Job Description
Children, Education and Justice Services
Pupil Support Officer - fixed term until 26/06/2025
Portobello Learning Community based in Brunstane Primary School
Salary: £28,046 - £32,010 (pro-rata for sessional)
Hours: 36 per week, 39 weeks sessional
This post is an exciting opportunity to work within the Portobello Learning Community (Portobello High School and feeder primaries: Brunstane, Duddingston, Parson's Green, The Royal High, and Towerbank).
Portobello Learning Community aims to improve the wellbeing, attendance, and attainment of pupils by providing targeted support to remove emotional, practical, and financial barriers to effective school attendance.
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and solution-focused individual who will plan a suite of interventions to support pupils and their families to overcome barriers to effective school attendance. These will include mental health supports such as:
* Anxiety management programmes
* Bereavement/loss programmes for pupils and adults
Additionally, the role involves:
* Delivering Parenting Support Programmes
* Connecting families with third sector support
* Providing practical support through:
o Running a community foodbank
o Support with grant funding, uniform bank applications, FSM applications, best start grants, etc.
o Supporting attendance at pupil health appointments (e.g., CCH, SALT, CAMHS)
o Making applications to the care experienced fund
* Building partnerships with other support organisations to enhance capacity and expertise within the learning community
* Building on existing expertise and relationships within the community to ensure an impactful start to the project
The suitable candidate will have previous experience of building relationships with people who may have previously disengaged from support services.
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. An Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required for individuals who have spent a continuous period of 3 months or more outside the UK in the last 5 years. An unconditional offer of employment will be subject to the outcome of 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, recognizing the benefits that a diverse workforce brings to our organization.
Requirements
To help achieve this, we're changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioral 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 salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.
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