Pupil Support Worker - Kaimes School

City of Edinburgh Council; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaimes School is seeking a Pupil Support Worker for a fixed term until June 2026. The role involves working closely with pupils with complex needs, fostering their academic and social growth, and supporting families, within an inclusive environment. Candidates should have a nurturing approach and experience with autism.

Qualifications

• Experience working with individuals with autism or complex needs.
• Desirable: Experience in school/education settings.

Responsibilities

• Support pupils with additional support needs academically and socially.
• Build positive relationships with pupils, parents, and staff.

Skills

Nurturing approach

Building relationships

Knowledge of autism

Education

Experience in education settings

Job description

Pupil Support Worker - fixed term until 26/06/2026
Kaimes School

Salary: £25,322 - £27,727 (pro-rata for part-time and sessional)
Hours: 27.5 per week, 39 week sessional

Working hours for the position are Monday to Thursday 08:40 - 15:30 and Friday 08:40 - 12:05

An exciting opportunity has arisen at Kaimes School, for an enthusiastic Pupil Support Worker to join our team on a fixed term basis until 26th June 2026. The successful candidate will be someone who is nurturing in their approach and is capable of building positive relationships with our pupils, parents and staff. This role offers the opportunity to support pupils with a range of additional support needs, helping them to thrive both academically and socially. The ideal candidate would have experience of working with individuals with autism or any other complex needs. Experience of working in a school/education setting would be desirable. A knowledge of autism would be advantageous.

Kaimes School is a non-denominational special school situated in the South of Edinburgh. The school provides education for primary and secondary-aged learners with complex long-term additional support needs where the presumption of mainstream cannot be met. The needs of learners are primarily associated with Autistic Spectrum Disorder. The school currently has 16 classes from P6 to S6. The maximum pupil:teacher ratio is 6:1, the staffing model reflecting the support required to ensure that learners' needs are met.

The school is divided into two buildings on the same site. The school also a range of specially equipped classrooms to support learners' sensory and regulation needs. The school is situated close to local primary schools and Gracemount High School, facilitating joint working and opportunities for inclusion and integration where appropriate.

A key strength of Kaimes School is our multi-agency approach to supporting our learners, and school staff work closely with Educational Psychologists, the Additional Support for Learning Service, CAMHS Learning Disability Team, Allied Health Professionals and third-sector partners in order to meet the needs of our learners. We also have an active Parent Council who support us with our work.

We pride ourselves on our positive and inclusive ethos and are committed to enabling learners with Autistic Spectrum Disorder to thrive, by raising attainment and promoting achievement through the development of the curriculum and partnership working to meet a wide range of learning needs. This vision is shared with our families and community and very much part of our everyday practice.

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'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 bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

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