Job Description
Children, Education and Justice Services
Pupil Support Officer
Ferryhill Primary School
Salary: £28,046 - £32,010 (pro-rata for part-time and sessional)
Hours: 30 per week, 39 weeks sessional
Monday to Thursday 8:30am to 4:00pm, Friday 8.30am to 12.30pm.
We are recruiting a Pupil Support Officer to work in Ferryhill Primary School. Based in our nurture room and within our Support for Learning Team, the successful candidate will work with children with a range of needs. Training and support will be provided as part of induction and ongoing professional development in the service. Are you kind, caring and passionate about helping children and families disengaged from learning or experiencing difficulty in their lives? Do children and families respond well to your support? Experienced PSAs or those who can demonstrate these skills and experience are encouraged to apply. The post will involve building trusting relationships with children and their families.
Ferryhill Primary School is a two-stream school serving an area of SIMD 1-4. For more information about the school and nursery visit
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.
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.
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.
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.
Happy to talk flexible working.
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