Pupil Support Assistant - South-West Neighbourhood

Job Description

Children, Education and Justice Services

Pupil Support Assistant - Additional Support for Learning Service
South West Edinburgh

Salary: £22,185 - £24,590 per year (Pro-rata for part time and sessional)
Hours: 30 per week, 39 weeks sessional

This post is to work specifically with children with additional support needs in primary and secondary schools across Edinburgh. Applicants must have experience of supporting children and young people to regulate their behaviour.

The Additional Support for Learning service is a peripatetic service and applicants must be willing to work anywhere in the city. The successful candidate could be asked to work in any school in the city, including our specialist provision and with a range of needs including support for children with personal care and children and young people who require support with self or mutual regulation which sometimes can result in physical harm.

This post is considered Regulated Work with Vulnerable Children and/or Protected Adults, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. Preferred candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check prior to a formal offer of employment being made by the City of Edinburgh Council.

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. 

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