Job Description

Pupil Support Worker - fixed term until 26/06/2026


Redhall School


Salary: 26,337 - 28,835 (pro-rata for part-time and sessional)


Hours: 26.5 per week, 39 weeks sessional


Redhall School is looking for empathetic individuals to join our support staff team. Ideally the successful candidate should have experience of working with children with additional support needs


Redhall is a school for children of primary school age with complex long term Additional Support Needs primarily associated with learning disability. Many of the pupils have an Autistic Spectrum Condition. More information about our school is available on our website: https://redhallschool.com/


The City of Edinburgh Council is an equal opportunities employer and will prevent discrimination particularly on the ground of sex, marital status. race, colour, religious belief,, political belief. sexuality, nationality, ethnic origin. Race, trade union activity ,responsibility for dependants ,or employment status


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.


Happy to talk flexible working.


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