Pupil Support Assistant - Castlebrae Community Campus

City of Edinburgh Council; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 26,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading council is seeking a Pupil Support Assistant within Castlebrae Community Campus to support pupils with additional needs. The role requires collaboration with school leadership, flexibility in daily operations, and a commitment to the welfare of students. This part-time position involves 29.5 hours per week during term time, with a focus on creating an inclusive educational environment.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting children or young people with additional support needs.
• Knowledge of social, emotional, and behavioral needs.
• Commitment to safeguarding welfare of children.

Responsibilities

• Support pupils with additional support needs to access education.
• Assist in the day-to-day operation of the school as directed.
• Provide care and wellbeing support for pupils.

Skills

Flexibility

Respect

Integrity

Teamwork

Communication

Job description

Location: Castlebrae Community Campus, 99 Niddrie Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH16 4DS

Salary: £24,909 - £25,116 per year

Contract Type: Permanent

Position Type: Part Time

Hours: 29.5 hours per week

Pupil Support Assistant
Castlebrae Community Campus

Salary: £24,909 - £25,116 (pro-rata for part-time and sessional)
Hours: 29.5 per week, 39 weeks

Working collaboratively as a member of a team within all departments. Support pupils with additional support needs to access education and have their care and wellbeing needs met. To be flexible and provide support and assistance in the day-to-day operation of the school, as directed by the school leadership team. The support needs of children or young people may include social, emotional and behavioural needs requiring provision of support for dysregulated behaviour.

We moved into the new Castlebrae Community Campus in April 2022. Our new building has transformed learning and teaching experiences and provided innovative and inspirational spaces for our rapidly expanding community.

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.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we're bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

To help achieve this, we're changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

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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