Pupil Support Officer – Wellbeing Hub – Currie Community High School

Job Description

Communities and Families

Pupil Support Officer – Wellbeing Hub
Currie Community High School

Salary: £22,129 – £26,393 (pro rata for part-time & sessional)
Hours: 30 per week, 39 weeks per year (term time)

Currie Community High School is situated to the south west of the City of Edinburgh and serves the communities of Currie, Riccarton, Juniper Green and Baberton Mains. The school has served the local community for some 350 years. The school enjoys excellent links with the local community and as a designated community high school, a quality community programme is offered. The school’s SQA results are above both local and national averages and an extensive range of wider achievement opportunities are offered.

The school is firmly committed to raising attainment and promoting positive achievement, leading to a high level of positive and sustained destinations. We welcome applications from positive individuals with a commitment to excellence in teaching and learning and to warm, mutually respectful relationships with learners, their parents and the wider community. Our school values of Confidence, Unity, Respect, Responsibility, Initiative and Equality underpin our positive culture and ethos; where celebrating success of our wonderful young people is at the heart of what we do.

We also recognise the importance of our school as a community and we have been awarded the Silver LGBT Charter Mark and we are currently working towards Gold. We are also working towards Rights Respecting School status and we hold a Silver Food For Life Catering award. This is just a flavour of the innovative approaches which make Currie Community High School a unique, desirable and welcoming place to work.

The Wellbeing Hub staffing will consist of one Curriculum Leader, one Pupil Support Officer, and one Pupil Support Assistant.

For further information please contact Mr Michael Brunton, Business Manager, at admin@currie.edin.sch.uk

This post is considered Regulated Work with Vulnerable Children and/or Protected Adults, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. Preferred candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG scheme update check prior to a formal offer of employment being made by the City of Edinburgh Council.

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.

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range. For roles in grade 5 or above, annual increments in our contribution zones are dependent on achieving agreed performance goals.

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