Pupil Support Assistant - St Crispin's School

Job Description

Children, Education and Justice Services

Pupil Support Assistant
St Crispin's Special School

Salary: £24,064 - £26,468 (pro-rata for part-time and sessional)
Hours: 27.5/30 hours per week, 39 weeks sessional

St Crispin’s is a non-denominational special school for primary and secondary learners. The school meets the needs of learners with complex, long term additional support needs who require a significantly modified learning environment. The needs of learners are primarily associated with intellectual disabilities and Autism Spectrum Disorders.

In 2022 we moved into our brand-new building in the Burdiehouse area of the city. The new school has 12 classrooms. There are dedicated classrooms for Art, Music, Home Economics and PE, as well as a variety of teaching/activity spaces e.g. sensory rooms, soft play areas, library, swimming pool and ample outdoor space.

Each class has six learners and teachers are supported by team of Nursery Nurses and Pupil Support Assistants.

St Crispin’s is expanding and in August 2024 we will welcome 2 additional classes.

For more information about the school please visit our website www.st-crispins.edin.sch.uk or call 0131 667 4831.

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.

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