Total 528 job vacancies by Falkirk Council

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As a Cleaner in the Falkirk area you will be motivated and enthusiastic in providing a clean and safe environment to a high standard for all staff/visitors. Previous experience as a Cleaner is desirable but is not essential. Ultimately, we are looking for individuals who display a positive attitude, are passionate, organised and can successfully work as part of a team. A strong willingness to learn is also critical.

You will work 10 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

This post is temporary until March 2025 due to service requirements.

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We have an exciting opportunity for a Catering Assistant covering the Denny, Bonnybridge, Banknock Larbert and Camelon area. As part of this role you will help prepare and serve food for schools and/or offices within Falkirk Council. You will be motivated and enthusiastic in contributing to the delivery of an effective and efficient customer service.

Previous experience as a Catering Assistant is desirable but is not essential as training will be given. Ultimately, we are looking for individuals who display a positive attitude, are passionate, organised and can work successfully as part of a team. A strong willingness to learn is also critical.

You will work 15 hours per week on a term-time basis.

This post is temporary until June 2025 due to service requirements

If you are the successful candidate, you will be required to gain/maintain PVG scheme membership.

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Falkirk Council is seeking to recruit class teachers who are highly skilled practitioners, committed to delivering the very best learning and teaching experiences for our children and young people.

The key policy document for Falkirk schools is Learning to Achieve. This was co-created by Head-teachers, teachers, early years practitioners, support staff, parents/carers, pupils and other partners.

It sets out clearly our expectations for our class teachers, namely that they are practitioners who demonstrate commitment to meeting the needs of all learners by:

• reflecting critically on their practice
• being proactive in seeking professional learning opportunities that further enhance their skills and knowledge
• adopting flexible, creative approaches to meet the needs of all learners
• using current educational thinking to inform their practice
• making good use of professional collaboration in school and beyond
• communicating effectively with others

Successful applicants will:

• hold an appropriate secondary qualification
• be fully registered with the General Teaching Council, Scotland (GTCS)
• be able to demonstrate that they possess the commitment, knowledge and skills outlined in the Standard for Full Registration

Successful applicants who progress to the next stage of the recruitment process will be invited to attend:

• Classroom observation
• Short Leet interview

This post is temporary until December 2025 to cover maternity leave.

Successful applicants for posts working with children or vulnerable adults will be subject to disclosure checks or the new PVG scheme and approval by Care Commission Scotland.

Applicants are encouraged to be explicit in detailing their skills, experience and attributes that they can bring to this post.

The salary for this Teacher’s post is paid in line with SNCT Conditions of Service, please see Appendix 2.19 - SNCT Handbook

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We have an exciting opportunity for a Catering Assistant working in Bantaskin Primary School. As part of this role you will help prepare and serve food for schools and/or offices within Falkirk Council. You will be motivated and enthusiastic in contributing to the delivery of an effective and efficient customer service.

Previous experience as a Catering Assistant is desirable but is not essential as training will be given. Ultimately, we are looking for individuals who display a positive attitude, are passionate, organised and can work successfully as part of a team. A strong willingness to learn is also critical.

This is a breakfast club post. You will work 5 hours per week on a term-time basis, Monday to Friday 8.15am - 9.15am.

This post is temporary until June 2025 due to service requirement.

If you are the successful candidate, you will be required to gain/maintain PVG scheme membership.

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Job Advert

Early Years Officer

Bowhouse Primary School, ELC Class

Post ID CS1506

An opportunity has arisen for an Early Years Officer to join the team at Bowhouse Primary School, ELC Class.

You will have skills, knowledge and experience of all current Early Learning and Childcare provision and procedures and have a passion for promoting and delivering high quality play and learning both indoors and outdoors.

You will work as an effective team member and establish positive relationships with children and families. You will have knowledge and experience of current early learning and childcare provision and procedures.

With experience of working with children, you will have an HNC/SVQ Level 3 in Childcare or equivalent. You must be registered with or currently seeking registration with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC).

If you are the successful candidate, you will be required to gain/maintain PVG scheme membership.

Please note the salary in the advert will be adjusted accordingly for part time and term time contract. The post is part time (14.8 hours – Monday and Tuesday, term time) and is permanent within Falkirk Council Children’s Services.

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Summerford House Reablement service is a 27 bedded resource centre providing short term reablement care to adults over the age of 55 within the Falkirk area. Taking a “doing with” approach we support people to rebuild, retain or regain their skills and confidence – maximising independence to support a safe discharge home.

We are offering an exciting opportunity for successful candidates to join our experienced, motivated and passionate team. Working in a fast-paced environment you will support admissions from hospital and the community, working with the service users to achieve and maintain their independence. You will work as part of a team of social care staff, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and rehab support workers, working jointly in a multi disciplinary team providing direct care to support service users to achieve their goals, maximise their independence and support a safe discharge home.

