expected to meet the cost of the relevant check which will be deducted from the successful candidate’s first salary payment.
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