County Interim Home Tuition Team Leader

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 a team of County Interim Home Tuition Teachers. This will include promoting and ensuring the delivery by team members of high quality teaching and learning experiences for Children and Young People who come under the remit of the County Interim Home Tuition Team and also to manage the performance of the Home Tuition Teachers through the Unattached Teacher Appraisal Procedure.

The post will be offered on a Part Time basis of 16 hours per week on Teachers' Terms and Conditions and will attract a minimum TLR2 allowance.  The successful candidates time will be predominantly as a management role supporting tutors, Interim Home Tuition co-ordinator and strategic lead. There will also be the opportunity for direct teaching of the Children and Young People who come under the remit of the County Interim Home Tuition Teamas time allows.

A key part of the successful candidate's management duties will be to organise, manage and deliver the appraisal 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. 

About Our Offer

Along with a competitive salary we are offering:

• Comprehensive benefits package
• Flexible working policies
• Career progression opportunities

Further details can be found in our rewards and benefits brochure

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.

Please ensure you review the attached job description prior to completing your application.

Closing date: 21st January. Interviews will take place on 5th February.

We look forward to hearing from you!

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.

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.

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.