You will work to Health and Social Care Standards My Support My Life to deliver a high level of person centred reablement care and will be supported with training and development opportunities to fulfil your role as social care worker.

You must have experience of or an understanding of the care needs of older people and the effects of ageing and disability. You will be skilled in assessment and recording. You must have good communication skills, a flexible positive attitude and be able to work as part of a team but also to manage your own workload, use your initiative and work on your own.

Part time permanent contract of 13.5 hours per week – you will be required to work nights on a shift rota basis which will include weekends.

An SVQ level 3 in social care or the willingness to work towards this together with moving and handling training would be desirable.

You must be able to register with the SSSC as a Practitioner in Care Home Services for older adults and hold or obtain the relevant qualification within the regulatory time scale of three years.

If you are the successful candidate, you will be required to gain and maintain PVG scheme membership.

For any informal enquiries please contact Carolanne Campbell Resource Centre Manager on 01324 501842 or carolanne.campbell@falkirk.gov.uk

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Support for Leaning Assistant (Advanced)

Stenhousemuir Primary School, Early Learning and Childcare Class

Post ID CS3576

Falkirk Children’s Services is seeking to employ a Support for Learning Assistant at Stenhousemuir Primary School, Early Learning and Childcare Class to provide support for learning resource aimed at delivering continuity for children and allowing for further service improvement.

You will undertake a range of support activities including general supervision of children to ensure their safety and well-being. You may be required to provide more intensive support for children with additional support needs to ensure that individual plans are carried out regularly and efficiently. Support for Learning Assistants are crucial to the successful delivery of our services to children and are valued team members in many of our settings. This role requires you to work as part of a busy team of staff, so good communication skills are essential for this post. You should possess a positive, can-do attitude and be flexible in your approach.

The post at Stenhousemuir is part time (22.5 hours – Monday to Friday 9.15 am to 2.15 pm with a 15 minute break each day), term time and is permanent with Falkirk Council Children’s Services. Please note the salary will be adjusted pro-rata accordingly for part time and term time working.3576

If you are the successful candidate, you will be required to gain/maintain PVG scheme membership.

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An exciting and challenging opportunity has arisen for a committed and enthusiastic individual to join the Employment and Training Unit (ETU) of Falkirk Council as a Programme Assistant.

Working from home and Grangemouth Municipal Chambers you will be responsible for a broad range of specialist administrative support functions as part of the Central Support Team.

It is essential that you are an excellent communicator, a team player and already possess an SVQ Level 2 in Business Administration or equivalent qualification. Previous administrative experience is essential as well as in-depth knowledge of creating and using management information systems.

A large part of this role will be supporting the ETU in relation to financial systems including invoice and purchase order input, budget monitoring and tracking using Excel so the ideal candidate should have some experience in this field with an eye for detail.

Experience of administrative support of national training programmes, as well as knowledge of Falkirk Council’s systems and procedures would be advantageous, but not essential.

The ideal candidate should be self motivated, forward thinking, solution focussed and able to deliver a client centred service.

This post is temporary for a 2 year period due to service requirement.

If you wish to discuss the post informally, please contact Jo Allan on 01324 504408

If you are the successful candidate for this post you will need a Disclosure Scotland check.

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We are looking for confident, flexible and nurturing residential childcare workers to join our experienced and committed staff team. The work provides opportunities to make a real difference to the lives of children and young people in our care by building lasting relationships and contributing to meaningful care and support plans.

Our service promotes relationship-based practice that is child- centred and trauma informed.

We recognise the importance of regular professional supervision and provide significant training and development opportunities to our staff within Falkirk Council.

Our houses have been consistently highly rated by the Care Inspectorate and we are keen to improve the experiences of the young people in our care and to develop the service to meet the expectations of “The Promise”.

Staff are required to be able to register unconditionally with SSSC.

Successful candidates will be required to obtain PVG Scheme Membership through Disclosure Scotland.

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Easter Carmuirs Primary School: ASC Base is seeking to recruit an experienced Support for Learning Assistant who is highly skilled practitioner and committed to delivering the very best experiences for our children and young people.

The key policy document for Falkirk Schools is Learning to Achieve. This was co-created by head teachers, teachers, early year’s practitioners, support staff, parents/carers, pupils and other partners.

It sets out clearly our aims for all learners.

Successful applicants will:

• Evidence a clear understanding of working as part of a team as well as being able to use their own initiative
• Demonstrate a caring and nurturing ethos, with a willingness to support young people in all aspects of school life

Successful applicants who progress to the next stage of the recruitment process will be invited to attend:

• A formal interview, focussing on your knowledge of Autism, GIRFEC and social/emotional needs.
• A school visit.

If you are the successful candidate, you will be required to gain/maintain PVG scheme membership.

Applicants are encouraged to be explicit in detailing their skills, experience and attributes that they can bring to this post

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Based in the Facilities Team of Place Services you will be responsible for response led and regular inspections of the Council’s non-housing property portfolio to identify and instruct works to be carried out as a part of planned or responsive repairs and maintenance programmes.

