Education Support Officer (Inclusion & Wellbeing) - Waverley Court - 10924_1756890772
| Posting date: | 03 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £57,429.00 to £62,022.00 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 September 2025 |
| Location: | Edinburgh, EH8 8BG |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | The City of Edinburgh Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 10924_1756890772 |
Summary
Education Support Officer - Inclusion & Wellbeing
Waverley Court
Salary: £57,429 - £62,022
Hours: 35 per week
The Education Support Officer will work across the local authority to develop, implement and deliver on the policies, procedures and practice that support the inclusion and wellbeing of all Edinburgh's children and young people in education.
Key national policy areas include the presumption of mainstream (2000), the Additional Support for Learning Act (2009), Equality Act (2010), Carer's (Scotland) Act 2016, getting it right for every child (GIRFEC), the Promise and corporate parenting duties, Child Protection, Safeguarding and PREVENT.
The post holder will work collaboratively with others including children, young people and families, schools, third sector partners and key agencies such as Social Work, Police and NHS. They will support the development of policies and procedures, curriculum, learning and teaching, quality assurance, professional learning, use of data for improvement on all matters pertaining to inclusion and wellbeing. They will assist in the implementation and monitoring of legislation, regulations, and policies to ensure compliance with Additional Support for Learning (2009) legislation and associated entitlements. They will support the development of self-evaluation, quality assurance and performance indicators to ensure that all children and young people in the City of Edinburgh Council are supported to be present, participating, achieving in their education.
This is a 52 week contract where the successful candidate will be entitled to take annual leave throughout the year, rather than taking the school holidays.
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.
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.
Salaries will be in accordance with the Scheme of Salaries and Conditions of Service for Teaching Staff in School Education.
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.
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.
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