Outreach Teacher

Contract Type: Temporary
Position Type: Part Time
Principal Teacher Additional Support for Learning (0.8FTE) (Temporary)
Primary Inclusion, St Teresa’s Primary
We are seeking to appoint a motivated and enthusiastic Principal Teacher, Additional Support for Learning (PT03) for 0.8fte on a fixed term basis, to the Supporting Learners Service in the East of the region.
The post holder will be based in Dumfries and have the desired personal qualities and skills to lead a resourced provision setting; Central Primary Inclusion Hub. You will be responsible for the strategic overview of inclusion outreach support in Nithsdale and the East of the region. The postholder will be required to work in partnership with appropriate agencies and families to support pupil need in creative and innovative ways. You will lead and manage a team of teaching and non-teaching staff who provide support for pupils with additional support needs.
Candidates should ideally have extensive teaching practice, leadership and management experience and experience of working with pupils with additional support needs. A professional knowledge of policy and practice relating to ASN would be advantageous.
Applicants for teaching posts must be registered with the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS), Clerwood House, 96 Clermiston Road, Edinburgh, EH12 6UT in the appropriate sector.
This post is considered as Regulated Work with Vulnerable Children, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. Please note that it is your responsibility to gather a reference and forward the completed document to the relevant contact within the School. Ruth Cubbon, Supporting Learners Manager, Inclusion, on tel.