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Tag Archives: Education Authority
Concerns for child safety in Northern Ireland with hundreds of education posts filled without safety checks
Minister must act to end widespread abuse of temporary engagement forms to avoid formal recruitment processes Unite has expressed deeps concerns for child safety in Northern Ireland after a freedom of information (FOI) response confirmed that 353 staff positions had … Continue reading
School support staff still on temporary engagement forms despite ministerial commitment to end practice
Union calls for use of temporary engagement forms in Northen Ireland to be restricted and all school staff working temporary for four years to automatically made permanent Unite has revealed statistics showing that 1,315 school transport and catering workers continue to be … Continue reading
Union launches drive for school support staff to secure permanent jobs
Action follows commitment from Northern Ireland education minister Paul Givan that he will ask education authority to process requests for permanent contracts “as quickly as possible” Unite is encouraging all its school support workers working on a temporary engagement forms for more … Continue reading
Northern Ireland SEN schools’ preference for temporary classroom assistants is risking child safety
Candidates holding essential criteria for the post of classroom assistant are being overlooked with positions being filled by unqualified workers on temporary engagement forms Unite has expressed serious concerns about a race-to-the-bottom on classroom assistant positions at special educational needs … Continue reading
Unite the union workplace reps vote to call off strike action scheduled for tomorrow
Decision comes after ‘meaningful’ progress made in talks between the four education trade unions and the employer side Unite the union workplace reps met this afternoon and voted overwhelmingly to call off scheduled strike action tomorrow [Tuesday June 4] following … Continue reading
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