Pupil Support Officer - Firrhill High School

Job Description

Children, Education and Justice Services

Pupil Support Officer - Fixed Term Until 18/12/2026
Firrhill High School

Salary: £28,046 - £32,010 (pro rata for part time & sessional)
Hours: 36 per week, 39 weeks sessional

Firrhill High School serves the area of Southwest Edinburgh. In partnership with our five associated primary schools Bonaly, Colinton, Pentland, Longstone and Oxgangs, we strive to “Provide learning opportunities of the highest quality.” Our school values are founded on respect for self and others, tolerance and support.

We are one of the largest schools in Edinburgh with a roll of over 1300 pupils and 130 staff. This provides us with the opportunity to provide a wide range of curricular, interdisciplinary and extracurricular activities that meet the needs of all of our pupils. We also provide opportunities for personal achievement and support pupils to develop skills for learning, work and life.

We are looking to recruit a Pupil Support Officer (PSO) to join our dedicated staff who will be ambitious for all our pupils and are committed to supporting our young people to develop to their fullest potential.

The Pupil Support Officer role is crucial in getting it right for every child and this role is an opportunity for someone who is passionate about supporting young people to be the best they can be.

This role will support our most vulnerable young people and as the PSO in the team you will have an opportunity to build strong and trusting relationships with young people and their families so they can thrive in a busy, diverse and high attaining school.

You will work with both the Wellbeing and Support for learning teams to support children with social and emotional needs to thrive in their mainstream school, with a particular emphasis on supporting those pupils who have an armed forces background. You will be a positive, team player and will be committed to working with young people, especially those with additional support needs.

All successful candidates will be given training to help them carry out their role.

Further information on the school can be found at www.firrhillhigh.org

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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