Learning Support Teacher, Gaelic Medium, Lewis & Harris (8422) - CNS05745
| Posting date: | 18 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £17,266.00 to £21,379.00 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 October 2025 |
| Location: | Lewis, HS1 2BW |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Comhairle nan Eilean Siar |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | CNS05745 |
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Learning Support Teacher, Gaelic Medium, Lewis & Harris (8422)
14 hours per week, Fixed Term to 31 March 2026
£17,266 - £21,379 per annum, inclusive of £1,144 Distant Islands Allowance per annum
Required to implement the Council’s Inclusion Policy by working with schools and other agencies to support pupils with additional support needs. The ASN Manager will direct the location of schools across Lewis & Harris and input required.
You will be required to work collaboratively and in partnership with schools to support pupils with additional support needs, ensure the Council’s staged intervention process is implemented, advise on appropriate materials to allow pupils access to a differentiated curriculum and/or elaborated curriculum and regularly assess pupil’s educational, social, emotional and behavioural needs and devise and implement methods of effectively meeting those needs.
The successful candidate must have an appropriate degree / diploma in Teaching and GTC Scotland Registration and have teaching experience of pupils with a broad range of additional support needs.
Fluency in Gaelic is essential for this post.
This post is subject to membership of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme as a legal requirement of a regulated role with Children (Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme - mygov.scot).
It is vital you read the job description and person specification, in your experience statement please detail how you meet each of the essential criteria we ask for in the person specification.
Interviews will be conducted in person, providing candidates with the chance to personally meet the team and experience our work environment.
Closing Date: Monday 6 October 2025
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