Primary School Support Assistant

LOCATION:
Abernethy Primary School 78 Main Street Abernethy, PH2 9LA

SALARY:
£10,514 - £11,060 per year

CONTRACT TYPE:
Fixed Term

POSITION TYPE:
Term Time Part Time

HOURS:
21 hours per week

£10,514 - £11,060 (Term-time only)
Abernyte Primary School

Job Purpose, to ensure high quality school administration and operational effectiveness and to contribute to the positive ethos of the school, providing pastoral support to the children by carrying out any specific role below at particular times depending on your deployment in the school.

**Requirements**:
Support the School
- Provide a general reception service, receive visitors, issue visitor cards and deal with enquiries from the public, both in person and on the telephone. Pass on relevant information or refer caller/visitor to appropriate source.
- Sort and prioritise incoming mail and messages for the headteacher and the school to facilitate efficient distribution and appropriate response.
- Ensure outgoing mail is despatched as appropriate, meeting deadlines, and ensuring the security of confidential records.
- Provide clerical support through minute taking, handling sensitive and confidential documentation, filing duties, messengerial duties and collection of school monies e.g. lunch, school trips. Maintain and update various registers, records and update databases including SEEMIS.
- Provide a comprehensive word processing service to Headteacher and School Management Team.
- Manage bookings and booking requests for the use of school facilities, taking into account school and community use requirements and the corporate letting policy.
- Operate reprographic equipment, collate and issue print materials.
- Support the Headteacher in ensuring effective compliance with Council financial policies and procedures including assisting with Devolved School Management procedures.
- Support the Headteacher to maintain proper financial records, e.g. carry out bank reconciliations and maintain petty cash floats.
- Update financial commitment systems ensuring that all income and expenditure transactions are recorded for DSM and School Funds.
- Maintain financial records through the use of the Council’s Financial System (Integra) and Procurement System (PECOS).
- Support the wider life of the school e.g. special seasonal events, trips and visits, organisation of parents’ evenings and prize giving.

Support the Staff
- Supervision of children in and outwith school premises during learning times, school bus drop off and pick up, intervals and lunchtime and when necessary assume the role of school crossing patroller.
- Assume specific responsibilities in agreed and planned procedures for emergencies.

Support the Children
- Build good and trusting relationships with children and adhere to child protection and equalities legislation.
- Attend to the personal needs of the children and assist in maintaining a healthy, safe and hygienic environment.
- Provide support for children with specific health or medical needs where appropriate.
- Provide first aid as required to children and staff.
- Provide comfort and care for minor accidents, ailments or upsets, cleaning the pupil of excess body fluids or waste.

You may be required to perform duties other than those given in the job description for the post. The particular duties and responsibilities attached to posts may vary from time to time depending on the requirements of the Service without changing the general character of the duties or the level of responsibilities entailed.

**Responsibilities**:
Knowledge & Experience
- Ideally you will have experience of working with children.
- You must have good organisation and administrative skills.
- You must be able to use ICT including Word & Excel for a variety of purposes.
- You must be able to keep financial records.
- You must be able to handle cash.
- You must be able to promote active learning and play experiences.
- Ideally you will have a relevant Professional Development Award or equivalent.
- Ideally you will have experience of working with children with additional support needs.
- Ideally you will have knowledge of child protection issues.
- Ideally you will have previous experience of working in a primary school.
- Ideally you will have a first aid certificate.
- Ideally you will have a basic understanding of financial procedure

Customer Care
- You must be able to build and maintain positive relationships with children, colleagues and parents

Health & Safety
- You must be able to cope with the demands of the job and attend on a regular basis.
- You must have an awareness of Health and Safety Issues as they affect you and others and comply with all relevant Health and Safety legislation.

Equality & Dignity at Work
- You must be able to treat children, colleagues, parents and the community in accordance with the Council’s policies on equalities and dignity at work.

Communications
- The ability to communicate effectively with children, colleagues and