Job Description

This post is for 7.5 hours per week and is fixed term until 27/06/2025.

To undertake duties concerned with the safe passage of school children across roads to and from school including the direction of traffic at crossing areas.

To ensure the safety of children crossing the road at designated points between specified times during the day.

Able to maintain control over children who are awaiting your instructions to cross.

To switch on and off the flashing amber lights where situated, at the beginning and end of duty and to report any faults.

To use all uniform and equipment provided for the safety of yourself, children and other members of the public, especially when stopping traffic on the Highway.

To report any problems or difficulties to Manager.

To carry out the Council’s policy with regard to the School Crossing Patrol Service which includes Health and Safety Procedures.

The post holder will work within national, local authority and school delivered policy frameworks. The post holder is expected to exhibit sound judgement based on these frameworks.

Requirements

If you start out with the normal school session, an adjustment will be made to reduce your first pay. This is because you are not entitled to be paid for all holidays. Once this adjustment has been completed, you will receive a 12^th of your annual salary thereafter.

You will receive an email from our payroll department before your first pay is due to advise of the amount that will be deducted.

If you start on the first day of term, this will not apply to you.

Please note as this post is part time term time, your salary will be pro rata to hours and weeks worked.

Responsibilities

You can view the application pack below including our recruitment privacy notice. The application pack contains the job profile outlining the skills, experience and knowledge required for this job.

Clackmannanshire Council is currently promoting for the (Get into Care for Adult Care) further documents can be viewed below (These do not relate to the job advertised).

Clackmannanshire Council welcomes applications from everyone and we value diversity in our workforce. We are committed to being an exemplar employer with an inclusive culture, developing a workplace environment where all our employees are treated with dignity and respect. For this vacancy, we would welcome applications from ethnic minority groups, who are currently under represented in our workforce.

Clackmannanshire Council operates a flexible hybrid approach for those roles that allow this type of working. Attendance at the office will be required to meet the needs of the business and for example to build team and stakeholder relationships. The exact pattern of working will be agreed with you as part of the recruitment process.

Clackmannanshire Council is a living wage accredited employer.

This post is considered Regulated Work with Vulnerable Children under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. You will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check prior to a formal offer of employment being made by Clackmannanshire Council. Further guidance will follow in your conditional offer of employment on how to apply. Please note you will be required to pay for the cost of this application, if your salary is over £30,000 per annum, which will be deducted from your first salary. Further information can be found here https://www.mygov.scot/apply-for-pvg

Should you have difficulty applying for a job online please call 01259 452244 (24 hrs) and leave your details along with the reference number of the post.

Please note that if you are selected for interview you will be notified by e-mail.

Please click this link to view a short video on what is expected when completing application forms for Clackmannanshire Council - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXaasgoGqmw