Job Description Education and Children Services Pupil Support Officer Gylemuir Primary School Salary £28,046 - £32,010 (Pro rata for part time and sessional) Hours 27.5 per week, 39 weeks sessional Gylemuir Primary School is looking for a passionate Pupil Support Officer to play a key role in our Pupil Support Team and lead our nurture base. Gylemuir strive to ensure all children are able to develop in line with the four capacities of Curriculum for Excellence. Through their learning and wider achievements we provide opportunities for our children to become successful learners, confident individuals, responsible citizens an effective contributors. The successful candidate will work collaboratively as a member of the team within school, helping pupils meet their educational, care and welfare needs, ensuring those with intensive and complex and/or a high level of language support needs can effectively access the curriculum. Support the development and delivery of individual, group and whole school approaches and programmes in one or more specialist areas, including, but not restricted to; Bilingual Support, Attendance, Care Experienced, De-escalation, Neurodiversity. Be flexible and provide support and assistance in the day-to-day operations of the school as directed by the school leadership team. The support needs of the child or young person may include significant social, emotional and behavioural needs requiring provision of a high level of support for dysregulated behaviour. 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. Follow us on Twitter at edincounciljobs