Applicants must hold an appropriate building services related HNC, or equivalent, preferably with a minimum of 5 years experience within the commercial building services sector, and will be expected to have a thorough knowledge of building services, related plant and engineering trades and techniques. You will be mobile throughout the Council area. Applicants are required to be Gas Safe registered, ideally with commercial installations additional module.

You will liaise with premises managers, and with technical / professional staff within Invest Falkirk to discuss repair works, minor planned budgets and other relevant issues that affect the building services installations within our properties. You will issue detailed repair instructions to both relevant contractors, supervise the standard and timely completion of works, and check and agree invoices prior to payment.

You will have the ability to work under pressure on different projects simultaneously and be able to prepare regular progress reports for Coordinators and managers, whilst ensuring regular attendance at premises.

You will respond to emergency requests for necessary ad-hoc repair works and will arrange for appropriate remedial action to be taken. A formal standby scheme is in operation to cover out of hours emergencies and repairs, and the successful applicant will be required to participate in this scheme.

For an informal discussion regarding this vacancy please contact James Beattie, Acting Senior Property Inspector (01324 501813).

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We are seeking to recruit a permanent member of staff to work as a Medical Attendant within a busy secondary school. You will work as part of a team and should be in possession of a valid First Aid Certificate and have experience in dealing with young people and administering first aid. This post may also include some support for pupils within a classroom setting.

Good communication & organisational skills, discretion, flexibility and initiative are essential. Experience in a school setting would be an advantage but not essential.

Although this post is 27.5 hours (5 days per week) we would consider part-time for the right candidate.

If you are the successful candidate, you will be required to gain/maintain PVG scheme membership and be medically checked.

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Job Description

Falkirk Council is looking to recruit a Support for Learning Assistant for Larbert High School (Additional Support Centre).

You will, at the advanced level, provide teacher and pupil support to enhance pupil achievement and undertake a range of whole school support activities and pupil support with regard to the general supervision, safety, care and wellbeing of pupils.

Good communication skills are essential and you should enjoy working as part of a team.

Successful applicants who progress to the next stage of the recruitment process will be invited to attend for interview.

Applicants are encouraged to be explicit in detailing their skills, experience and attributes that they can bring to this post.

You will work 30 hours per week on a term time basis. Please note the salary will be adjusted pro-rata accordingly for part time working.

If you are the successful candidate, you will be required to gain/maintain PVG scheme membership.

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for the position of Senior housing with care worker within one of our housing with care buildings

The Housing with care Service provides support to vulnerable service users within their own homes, experience of working with vulnerable service users in a care setting is required. As a Senior housing with care worker, you will be required to carry out personal care tasks on a 'one-to-one' basis with people who have a wide range of caring needs in their own homes, workplace observations of your team ensuring a high-quality service is being provided, which meets the National Care Standards.

Previous experience of working in a care setting is essential for this position. We are looking for individuals with strong interpersonal skills, a caring personality and someone who is reliable and can be relied upon to support the service user in their home. We are looking for someone that will always work in the best interests of the service user.

You must be confident in using Microsoft office applications and have an eye for attention to detail.

Hours for this role are 37 per week on a rotational shift pattern, involving working every second weekend. This post may include working an early and back shift pattern.

All posts involve lone working.

You must hold the relevant qualification or be willing to work towards the SVQ Award that is linked to the post of senior housing with care worker.

Successful applicants for posts working with children or vulnerable adults will be subject to the PVG scheme and requires SSSC Registration.

For further information on these posts, please contact Lynn Adams on 01324 504150

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Do you have experience of providing support in a family or work setting and want to make a difference to people’s lives?

Are you an enthusiastic, motivated, compassionate and flexible individual who understands and respects the rights of other people? If so, we want you to come and join our care at home and reablement teams in Falkirk.

Falkirk Health and Social Care Partnership delivers high quality care and support to people of all ages and with varying levels of need. Your role will include supporting service users to maintain and develop their daily living skills and improve independence.

Our service operates 7 days per week between 7:30am and 10pm and has both full-time and part-time hours available across the 4 housing with care buildings.

The hours available are part- and full-time hours per week. Work patterns will be discussed at interview.

As an employee, you would receive a wide range of benefits including:

• induction and developmental training
• paid holidays
• professional qualification (SVQ 2 Health & Social Care)
• local government pension scheme
• career progression opportunities
• staff benefits & discounts
• family friendly policies

A level of flexibility is required to meet the exigencies of the service.

Registration with the Scottish Social Services Council within the first 6 months of working with Falkirk Council is a requirement of the post. You will also be required to achieve an SVQ Level 2 in Health & Social Care within an agreed timescale if you have not already achieved this award.

If you are the successful candidate, you will be required to gain/maintain PVG scheme membership.

If you would like an informal chat or to find out further information on what being a Housing with care worker means, please contact Lynn Adams 01324 504150.

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