Principal Teacher - Sensory and Communication Services - Children's Services - SIC07740

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PRINCIPAL TEACHER - SENSORY AND COMMUNICATION SERVICE (ASN OUTREACH)

The Sensory and Communication Service is an education outreach service that delivers specialist, education-based support to help meet the needs of children and young people with additional support needs relating to vision, hearing, and communication.

It forms part of the wider Education Outreach Service, which works in partnership with the Education Psychology Service, allied health professionals, social work, and other relevant partner services.

The Sensory and Communication Service supports staff in schools and ELC settings, partner agencies, children, young people, and families by working collaboratively with others as part of the Getting It Right For Every Child (GIRFEC) process. This can be done through consultation and advice, assessment, direct intervention, staff development and training, networking and linking, as well as strategic development.

The Principal Teacher will manage a small, specialist team made up of hearing, vision, and communication teachers and learning support workers.

The Principal Teacher will carry an operational caseload within a specialism alongside their management duties. These duties will include:

• Supervising and operating an enabling model of service delivery through working collaboratively with staff in school and pre-school settings, partnership agencies, parents, children, and young people to achieve the principles of inclusion.
• Providing consultation, advice, assessment, training, and support in response to Requests for Involvement as part of a staged approach to intervention.
• Promoting integrated working and coordinated planning as part of the GIRFEC approach and the vision for Scotland's children as safe, healthy, nurtured, achieving, responsible, respected, and included.
• Establishing excellent relationships with young people and their parents/carers, and working effectively in partnership with other professionals.
• Attending relevant Child Centred meetings and reviews.
• Working as an integral part of the Education Additional Support Needs Outreach Group.
• Supporting and contributing to the strategic work of the authority relating to additional support needs and inclusion.
• Contributing to improvement planning.
• Managing an operational budget.

The successful applicant should be qualified or be willing to undertake specialist qualification study in Inclusive Education with a specialism in Visual impairment, Deaf education, language and communication, or another relevant area of specialist ASN practice.

QUALITIES AND APPROACHES

• Leadership and management skills. You will be responsible for a small team of educational professionals and be able to lead and work effectively as part of the team.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with a high degree of emotional intelligence.
• Professional commitment and thorough knowledge and understanding of Additional Support Needs and specialisms of vision, hearing, and communication support within the Scottish education context.
• Ability to use quality assurance frameworks to support assessment, planning, learning, and teaching.
• Manage difficult situations in a confident, open, and calm manner.
• Prioritise the needs of children and young people and their families and respond in a thoughtful and positive way.
• Knowledge of education legislation, policy, and the national landscape relating to sensory and communication ASN.

More detail is provided in the Job Profile, Person Specification, and Conditions of Service Summary attached to the bottom of this advert.

Additional Information

• The grade of this post is Principal Teacher - Job Size 2.
• Salary shown in the advert is inclusive of Distant Islands Allowance of £2,859 per annum.
• Permanent Full Time post for 35.0 Hours per Week.
• Preferred candidates will be required to join the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update prior to a formal offer of employment being made.
• You must be registered with the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) prior to starting in post.
• A relocation package does apply to this post.
• We will pay interview expenses from within the UK.
• We are happy to talk flexible working.
• FTE of Post - 1.0.
• Class Information - birth to age 19.
• Sector/Subject Specialism - Inclusive Education - specialist ASN.
• Qualification Requirement - Minimum teaching qualification, however further specialist study will be required if post-graduate diploma level is not already held as detailed previously.

During the application process, you are required to give the names of two persons not related to you, who we can contact to provide a reference to support your application.

This post is based at Children's Services, 28 Burgh Road, Lerwick, Shetland.

For further details relating to this post, please contact: Helen Couper, Education Support Officer - ASN, Tel - 01595 744963, Email - Helen.Couper@shetland.gov.uk

If you have a disability which prevents you from applying online, please call 01595 744032.

Information about Shetland

Shetland is an archipelago in the north of the British Isles where you'll find freedom, wildlife, and wild beauty, but also a rich culture and dynamic, forward-looking society. The Islands have a thriving and diverse economy full of opportunities and offer residents the ideal work/life balance. Shetland combines stunning coastal landscapes and wide open spaces with friendly, bustling island communities. Factor in Shetland's impressive modern amenities, highly regarded schools, and the Islands offer a work-life balance rarely found elsewhere.

Find out more about:

• Teaching in Shetland: here
• Living and working in Shetland: here
• Shetland Islands Council: here