Pupil Support Worker - Preston Lodge High School - EAL10730

As part of the Pupil Support Team, provide support to secondary aged pupils (including Pupil Support Base) with a range of social emotional and behavioural difficulties in accordance with agreed aims, objectives and standards, A minimum of SVQ1/Standard Grade General level English/Maths or National 4 English/Maths or Literacy/Numeracy or Intermediate 1 Communication/Numeracy and/or able to demonstrate equivalent knowledge, skills and competencies gained through relevant experience. PVG Membership This post is considered as Regulated Work with vulnerable children and/or protected adults, as specified in the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. All preferred candidates for posts carrying out regulated work with these groups will be required to become a PVG Scheme member, or undergo a PVG Scheme update if they are already a member, prior to any formal offer of employment being made by East Lothian Council. Please note: PVG member's records are constantly updated with any new vetting information that arises. Any information that is disclosed on a PVG membership or update check, if relevant to the post being applied for, will be discussed with the applicant and investigated prior to any formal offer being made.

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Preston Lodge High School is a non-denominational secondary school serving the communities of Cockenzie, Port Seton, Longniddry and Prestonpans. Our roll is currently 1060, and the school is very easily commutable from Edinburgh. The strengths of our school are:

• The high morale, sense of belonging and positive ethos of the school community
• The contributions of young people to improvements and our significantly improved attainment
• The nurturing, inclusive work of staff across the school in supporting young people's learning and wellbeing
• The strong, positive relationships between staff and students
Our motivated staff, students, parents, carers, and the community we serve, have worked hard to further improve all aspects of our school, and staff love working at Preston Lodge. We are a happy school, and new staff report very positively on our school's culture and ethos. We work together to provide the best education possible for all of our students. Our work is focused on continuously improving our approach to classroom practice, developing student and staff learning, improving our curriculum offer and improving attainment with a keen focus on our equity gap. The home-grown PL Learning Cycle ensures staff and students work together to develop an understanding of not just what key skills should be learned by students, but how they should be learned and why they are important. Our curriculum fully meets the expectations of Curriculum for Excellence, and we are increasingly exploring alternative awards for young people. For example, we are a big user of the Open Universities Young Applicants in Scottish Schools scheme and have an increasing number of students participating in Youth Achievement Awards - all S3 students now undertake the Bronze Award of this scheme. We have recently introduced four one-year in-school Foundation Apprenticeships into our Senior Phase, and we are currently considering the long-term role of Home Rooms in our S1 Curriculum. This latter area is the result of a very challenging year, when RAAC-related building disruption forced us to completely rethink our S1 curriculum. Our school has now emerged from that challenge stronger than before, with a lot of really interesting learning coming out of a period of disruption. This post is part of our Pupil Support team, and the post-holder will work with a wide range of people, and most often with our four PTs Guidance, meeting student needs. The work will involve close liaison with Guidance teachers, direct work with individual students, groups of students and attendance at Child Planning Meetings. The post holder will also provide duty cover, working with students who are not fully engaged with in-school learning, and this can range from corridor duties to duty head call-outs. It is a very varied post, with great opportunities to really help some of our least advantaged students, with significant support and advice from a wide range of Pupil Support staff. This is an exciting time for Preston Lodge High School, and the community it serves. Further details about the school can be found on our website at http://www.prestonlodge.net Do take a look at our weekly PLus newsletter to find out more about who we are!

The salary advertised is full time (35 hours per week, 52 weeks per year). Sessional posts will be pro-rated accordingly. Hourly rate of pay: £15.52 - £16.58 This is a 39-week sessional post i.e., working hours will be during school term time plus in-service days Days and Hours of Work: Monday - Thursday, 08:00-16:30 Friday, 08:00-13:15 Starting and finishing times are flexible. To start asap.