Pupil Support Officer - Wardie Primary School

City of Edinburgh Council; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading council in Edinburgh is seeking a Pupil Support Officer to enhance children's learning experiences at Wardie Primary School. The successful candidate will focus on building relationships with students and families while providing essential support to ensure positive educational outcomes. This role offers training and professional development opportunities in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Experience working with children and families.
• Ability to build trusting relationships.
• Passionate about achieving positive outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Support attendance and learning access for students.
• Work alongside the ASL team in the nurture room.
• Remove barriers to learning for children.

Skills

Caring

Supportive

Relationship Building

Education

Experience as a Pupil Support Assistant

Job description

Salary: £28,046 - £32,010 (pro-rata for part time and sessional)
Hours: 31.25 per week, 39 weeks sessional

Opened in 1931 Wardie Primary School is situated in North Edinburgh and is part of the Trinity Academy Cluster. The school roll is 450 with a 40 place nursery. We have 22 teaching staff. SLT made up of 1 HT, 2 DHT, 1 PT, and 1 BM. 27 Support Staff including Administrator, Clerical Assistants, Pupil Support Assistants, Early Years Officer, Early Years Practitioners, Early Years Assistants, and Early Years Domestics.

We are recruiting a Pupil Support Officer to work in Wardie Primary School. The Pupil Support Officer will work with our school community to achieve the best outcomes for our children by removing barriers to learning. The successful candidate will work alongside the ASL team with a specific focus on supporting attendance as well as learners accessing our nurture room. They will also be prioritising building trusting relationships with learners, families and staff.

Training and support will be provided as part of induction and ongoing professional development in the service.

Are you kind, caring and passionate about working with children and families to achieve positive outcomes? Do children and families respond well to your support? Experienced PSAs or those who can demonstrate these skills and experience are encouraged to apply.

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. A n 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'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.

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 bringOur BehavioursofRespect, IntegrityandFlexibilityinto your ways of working.

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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