Early Years Practitioner - Broughton Primary (Enhanced Support Base)

Job Description

Children, Education and Justice Services

Early Years Practitioner ( Enhanced Support Base)
Broughton Primary School

Salary: £26,788 - £30,751 ( pro-rata for part time and sessional)
Hours: 14.40 per week, 39 weeks sessional

(Thursday and Friday)

Broughton Primary School is a non-denominational primary school and is centred on the community of Broughton, just north of Edinburgh city centre. Our catchment area is widespread and stretches from Princes Street in the south to Warriston in the north. There is a rich social and cultural mix of pupils within the school.

In our Enhanced Support Base which is made up of two classes. We are looking to recruit a highly motivated and dynamic individual to the permanent position of Class Teacher for our Enhanced Support Base 1 Class. The Class Teacher will need to be skilled and passionate about improving outcomes for all young people. This is a full time, permanent position, working with P1 – P3 children with a diagnosis of autism and other complex needs.

There are currently nine children in the class which is staffed by the Class Teacher, an Early Years Practitioner, one full time Pupil Support Assistant and one 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.

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.

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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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