Pupil Support Assistant (Wellbeing Base) - Gracemount High School

Job Description

Children, Education and Justice Services

Pupil Support Assistant - Wellbeing Base
Gracemount High School

Salary: £24,909 - £25,116 (pro rata for part-time and sessional)
Hours: 27.5 per week, 39 weeks sessional

Gracemount High School is a non-denominational secondary school with a roll of 608 pupils which serves the community of South East Edinburgh. The school was founded in 1959 as a junior secondary school and since the late 1960s has been a fully comprehensive six-year high school. Gracemount High School was built under PPP (Public-Private-Partnership) and opened in 2003.

The rapid change in the social demographics of our community presents the school with the widest of challenges in supporting the diverse needs and aspirations of a complex and socially diverse community. We believe in challenging all our students to achieve their full potential both academically and through realising their wider gifts and talents. We are also committed to developing the qualities and values in our young people which will ensure they become responsible citizens of whom this community can be proud.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and forward thinking Pupil Support Assistant to join our team. The Pupil Support Assistant will work mainly within the Gracemount High School Wellbeing Base, supporting a range of pupils with social, emotional and behavioural needs.

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.

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