Pupil Support Officer - Pentland Primary School - EDN27891
| Posting date: | 05 June 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £26,788.00 to £30,751.00 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 June 2024 |
| Location: | Edinburgh, EH13 9JE |
| Company: | The City of Edinburgh Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | EDN27891 |
Summary
Job Description
Children, Education and Justice Services
Pupil Support Officer - Fixed term until 26/6/2025
Pentland Primary
Salary:£26,788 - £30,751 (pro rata for part term ,sessional)
Hours: 34 per week,39 weeks sessional
Mon-Thurs 0800 –1600 45 min break
Fri 0800 -1315 15 min break
Pentland, a large primary school in South West Edinburgh benefits from a diverse catchment of 560 children (18 classes plus Nursery)
Newly co-created School Values ‘we are ambitious, we are safe, we are kind’ underpin daily interactions & goals. Pentland has a wonderful positive & nurturing ethos sustained by a fantastic team of teaching & support staff.
We are looking to further enhance the support we offer to children & families through recruitment of a Pupil Support Officer. A new & exciting opportunity to work as part of our team
Post holder will play key role in supporting the assessment, planning and direct support of children, young people, and families to address the poverty related attainment gap & promote equity
The role will be crucial in supporting children to be ready to learn & achieve, particularly in literacy & numeracy, and involves
• building trusting relationships with children & families ,may involve support within family homes
• working with individuals & groups across all stages to support inclusion & attainment of children in SIMD 1&2
• providing advice, signposting resources & supports to children & families
• Tracking attendance & attainment
• Raising attainment by supporting learners through targeted interventions & strategies to improve literacy, numeracy & social skills
• Supporting wider achievement through promotion & provision of extra-curricular activities
Successful candidate will have experience working with children & families, be caring, enthusiastic, creative, well organised & passionate about supporting children/young people to be & do their very best
It would be desirable for candidates to have experience in:
• Nurturing approaches
• Working with parents
• Tracking attendance & attainment
• Supporting social & emotional needs needs through a variety of approaches
• Raising attainment by supporting learners through targeted interventions & strategies
• Monitoring impact of interventions/planning next steps
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.
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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.
You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours – The City of Edinburgh Council
Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.
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