Pupil Support Assistant - Kirkliston Primary School

Job Description

Children, Education and Justice Service's

Pupil Support Assistant - Class Teacher Support
Kirkliston Primary School

Salary: £23,651 - £23,857 per year (pro rata for part-time and sessional)
Hours: 33.45 per week, 39 weeks sessional

An exciting opportunity has arisen at Kirkliston Primary School.

We are seeking a motivated, enthusiastic PSA to join our team to provide support to pupils and Class Teacher in the upper level five days per week. The working hours are likely to be 8.00am to 4pm Monday – Thursday and 8.00am to 1pm Friday (less unpaid breaks).

In addition to working with pupils, the role will specifically work with a class teacher in organisational aspects of their teaching role.

Duties will include general support to assist delivery of high-quality learning and teaching, classroom and resources set up, admin duties including timetabling and prioritising workload, in addition to the supervision of pupils.

Candidates must be able to evidence their experience of working with Primary-aged pupils with identified Additional Support for Learning needs.

Kirkliston Primary School is a non-denominational school within the City of Edinburgh Council.

Kirkliston Primary School serves the village of Kirkliston and the surrounding rural area and has a wide social mix. The school is part of the Queensferry cluster of schools. The roll is approximately 640, spread over 22 classes.

For further information about the school, please visit our website: https://www.kirklistonprimary.co.uk/

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.

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.

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.

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

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