Pupil Support Officer - Liberton Primary School

Job Description

Children, Education and Justices Services

Pupil Support Officer (2 posts) - fixed term until 28/06/2024
Liberton Primary School & Prestonfield Primary School

Salary: £26,788 - £30,751 per year (pro rata for part-time and sessional)
Hours: 27.75 per week, 39 weeks sessional

Liberton Primary School is a diverse school community serving the children and families of Liberton and The Inch. Our school has approximately 425 children in the school and nursery as well as a large staff team. We have a nurturing ethos and strong, positive relationships across our school community - staff and children enjoy being here every day!

At Prestonfield Primary School we are kind, we are responsible and we are ambitious. We are an inclusive community of committed learners where we all belong. Prestonfield Primary School is a non-denominational, co-educational school for children of both primary and nursery age where we strive to provide our children with learning experiences of the highest quality in a positive and caring environment, where everyone can feel happy, confident and valued. We are committed to working in partnership with our parents and members of our learning community to ensure that our children achieve the very best.

For more information about our schools please visit our websites:

www.libertonprimary.wordpress.com

www.prestonfieldprimary.co.uk

We are recruiting for 2 Pupil Support Officer to join our fabulous teams!

The role of the Pupil Support Officer will be as follows:

• Targeted interventions in attendance
• Supporting the delivery of national policy in the context of Getting It Right For Every Child
• Supporting children’s health and wellbeing.

This is a key role within our school team and would be of interest to candidates who have a strong track record of supporting pupils and/or working in the areas listed above.

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.

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

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