Pupil Support Assistants - Woodlands School - EDN28034
| Posting date: | 17 June 2024 |
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| Salary: | £24,064.00 to £26,468.00 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 24 June 2024 |
| Location: | Edinburgh, EH14 5RD |
| Company: | The City of Edinburgh Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | EDN28034 |
Summary
Job Description
Children, Education and Justice Services
Pupil Support Assistant
Woodlands Special School
Salary: £24,064 - £26,468 (pro-rata for part time and sessional)
Hours: 30 per week, 39 weeks sessional
Woodlands is a Special School, which makes provision for secondary pupils with complex, long term additional support needs. The needs of learners are primarily associated with learning disability/Autism Spectrum condition. The current school roll is 80 and the maximum class size is 8. Pupils benefit from a breadth of opportunities, covering all areas within the framework of the national guidelines for the 3-18 curriculum. Each pupil has an Individualised Educational Programme, which includes priority targets drawn up in consultation with the school team, other professionals and parents. There is strong emphasis on developing the four capacities of the Curriculum for Excellence.
Pupils are offered a broad and balanced curriculum including Health and Wellbeing programmes to support in the learning of independence and social skills. The management team currently consists of Head Teacher, Depute Head Teacher, Business Manager and three Principal Teachers (including this post). Each class group is supported by a Pupil Support Assistant. The school has a Parent Council. Multidisciplinary teamwork is a central feature of the school and there is input from our Educational Psychologist, the School Doctor and Nurse and Speech and Language Therapist.
For further information on the school please visit our website athttps://woodlandssite.wpcomstaging.com/or to discuss this post please contact Head Teacher, Rhoda MacDougall on 0131 449 3447.
We are looking for conscientious, committed candidates with excellent inter-personal and communication skills. You will be working as part of The Woodlands team and there will be training opportunities to support you in working with our children and young people. Previous experience of working in a school would be desirable.
* Please read the sessional working information attached to this advert. This explains how salaries are calculated for sessional (term time) and part time posts.
There may be opportunities to work in a holiday hub provision during the school holidays for successful candidates looking to work during the school holidays.
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.
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