Pupil Support Assistants - Special Schools City Wide

Job Description

Children, Education and Justice Services

Pupil Support Assistants - Special Schools
Posts available at various special schools across Edinburgh

Salary: £25,322 - £27,727 (pro rata for part time and sessional)
Hours: various - maximum of 30 per week, 39 weeks sessional

The City of Edinburgh Council would like to invite applications from candidates who wish to apply for the following Special School Pupil Support Assistant posts:

Permanent posts

Braidburn 28.5 hours per week (8.45am-3.45pm)

St Crispin's 27.5 hours per week (8.30am-3.15pm (M-Th) & 1.15pm (Fri))

Fixed Term posts

St Crispin's 30 hours per week (8.30am-3.35pm (M-Th) & 1.20pm (Fri))

Woodlands 30 hours per week (8.45am-3.50pm (M-Th) & 1.20pm (Fri))

More details about our Special Schools available at:

https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/directory/10189/special-schools

We are looking for conscientious, committed candidates with excellent inter-personal and communication skills. You will be working as part of a team and there will be many training opportunities to support you in working with our children and young people. Previous experience of working in a school would be desirable.

* Note - Please read the sessional working information attached to this advert. This explains how salaries are calculated for sessional (term time) and part time posts.

Sessional staff are paid for the total number of weeks they work each year (39) plus the number of weeks' leave they are entitled to, which depends on length of service.

PSAs do not work during the 12 weeks of school holidays, however total salary is paid in 12 equal monthly payments, over the year. There are also opportunities to work in a holiday hub provision during the school holidays for successful candidates looking to work during the school holidays.

Once you have applied for this post you will receive an email with a link to complete a preferences form where you can give us more information about school settings which would match your preferences as well as the hours you would like to work.

Please note that these posts are subject to review and also have a mobility clause meaning there is a chance successful candidates could be moved to a different school in the future.

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.

Requirements

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.

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.

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