Pupil Support Assistant - Danestone School - ABC11709 inAberdeen inAberdeen PUBLISHED
THU 19 DEC 2024
£30,285 per annum
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Aberdeen City Council rduH46e
Meaningful Impact, The role allows you to help promote effective learning and personal development, making a significant difference in pupils' lives.
Supportive Environment, The position fosters an atmosphere where you can create positive relationships with children and young people, enhancing their educational experience.
Flexible Working, The role offers flexibility in working patterns, allowing you to balance personal commitments with work.
Diversity and Inclusion, Working for an employer committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion, you will contribute to a workplace that values different backgrounds and perspectives.
Professional Growth, Opportunities for developing proven communication, literacy, and numeracy skills while engaging with various support needs.
Disability Confident Employer, The organization actively supports candidates with disabilities, ensuring a fair selection process and reasonable adjustments.
Community Connection, The role is embedded in the local community, allowing you to build relationships and contribute positively to your area's educational landscape.
The role of Pupil Support Assistant at Danestone School, Aberdeen, involves supporting effective learning and personal development for pupils, fostering an environment where students can reach their potential. Candidates must possess or be willing to obtain PVG membership for regulated work with children, and demonstrate strong communication, literacy, and numeracy skills, alongside qualities such as empathy and patience.
The position is part-time and permanent, with a focus on building positive relationships with children and addressing diverse support needs. Aberdeen City Council promotes equality, diversity, and inclusion and offers flexible working arrangements. Additional support initiatives are in place for applicants with disabilities and those from the armed forces. For further details, prospective candidates are encouraged to refer to the job profile and applicant guidance provided by the council.
The position is part-time and permanent, with a focus on building positive relationships with children and addressing diverse support needs. Aberdeen City Council promotes equality, diversity, and inclusion and offers flexible working arrangements. Additional support initiatives are in place for applicants with disabilities and those from the armed forces. For further details, prospective candidates are encouraged to refer to the job profile and applicant guidance provided by the council.
Job Purpose:
Before applying for this job, it is important that you read the Applicant Guidance by clicking on this link and the Job Profile attached. These explain the job role and the type of person we're looking for.
Location: Danestone School, Aberdeen
Duration: Permanent, Part Time
Roles that require PVG Membership
Please note that with effect from 1 April 2023, where a role requires PVG membership, candidates will be required to meet the cost of the PVG membership. This applies only to roles with a full time equivalent salary of £30,000 and above. (Teaching roles and jobs at Grade 11 and above (currently £30,285 per annum / £16.64 per hour)
The Council will pay for the PVG membership cost initially, either £18 for existing PVG scheme members, or £59 for non-members, and this cost will be deducted from an employee’s first FULL month’s salary payment.
Job Purpose
To help promote effective learning, teaching, personal development and an atmosphere where pupils can achieve to reach their potential under direction and supervision.
The Post Holder Needs To Hold As a Minimum:
PVG membership for regulated work with children and/or protected adults or, a willingness to obtain prior to a formal offer of employment being made
The Postholder Is Able To Demonstrate:
Please see the Job Profile for further details.
Aberdeen City Council is an equal opportunities employer and we are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. For further information, please see our Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Recruitment pack.
Flexible Working
We are happy to talk flexible working and offer flexible working for most roles in the organisation meaning that many of our employees enjoy the freedom of choosing a working pattern that suits them as much as it suits the organisation.
Disability Confident
We are a Disability Confident Employer. If you consider yourself to have a disability and think you may require a reasonable adjustment to be made for this part of the selection process, or would like further information in relation to reasonable adjustments, please contact
Armed Forces
We are a forces-friendly employer, have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and are a silver award recipient in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme. We have a specific email address for those in the forces, those who have left the forces, as well as their partners / spouses / families: We are able to answer questions about jobs and our application / selection process, as well as about our employee support provisions.
Guaranteed Interview Scheme
We Have a Number Of Guaranteed Interview Schemes Available To Applicants Who Meet The Minimum Criteria For The Role They Are Applying For Who:
Before applying for this job, it is important that you read the Applicant Guidance by clicking on this link and the Job Profile attached. These explain the job role and the type of person we're looking for.
Location: Danestone School, Aberdeen
Duration: Permanent, Part Time
Roles that require PVG Membership
Please note that with effect from 1 April 2023, where a role requires PVG membership, candidates will be required to meet the cost of the PVG membership. This applies only to roles with a full time equivalent salary of £30,000 and above. (Teaching roles and jobs at Grade 11 and above (currently £30,285 per annum / £16.64 per hour)
The Council will pay for the PVG membership cost initially, either £18 for existing PVG scheme members, or £59 for non-members, and this cost will be deducted from an employee’s first FULL month’s salary payment.
Job Purpose
To help promote effective learning, teaching, personal development and an atmosphere where pupils can achieve to reach their potential under direction and supervision.
The Post Holder Needs To Hold As a Minimum:
PVG membership for regulated work with children and/or protected adults or, a willingness to obtain prior to a formal offer of employment being made
The Postholder Is Able To Demonstrate:
- Proven oral communication, literacy and numeracy skills
- Empathy, patience and tolerance and to respond positively to a variety of additional support needs
- Establishing positive relationships with others
- Working with children and young people
- Being solution focussed
Please see the Job Profile for further details.
Aberdeen City Council is an equal opportunities employer and we are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. For further information, please see our Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Recruitment pack.
Flexible Working
We are happy to talk flexible working and offer flexible working for most roles in the organisation meaning that many of our employees enjoy the freedom of choosing a working pattern that suits them as much as it suits the organisation.
Disability Confident
We are a Disability Confident Employer. If you consider yourself to have a disability and think you may require a reasonable adjustment to be made for this part of the selection process, or would like further information in relation to reasonable adjustments, please contact
Armed Forces
We are a forces-friendly employer, have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and are a silver award recipient in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme. We have a specific email address for those in the forces, those who have left the forces, as well as their partners / spouses / families: We are able to answer questions about jobs and our application / selection process, as well as about our employee support provisions.
Guaranteed Interview Scheme
We Have a Number Of Guaranteed Interview Schemes Available To Applicants Who Meet The Minimum Criteria For The Role They Are Applying For Who:
- have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2all jobs)
- looked after young people, those that are in continuing care or are a care leaver up to the age of 29 (all jobs)
- are aged 16-24 and live in Aberdeen City or have been to an Aberdeen City Council school and are applying for a Modern Apprenticeship (except Trades apprenticeships)
- have done a Foundation Apprenticeship with Aberdeen City Council and are applying for any apprenticeships relevant to the area in which they did their Foundation Apprenticeship
- are New Scots* aged 16-24 and are applying for any apprenticeships
- "New Scots" are defined as refugees and asylum seekers who are in Scottish communities and include those who have been granted refugee status or another form of humanitarian protection, people seeking asylum, those who have been refused asylum, and those whose application has been refused but who remain in Scotland.
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