Job Purpose:

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Location: Mile End School,
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 10 and above (currently £30,030 per annum / £16.50 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/about the role

To be responsible for the escorting and supporting of service users during transportation, including those with learning and physical disabilities; older people and school children, including those with Additional Support Needs.

The post requires someone to support a small group for pupils with additional and complex needs to travel to school and home again on a school transport minibus. The successful candidate can be picked up from their home at approximately 7:45am to collect pupils and take them to school for 9:00am. At this point the candidate will be taken home by the driver. The escort will be picked up again in the afternoon to be at school for 3:15pm to support the transition home. Once the children are all safely home the escort will again be dropped at their home. The post requires 1.5 hours in the morning and 1.5 hours in the afternoon each day. 15 hours a week in total - term time only.

The post holder needs to hold as a minimum:

PVG Membership for Regulated Work with Children and/or Vulnerable Adults or the willingness to obtain prior to a formal offer of employment being made

The postholder is able to demonstrate:

Ability to use initiative.
Care and compassion when dealing with service users.
Ability to cope with the physical demands of the post, for example manually
handling people and lifting heavy equipment

About Us

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 Recruitment@aberdeencity.gov.uk.

Armed Forces

We are a forces-friendly employer, have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and are a gold 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: armedforces@aberdeencity.gov.uk. 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 2010 (all 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

Please note that eligibility to work in the UK is dependent on legal status and all applicants must have the right to live and work in the UK.

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