Job Introduction
Are you passionate about providing high-quality education to children and young people without a school place? The County Interim Home Tuition Team is seeking a dedicated Team Leader to manage and coordinate our use of Alternative Providers, ensuring exceptional teaching and learning experiences.
About the Role
The County Interim Home Tuition Team provides tuition to children and young people who are without a school place. The role of the Team Leader will be to lead, co-ordinate and manage the services use of Alternative Providers (AP). This will include promoting and ensuring the delivery of high quality teaching and learning experiences for Children and Young People who come under the remit of the County Interim Home Tuition Team
The post will be offered on a Full Time basis of 32 hours per week on Teachers' Terms and Conditions and will attract a minimum TLR2 allowance. The contract will be fixed term for 12-18 months. Length of contract will be dependent upon the successful candidates agreed start date.
The successful candidates time will be predominantly as a management role supporting the service use of external Alternative Providers and supporting internal tutors. The successful candidate will be required to work alongside the Interim Home Tuition Co-ordinator, current Team Leaders and the services Strategic Lead. There may also be the opportunity for direct teaching of the children and young People who come under the remit of the County Interim Home Tuition Team as time allows.
A key part of the role will be to organise, monitor and manage the services use of unregulated alternative providers. This will include ensuring the delivery of education is of good quality and meets service needs, vetting new suppliers for suitability and having regular contact with both service users and AP's. Management duties may also include conducting appraisal and teaching observations of team members, ensuring consistency and high quality training in the development of the County Interim Home Tuition Team's teaching and learning strategies.
For internal applicants - this role may be offered as a secondment opportunity, internal candidates should notify their manager if applying for this role as a secondment.
About You
We are looking for individuals with excellent leadership skills and a thorough knowledge of the Unattached Teacher Appraisal Procedure
Qualified Teacher Status is essential and it would be expected that the successful candidate is post Threshold of the Teacher's Threshold Progression.
A thorough knowledge of the Teacher Standards in the key areas and an ability to adapt this to suit the County Interim Home Tuition Team, taking into account the guidance for 'unattached teachers', will be essential.
For more information on this role please contact Alison Charity, SEND Team Manager and Strategic Lead for Interim Home Tuition, alison.charity@lincolnshire.gov.uk for an informal discussion.
Applications Close on 29th June. Interviews are likely to be held on 17th July.
We wish you the best of luck with your application!
Please be advised that this position may be subject to a criminal record check.
All candidates are advised to read the attached job information pack prior to making an application.
On occasion we receive significantly more applications than expected for some vacancies and under such circumstances we reserve the right to bring forward the closing date of the advertisement. We therefore strongly advise you to apply for the role promptly to avoid disappointment should the closing date be brought forward.
We operate a talent pool scheme whereby candidates who are not successful on this occasion may be considered for a period of up to 3 months for equal positions.
Lincolnshire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
A Smarter Working Employer
We have embraced new ways of working and hybrid working will be a feature of this role. You will be given a nominated contractual work base and you will be required to commute to this work base when necessary. Working arrangements regarding hybrid working will be discussed as part of the appointment process.
Our technology platform and equipment is very good enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely. We require that you have in place good connectivity, and we will discuss during the recruitment process if support with this is needed.
Fluency Duty
In accordance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 (Fluency Duty), the ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.
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