Pupil Support Assistant - St Mark's RC Primary School

Job Description

Communities and Families

Pupil Support Assistant
St Mark’s RC Primary School

Salary: £19,687 – £19,969 (pro-rata for part time and sessional)
Hours: 22.5 hours per week, 39 weeks sessional

St Mark’s is a Catholic primary school with a wide catchment area.  We are situated at the foot of the Pentland Hills and adjacent to Colinton Mains Park.  We are a small school with a maximum capacity of approximately 200 children. Each child is an individual and special.  Everyone is given the opportunity to grow and learn in an atmosphere of discipline, kindness and care. Although St Mark’s is a Catholic school, families of other faiths or of no faith are welcome within the community of our school.

St Mark’s Primary School is looking to recruit an empathetic individual with strong interaction skills to work collaboratively as a member of the Pupil Support Assistant team under the direction and supervision of teaching or nominated staff, the post holder will be required to support pupils in early years through organised activities, providing support, assistance and encouragement to help each individual child achieve the best learning outcomes possible

For further information regarding the post please email admin@st-marks.edin.sch.uk or Phone: 0131 441 2948 or visit our school website: https://stmarksrcedin.wordpress.com

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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