Peripatetic Primary Pupil Support Teacher FTE, Street PKC

Main Purpose of the Role

Working within Perth & Kinross Council is more than a job, it's about being part of an organisation that puts people at the heart of all we do and provides opportunities to make a real difference by enhancing every life we touch.

We currently have the following opportunity:

Peripatetic Primary Pupil Support Teacher 0.5

FTE - PKC
14071
£36,159 - £54,453 (pro-rata)
Based at 2 High Street, Perth

An opportunity has arisen to join Perth and Kinross Council Inclusion Service, a key service within the Education and Children's Service.

This service has an ambitious improvement agenda focused on embedding excellent inclusive practice across our education settings.

We are recruiting a Peripatetic Primary Pupil Support Teacher (PPST) to help us shape and deliver support that enables children with additional support needs to learn and achieve to their potential.

The post may support learning for children in several primary schools.

The successful candidate will work aligned with the Perth and Kinross Staged Intervention Framework to support children and young people with a wide range of additional support needs.

You will be expected to utilise your significant knowledge and skills across the five roles of the Primary Pupil Support Teacher

• Assessment of need
• Planning preparation and direct teaching
• Consultation and Advice
• Building capacity and or professional Development
• Partnership with Specialist Services - working collaboratively with other agencies.

Please note, we are currently unable to offer sponsorship for this post.

You should have significant learning and teaching experience within a primary mainstream setting and understand excellent inclusive practice.

You will have recent relevant experience working with learners with ASN and a depth of knowledge and understanding of a range of learning differences and appropriate interventions.

You will have excellent communication skills and demonstrate that you can work collaboratively with colleagues to assess and develop plans to support a range of learning needs.

This is a peripatetic role; therefore, you will be expected to support any primary school across Perth and Kinross Council, with flexibility of movement as and when necessary.

You must have a valid UK driving licence as this post requires you to travel to a variety of locations across Perth and Kinross.

We have a vision of a confident and ambitious Perth and Kinross, to which everyone can contribute and all can share.
Our values and behaviours influence our work and support us in the delivery of our key priorities . In your application, and should you be invited to interview, you will be asked to describe situations that support the criteria required in the role and which also demonstrate our values and behaviours . Find out more about Perth & Kinross Council and you could soon be joining our team!

Here's what we can offer you
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• A nationally agreed annual leave entitlement
• Eligibility to join the Scottish Teacher's Pension Scheme
• Family friendly and positive work/life balance policies such as Flexible Working , Maternity, Paternity & Adoption leave , and our Wellbeing Framework
• Access to a range of benefits

We recognise there can be benefits to flexible working and where individual jobs allow, we seek to support this. You are encouraged to discuss potential options with the recruiting manager, if this is of interest to you. A healthy work life balance is important to us and we provide supportive management and, where possible, flexible working arrangements to help you achieve that balance.

You will have access to training and support for continued professional development.

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How to apply

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We would love to hear from you and would encourage you to get in touch with Kirsty Lockhart by email at  to find out more.

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