Pupil Support Officer (Wellbeing Hub) - James Gillespies High School

Job Description

Children, Education and Justice Services

Pupil Support Officer – Wellbeing Hub
James Gillespie’s High School

Salary: £28,046 - £32,010 (pro rata for part time and sessional)
Hours: 30 per week, 39 weeks sessional

James Gillespie's High School is seeking a highly motivated and skilled Pupil Support Officer to join our dedicated Wellbeing Hub team. The ideal candidate will work closely with young people who have social, emotional, and behavioural needs, providing them with personalized support and tailored timetables to help them thrive in an inclusive educational environment.

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual with a strong passion for physical activity, as this will be a key component in providing our students with a healthy outlet during their school day. The successful candidate must be an excellent communicator, able to work effectively both within a team and independently and demonstrate strong initiative in their approach to supporting our students.

Desirable qualifications include training in nurture, LIAM, mental health first aid, de-escalation strategies, and trauma-informed practices. The Pupil Support Officer will play a crucial role in delivering our established physical activity programs, ensuring that these initiatives continue to benefit our students' overall wellbeing and development. There will also be some requirement to work with parents/ carers of these young people and provide feedback for them to maintain strong links around the young person.

If you are a compassionate, proactive, and dedicated professional committed to making a positive impact on the lives of young people, we encourage you to apply for this rewarding position within our inclusive and supportive school community.

For further information please visit our website at www.jamesgillespies.co.uk or to discuss the post please contact 0131 447 1900 or email admin@jamesgillespies.edin.sch.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.

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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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