Children, Education and Justice Services
Pupil Support Assistant - Enhanced Support Base
Royal Mile Primary School
Salary: £23,651 - £23,857 (pro-rata for part-time and sessional)
Hours: 27.5 per week, 39 weeks sessional
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic Pupil Support Assistant to work in our Enhanced Support Base (ESB). Our ESB compromises of two classrooms within our mainstream school and accommodates 12 children mainly with an ASD diagnoses and social/communication needs. Our staff team has one Principal Teacher who is class committed, one class teacher, 2 Early Years Practitioners and 1 pupils Support Assistant, this post will provide an extra PSA for our team.
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.
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