Job Description
Children, Education and Justice Services
Teacher of Support for Learning (Enhanced Support Provision) - Fixed Term Contract until 26/06/2026
Firrhill High School
Salary: £33,594 - £50,589
Hours: 35 per week
Firrhill High School serves the area of South West Edinburgh. In partnership with our five associated primary schools Bonaly, Colinton, Longstone, Oxgangs and Pentland, we strive to “Provide learning opportunities of the highest quality.” Our school values are founded on respect for self and others, tolerance and support.
We are one of the largest schools in Edinburgh with a roll of 1300 pupils and 130 staff. This provides us with the opportunity to provide a wide range of curricular, interdisciplinary and extracurricular activities that meet the needs of all of our pupils. We also provide opportunities for personal achievement and support pupils to develop skills for learning, work and life.
We are looking to recruit a temporary Support for Learning teacher and as part of our enhanced learning provision (ESP) they will join our dedicated staff who will be ambitious for all our pupils and are committed to supporting our young people to develop to their fullest potential.
Our Support for Learning (SfL) Team plays a crucial role in supporting pupils with a wide variety of Additional Support Needs. Working alongside our SfL team, our Enhanced Support Provision (ESP) teacher will work closely with colleagues across the school and with external partners to ensure appropriate supports are in place for our young people with a complex level of additional support.
Specific knowledge and experience of supporting young people at first level learning as well as support and strategies for complex social communication needs requiring significant environmental adaptations, would be desirable.
All staff benefit from a well-structured and responsive Professional Learning programme where staff are encouraged to both develop their own practice and to actively share their expertise with colleagues. We place a particular emphasis on developing leadership capacity at all levels. Firrhill is a Gold Rights Respecting School and we place children’s rights at the centre of our practice. This contributes significantly to our school ethos of inclusion, diversity, tolerance and friendship where excellence for all and excellence by all is our constant ambition. The work of the school is supported by an active Parent Council and Parent Teacher Association.
Salaries will be in accordance with the Scheme of Salaries and Conditions of Service for Teaching Staff in School Education.
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.
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