Teacher (BGE)

Job Description
Communities and Families

Teacher, Broad General Education  - fixed term until 25/06/2021
Gorgie Mills School

Salary: £27,498-£41,412
Hours: 35 per week

Gorgie Mills School has a vacancy for a Broad General Education Teacher, to cover maternity leave. This would ideally suit a qualified Primary Teacher. This position is also available as a secondment. Please seek permission from your line manager before applying for a secondment.

Gorgie Mills School supports young people of secondary school age, all with varying degrees of social, emotional and behavioural needs. The school provides a nurturing environment for the young people, including ASD Support. The school follows the Curriculum for Excellence guidelines within the National Qualification frameworks. This is augmented by project-based learning techniques and is committed to a multi-agency approach to support our students’ needs.

Experience of working in an educational environment with young people with social, emotional and behavioural needs is essential, while experience of working with Young People with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) would be desirable.

We invite applications from people who have initiative, are flexible and would adopt a problem solving approach for our young people and their parents/carers. You will need enthusiasm, energy, resilience and enjoy working with other agencies to provide the support our young people need.

For more information about the school, please call 0131 313 3848.

Salaries will be in accordance with the Scheme of Salaries and Conditions of Service for Teaching Staff in School Education.

This post is considered Regulated Work with Vulnerable Children and/or Protected Adults, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. Preferred candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG scheme update check prior to a formal offer of employment being made by the City of Edinburgh Council.

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Closing date: 09/10/2020

Reference: EDN13951

Gorgie Mills School, 97 Gorgie Park Road, Edinburgh