Proposed Interview Date: Monday 20 May 2024
Closing Date: Tuesday 30 April 2024
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £32,217 to £48,516 (Pro-Rata)
Working Pattern: 28 Hours per week
Location: Fife House, Glenrothes
Purpose and Values of Education Directorate
The Education Directorate is committed to Improving Life Chances for All through a wide range of direct services which support our children, young people, families and the wider Fife community. Our approach to improvement is rooted in our core values: Compassion, Ambition, Respect and Equity which reflect the ethos, culture and practice principles of all staff across the directorate. We strive to ensure that our attitudes and behaviour reflect these core values in all our dealings with children, young people, their families, and the wider community in partnership with those who support them.
Supporting Statement
As part of your application, you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. For more information, check out the How to Apply section of our Career Site. Without a Supporting Statement, your application will not be progressed. Please upload your Supporting Statement at the section marked ‘upload resumé’. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV. More information is available on our Career site at www.fife.gov.uk/jobs/supportingstatement
Ways in which you have modelled and promoted the GTCS Professional Values (social justice, trust, respect and integrity) and Professional Commitment in your current and previous roles. (Consider the following: how you have promoted health and wellbeing for all; how you have built positive relationships build on trust and respect; how you have motivated and included all learners; how you have demonstrated your values and moral purpose?)
Ways in which you demonstrated your professional knowledge and understanding of learning, teaching, assessment and curriculum through an enquiring stance, linked to early childhood development. (Consider the following: how have you increased your knowledge of research and used this to enhance, and apply, individually and collaboratively to inform your professional practice; how is your professional commitment evident in your engagement with professional learning that has enhanced your practice; how have you used innovation and creativity including the use of digital technologies to motivate and engage learners?)
Ways in which you have effectively planned to meet all learners needs. (Consider the following: how you have used assessment evidence as an integral part of the teaching process to support and enhance learning, which has led to a positive impact on outcomes for learners?)
Ways in which you have built and sustained positive relationships that have led to positive outcomes for learners. (Consider the following: how have you have demonstrated care and commitment when actively engaging with learners about their wellbeing; how have you established positive and purposeful relationships within your school community; how have you worked collaboratively with others to improve outcomes for learners; how you have worked effectively as part of a multi-agency approach to support individual children’s and families needs)
Job Details
Applications are invited from registered teachers for this interesting and challenging post. The work involves supporting and advising families with pre-school children who have additional support needs, both at home and in pre-school placements.
The post requires a commitment to multi-agency work within an early years’ community team framework. The post-holder will work collaboratively with the team around the Family Nurture Centres and liaise closely with the Family Nurture Centre Headteacher regarding children within their community.
To contribute to the work of the Pre-School Educational Home Visiting Service in relation to pre-school children in Fife, who have complex additional support needs.
Service delivery will be within the aims, objectives and practice guidelines of the Pre-School Educational Home Visiting Service, in accordance with the policies and procedures of Fife Council Education Directorate, and within the relevant statutory framework.
To be accountable to Education Directorate for maintaining standards of practice through the Educational Home Visiting Service Manager.
The principal aim of the Pre-School Educational Home Visiting Service is to empower and support parents to actively participate in the process of educational planning, within the context of the Additional Support for Learning Act (2004 and 2009).
Qualification, Registration and Skill Requirements
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You are required to have high levels of interpersonal skills and abilities which will enable you to work as a member of a team to ensure positive outcomes for all children and young people.
You are required to demonstrate a commitment to your own professional learning as a practitioner through career-long professional learning activity and to be able to show how this has impacted on your practice.
Before confirming your appointment, you will be required to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland and become a member of the relevant PVG scheme.
You are required to be fully registered with the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) and to model all behaviour expected of a teacher in Scotland in line with the relevant Professional Standards.
Further Information
- Role Profile - When preparing your supporting statement, review the role profile and think about how you meet the essential criteria Role Profile
- How We Work Matters - Our employees are expected to display and promote certain behaviours in the workplace. See our How We Work Matters behaviour framework for more information.
- Employee Benefits - Employees have access to a benefits package that offers discounts on a wide range of products and services
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For further information, please contact: Clark Graham at Clark.Graham@fife.gov.uk
We are holding a Fife Council jobs fair on 15th May 10am - 2pm at Rothes Halls, Glenrothes. We will be on hand to talk about the vacancies we have on offer and what it's like to work with the council. There will also be a chance to get support from our job clubs and employability teams and can offer help with the online application process. Please pop along on the day to find out more.
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