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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 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.
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 1 February before the school year in which they plan to start or (in the case of a teacher wishing to extend an existing arrangement) continue job sharing.
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 will be suspended for the 2021/22 school year. A Job Sharing teacher may now be employed to work in a substitute capacity, during the period he/she is rostered off duty. Given the need to minimise movement between schools during the current COVID-19 pandemic, the Job Sharing teacher is limited to carrying out substitute work in his/her own school. See Information Note TC 0016/2021
SNAs interested in a job sharing position must submit an application to their employer not later than the 1 March of each school year before the school year they plan to start or continue a job sharing arrangement.
The restriction of engaging in substitute work imposed in the Job Sharing Scheme (as contained in Paragraph 9.1 of Circular 41/2014) will be suspended for the remainder of the 2021/22 school year due to teachers and SNA supply issues.
A Job Sharing teacher or SNA may now be employed to work as a substitute, during the period they are rostered off-duty. The Job Sharing SNA is limited to carrying out substitute work in their own school due to COVID-19. See Information Note TC 0017/2021 .
Teacher and SNAs: Terms and Conditions
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