Pupil Support Assistant - Canal View Primary School

The City of Edinburgh Council; Easter Howgate; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

The City of Edinburgh Council seeks a Pupil Support Assistant at Canal View Primary School to provide one-to-one support to a Primary 1 pupil, helping them access the curriculum and meet educational, care and welfare needs.

The role is 20 hours per week over 39 weeks, fixed-term until 29 June 2027, with PVG scheme checks required and a welcoming, inclusive school community in Wester Hailes.

We value collaboration, safeguarding, and flexible working arrangements as part of our supportive culture.

Qualifications

• Experience of supporting a pupil with educational, care and welfare needs.

Responsibilities

• Provide one to one support to a Primary 1 pupil to help access the curriculum.
• Assist with educational, care and welfare needs.

Job description

Pupil Support Assistant – fixed term until 29/06/2027
Canal View Primary School
Salary: £26,806 - £27,032 (pro rata for part-time and sessional)
Hours: 20 per week, 39 weeks sessional
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic individual who can work collaboratively as a member of the school team to provide one to one support to a Primary 1 pupil assisting in meeting their educational, care and welfare needs to ensure they can effectively access the curriculum.

The hours are 20 hours per week, Mondays to Thursdays 9.00am to 1.30pm and Fridays 9.30am to 11.30am.The hours may be subject to negotiation.

Canal View Primary School serves the community of Wester Hailes. The school has a broad social mix and the catchment contains areas of multiple deprivation with 77% of our learners living in SIMD 1 and 2. The school receives both Positive Action funding and Pupil Equity funding. Canal View Primary School is organised into fourteen classes from P1-7 and has a Nursery offering 64 full-time places.

The school is led by a management team of a Head Teacher, a Depute Head Teacher, 2 Principal Teachers and a Business Manager. There are eighteen class teachers and three part-time Support for Learning Teachers ably supported by a School Administrator, Pupil Support Assistants, two Pupil Support Officers and a Facilities Technician. The Nursery has a Senior Early Years Officer, an Early Years Officer, a team of Early Years Practitioners, Early Years Assistants and an Early Years Domestic SupportAssistant.

For more information about the school, please visit our website: https://canalviewprimary.wordpress.com/ or call 0131 442 3894.

This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an overseas criminal record check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.
We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where everyone feels valued and able to be their best. We particularly encourage applications from women for senior roles, as well as people from minority ethnic backgrounds, people with disabilities or neurodivergent people, care experienced people, carers and LGBT+ people across all levels of the organisation, all of whom are currently underrepresented. All applicants will be considered fairly based on skills and experience. Disabled and care-experienced applicants who meet the minimum job criteria will be guaranteed an interview.

Find out more about our commitment to equalities https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/work-us/inclusive-eddinburgh/4

As part of our goal to improve organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure we're recruiting the best people. We’re interested not only in your skills and experience but also in your approach to work. Therefore, part of our interview process will be an assessment of how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours – The City of Edinburgh Council

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

Happy to talk flexible working.

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