Pupil Support Assistant (Enhanced Support Base) - Frogston Primary School - EDN28861

Job Description

Children, Education and Justice Services

Pupil Support Assistant (Enhanced Support Base)
Frogston Primary School

Salary: £23,651 to £23,857 (pro rata for part-time and sessional)
Hours: 12 per week, 39 weeks sessional

Hours of Work: Monday to Thursday 10.30am to 1.30pm

Frogston Primary School is a non-denominational primary school in South East Edinburgh established in August 2020. We currently have a roll of around 450 pupils in the school and 120 registered in our Early Years.

Since August 2022, Frogston has had an Enhanced Support Base supporting children with social and communication difficulties. We are looking to recruit a committed and enthusiastic Pupil Support Assistant for our Enhanced Support Base. The PSA will need to be passionate about improving outcomes for all young people. This is a permanent position, working with children with a diagnosis of autism.

There are up to 8 children in the class which is staffed by the Principal Teacher, Early Years Practitioner, full-time Pupil Support Assistant and a part-time Pupil Support Assistant. Previous experience of working in Special Education is desirable.

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.

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.

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

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