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Job Sharing Scheme for teachers and special needs assistants (SNAs)
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The purpose of the Job Sharing Scheme is to assist teachers and SNAs to combine work commitments and personal responsibilities and choices.
A teacher or SNA may make an application to share a full-time post on a 50:50 basis or may apply to reduce their hours to 50% of a full-time teacher or SNA. The minimum period for a Job Sharing arrangement is one school year.
For further information, please refer to the Job Sharing Scheme contained in Circular Letter 0054/2019 titled "Leave Schemes for Registered Teachers employed in Recognised Primary and Post Primary Schools".
For further information on the Job Sharing Scheme for SNAs please refer to Circular 41/2014.
Circular Letter 0041/2014
JOB-SHARING SCHEME FOR SPECIAL NEEDS ASSISTANTS IN RECOGNISED PRIMARY AND POST-PRIMARY SCHOOLS
DownloadA teacher must complete, on an annual basis, the Application Form at Appendix A and submit to their employer not later than 1st February before the school year in which they plan to commence job sharing. Similarly, a teacher wishing to extend an existing job sharing arrangement must submit this Application Form by 1st February.
In response to issues raised in relation to teacher supply, the restriction of engaging in substitute teaching imposed in the Job Sharing Scheme as contained in Chapter 8 (Paragraph 11.1(a)) of Circular 54/2019 is suspended for the 2022/23 school year. Based on these current temporary arrangements, a Job Sharing teacher may be employed to work in a substitute capacity, during the period they are rostered off duty. Please refer to Information Note TC 0007/2022
An SNA who wishes to apply for a job sharing position must submit to their employer on an annual basis, the completed Application Form in Circular 41/2014 not later than 1st March before the school year in which they plan to commence job sharing. Similarly, an SNA wishing to extend an existing job sharing arrangement must submit this Application Form by 1st March.
Teacher and SNAs: Terms and Conditions
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